Food for Thought: An Interdisciplinary Diachronic Approach to Cooking Vessels from Thessaloniki Toumba
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29 novembre 2024
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Timothée Ogawa et al., « Food for Thought: An Interdisciplinary Diachronic Approach to Cooking Vessels from Thessaloniki Toumba », HAL SHS (Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société), ID : 10670/1.b403f7...
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Thessaloniki Toumba, located on the coastal plain of the Thermaic Gulf, is one of the major tell sites in central Macedonia with continuous occupation from at least the Middle Bronze Age to the end of the Classical period. The ongoing excavations by the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, combined with a large number of specialised studies on various aspects of the site’s material culture, have hugely enhanced the understanding of local communities in the wider region in the course of two millennia (2nd-1st mill. BC). In this framework, the current project aims to undertake a diachronic study of the cooking vessels from Thessaloniki Toumba throughout its occupation to shed light on the reproduction and/or transformation of ceramic traditions and culinary practices. Through an interdisciplinary and holistic approach, all aspects of the cooking vessels' biography are considered from production, and circulation to use(s). The project focuses on a detailed morpho-typological, technological and functional study of cooking pot assemblages. The entirety of the manufacturing chaîne opératoire is examined through macrotraces observation, petrographic analysis with thin sections, elemental analysis, and industrial X-radiography. Functional analysis is conducted through macroscopic examination of use-wear traces, organic residue analysis and paleoproteomics. Additionally, technological and functional hypotheses are tested on experimental vessels. The data will be discussed in the context of the intense mobility and interaction attested in the region with other Aegean and Balkan communities during the so-called Mycenaean period through to the time of the first Greek colonies, a period marked by significant socio-cultural and economic transformations in the region and the wider Aegean-Balkan area.
