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article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5534"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>The discovery of more than 600 whole and fragmentary engraved stone plaques in the early third millennium BC infill from the ditches of a causewayed enclosure at Vasagård, on the Danish island of Bornholm, represents a unique find in Neolithic miniature art. Termed ‘sun stones’ in reference to the rayed images that characterise many of the plaques, the stones were deposited en masse over a short period. This article offers a fundamental classification of the rich imagery captured in the engravings and examines its potential function at a time of possible climatic crisis that impacted not just Bornholm but the wider northern hemisphere.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5534"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/S0003598X24002175_figAb.png?itok=KiCM7yOQ" width="600" height="300" alt="" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Sun stones and the darkened sun: Neolithic miniature art from the island of Bornholm, Denmark</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-efb4048c2f4ae045369cf799f6ad33aeef45137d36c159df535850ca9e1bdc16"> <div class="view-content"> <div>Rune Iversen <em>et al.</em> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 337-353 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/sun-stones-and-darkened-sun-neolithic-miniature-art-island-bornholm-denmark" data-a2a-title="Sun stones and the darkened sun: Neolithic miniature art from the island of Bornholm, Denmark"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Fsun-stones-and-darkened-sun-neolithic-miniature-art-island-bornholm-denmark&title=Sun%20stones%20and%20the%20darkened%20sun%3A%20Neolithic%20miniature%20art%20from%20the%20island%20of%20Bornholm%2C%20Denmark"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5534">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.217">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5535"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>The European shores of the Mediterranean are characterised by well-known sociocultural and economic dynamics during the Bronze and Early Iron Ages (2200–550 BC), but our understanding of the African shores is comparatively vague. Here, the authors present results from excavations at Kach Kouch, Morocco, revealing an occupation phase from 2200–2000 cal BC, followed by a stable settlement from <span>c</span>. 1300–600 BC characterised by wattle and daub architecture, a farming economy, distinctive cultural practices and extensive connections. Kach Kouch underscores the agency of local communities, challenging the notion of north-western Africa as <span>terra nullius</span> prior to Phoenician arrival.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5535"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/S0003598X25000109_figAb.png?itok=xbFlbh0W" width="600" height="300" alt="" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-07b9596f0c358f7b835a06653671666e4b6a9c1b35773316de009da05969e268"> <div class="view-content"> <div>Hamza Benattia <em>et al.</em> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 354-374 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/rethinking-late-prehistoric-mediterranean-africa-architecture-farming-and-materiality-kach" data-a2a-title="Rethinking late prehistoric Mediterranean Africa: architecture, farming and materiality at Kach Kouch, Morocco"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Frethinking-late-prehistoric-mediterranean-africa-architecture-farming-and-materiality-kach&title=Rethinking%20late%20prehistoric%20Mediterranean%20Africa%3A%20architecture%2C%20farming%20and%20materiality%20at%20Kach%20Kouch%2C%20Morocco"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5535">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5536"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>Understanding the development and use of musical instruments in prehistory is often hampered by poor preservation of perishable materials and the relative rarity of durable examples. Here, the authors present a pair of third-millennium BC copper cymbals, excavated at Dahwa, Oman. Although they are the only well-contextualised examples from Arabia, the Dahwa cymbals are paralleled by contemporaneous examples from the Indus Valley and images in Mesopotamian iconography. Not only do the cymbals add to the body of evidence interpreted in terms of Indus migrants in Early Bronze Age Oman, they also suggest shared musical and potentially ritual practices around the Arabian Gulf at that time.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5536"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.23"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/Al-Jahwari%20cymbal.jpg?itok=NEpD7ruq" width="600" height="300" alt="Copper alloy cymbals in situ" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Bronze Age cymbals from Dahwa: Indus musical traditions in Oman</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-4f3292af916e15effb2ed4911133a1b07ea6dadbfe2eedcfa047951fbadaa71d"> <div class="view-content"> <div>Khaled A. Douglas <em>et al.</em> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 375-391 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/bronze-age-cymbals-dahwa-indus-musical-traditions-oman" data-a2a-title="Bronze Age cymbals from Dahwa: Indus musical traditions in Oman"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Fbronze-age-cymbals-dahwa-indus-musical-traditions-oman&title=Bronze%20Age%20cymbals%20from%20Dahwa%3A%20Indus%20musical%20traditions%20in%20Oman"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5536">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.23">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5539"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>The development of runic writing (the early Germanic alphabetic script) and the practice of inscribing runes on stone are difficult to trace, particularly as rune-stone inscriptions are rarely found in original and/or datable contexts. The discovery of several inscribed sandstone fragments at the grave field at Svingerud, Norway, with associated radiocarbon dates of 50 BC–AD 275, now provide the earliest known context for a runestone. An unusual mixture of runes and other markings are revealed as the fragments are reconstructed into a single standing stone, suggesting multiple episodes of inscription and providing insight into early runic writing practices in Iron Age Scandinavia.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5539"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.225"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/Solheim%20rune%20stone.jpg?itok=2nGO8EIQ" width="600" height="300" alt="Several stones placed together like a jigsaw puzzle, revealing a runic inscription" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Inscribed sandstone fragments of Hole, Norway: radiocarbon dates provide insight into rune-stone traditions</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-ef5dbe672370bf3db739f6282983011cd2ab34e45aaed1aec5d44f4eb39e6b2b"> <div class="view-content"> <div>Steinar Solheim <em>et al.</em> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 422-439 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/inscribed-sandstone-fragments-hole-norway-radiocarbon-dates-provide-insight-rune-stone" data-a2a-title="Inscribed sandstone fragments of Hole, Norway: radiocarbon dates provide insight into rune-stone traditions"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Finscribed-sandstone-fragments-hole-norway-radiocarbon-dates-provide-insight-rune-stone&title=Inscribed%20sandstone%20fragments%20of%20Hole%2C%20Norway%3A%20radiocarbon%20dates%20provide%20insight%20into%20rune-stone%20traditions"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5539">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.225">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5540"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>Written accounts suggest there were major changes in agricultural practices in Anatolia as the region switched between Roman, Byzantine, Arab and Turkic control, yet archaeological evidence of these changes is offered only on a site-by-site basis. This article presents the first synthesis of archaeobotanical, palynological and zooarchaeological evidence for changes in plant and animal husbandry in Anatolia through the first and second millennia AD. Available data indicate a minimal role of climate change in agricultural shifts but offer evidence for substantial changes towards short-term-return agricultural strategies in response to declining personal security, changing patterns of military provisioning and distinct taxation regimes.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5540"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.232"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/S0003598X24002321_figAb.png?itok=-piPTMXi" width="600" height="300" alt="" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Climate, political economy and agriculture in first and second millennia AD Anatolia</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-dad752f737b245bc29ed459cd975203beff9b301a924758ef4cc598239a6fb22"> <div class="view-content"> <div> John M. Marston & Lorenzo Castellano </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 440-461 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/climate-political-economy-and-agriculture-first-and-second-millennia-ad-anatolia" data-a2a-title="Climate, political economy and agriculture in first and second millennia AD Anatolia"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Fclimate-political-economy-and-agriculture-first-and-second-millennia-ad-anatolia&title=Climate%2C%20political%20economy%20and%20agriculture%20in%20first%20and%20second%20millennia%20AD%20Anatolia"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5540">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.232">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5541"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>The nature and extent of interactions between the distant regions and cultures of Mesoamerica remain open to much debate. Close economic and political ties developed between Teotihuacan and the lowland Maya during the Early Classic period (AD 250–550), yet the relationship between these cultures continues to perplex scholars. This article presents an elaborately painted altar from an elite residential group at the lowland Maya centre of Tikal, Guatemala. Dating to the fifth century AD, the altar is unique in its display of Teotihuacan architectural and artistic forms, adding to evidence not only for cultural influence during this period, but also for an active Teotihuacan presence at Tikal.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5541"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.3"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/S0003598X25000031_figAb.png?itok=uIEOF9QG" width="600" height="300" alt="" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>A Teotihuacan altar at Tikal, Guatemala: central Mexican ritual and elite interaction in the Maya Lowlands</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-40494bceaec8da1565f78d425b501b9b7a1799ea802fac2f72456b42d414042d"> <div class="view-content"> <div>Edwin Román Ramírez <em>et al.</em> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 462-480 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/teotihuacan-altar-tikal-guatemala-central-mexican-ritual-and-elite-interaction-maya-lowlands" data-a2a-title="A Teotihuacan altar at Tikal, Guatemala: central Mexican ritual and elite interaction in the Maya Lowlands"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Fteotihuacan-altar-tikal-guatemala-central-mexican-ritual-and-elite-interaction-maya-lowlands&title=A%20Teotihuacan%20altar%20at%20Tikal%2C%20Guatemala%3A%20central%20Mexican%20ritual%20and%20elite%20interaction%20in%20the%20Maya%20Lowlands"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5541">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.3">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5542"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>Radiocarbon dates can offer important corollaries for historic events and processes, including territorial expansion and consolidation in early empires. Eighteen new radiocarbon dates from test excavations at Ak'awillay, near the Inca imperial capital of Cuzco, reveal new perspectives on interactions between the Incas and Xaquixaguana Valley groups. Rather than persisting as a regional centre, Ak'awillay declined well before early Inca expansion, remaining largely unoccupied until after an extensive empire had been established. This new chronology adds nuance to the growing understanding of local group interactions and how they contributed to Inca state development and imperial expansion.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5542"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.236"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/S0003598X24002369_figAb.png?itok=lcqPIvvG" width="600" height="300" alt="" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Settlement discontinuity at Ak'awillay and the development of the Inca imperial capital region</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-39243ea17f4b581eb8221b1aac996e7f5f6bbcf8aa2fd812a73b895b21bd20ac"> <div class="view-content"> <div>R. Alan Covey <em>et al.</em> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 481-499 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/settlement-discontinuity-akawillay-and-development-inca-imperial-capital-region" data-a2a-title="Settlement discontinuity at Ak'awillay and the development of the Inca imperial capital region"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Fsettlement-discontinuity-akawillay-and-development-inca-imperial-capital-region&title=Settlement%20discontinuity%20at%20Ak%27awillay%20and%20the%20development%20of%20the%20Inca%20imperial%20capital%20region"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5542">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.236">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5543"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>Monumental roads were constructed during the ninth to thirteenth centuries by the regional society centred on Chaco Canyon in the US Southwest. Here, the authors present new lidar and field documentation of parallel roads at the Gasco Site, which sits within a ritual landscape south of Chaco Canyon. Their findings reveal that the Gasco Road is substantially longer than previously believed and forms alignments between natural springs and towards the winter solstice sunrise over Mount Taylor, a mountain sacred among contemporary Indigenous peoples. These findings highlight the agency of landscapes and skyscapes in structuring ritual practices in ancient societies worldwide.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5543"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.4"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/Chacoan%20roads.jpg?itok=L_nEPacZ" width="600" height="300" alt="Sunrise over Mount Taylor on the winter solstice (21 December 2022) viewed from the centre of the Gasco North Parallel Road adjacent to the Gasco Herradura (figure by Robert S. Weiner)." /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Parallel roads, solstice and sacred geography at the Gasco Site: a Chacoan ritual landscape</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-a46df3e943064274e463422630592335f352635b4fedf7ed14ba1c31feb5985c"> <div class="view-content"> <div> Robert S. Weiner, Richard A. Friedman & John R. Stein </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 500-516 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/parallel-roads-solstice-and-sacred-geography-gasco-site-chacoan-ritual-landscape" data-a2a-title="Parallel roads, solstice and sacred geography at the Gasco Site: a Chacoan ritual landscape"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Fparallel-roads-solstice-and-sacred-geography-gasco-site-chacoan-ritual-landscape&title=Parallel%20roads%2C%20solstice%20and%20sacred%20geography%20at%20the%20Gasco%20Site%3A%20a%20Chacoan%20ritual%20landscape"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5543">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.4">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5544"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>Identification of the origins of maritime-traded porcelain, though key to unravelling ancient production and trade dynamics, remains challenging. The authors present a pioneering micro-provenance analysis of Dehua-style porcelain from the late-twelfth-century Nanhai I shipwreck, recovered from the South China Sea. By pinpointing the origins of porcelain subtypes, including those bearing ink inscriptions, this study provides greater nuance in understanding spatial patterns of production and the impact of buyer/seller choice in maritime trade. The findings further highlight the effectiveness of portable x-ray fluorescence as a high-precision provenancing analysis and offer insights into porcelain production timelines in south-east China.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5544"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.204"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/S0003598X24002047_figAb.png?itok=e_IAbtOQ" width="600" height="300" alt="" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Unveiling maritime trading practices: micro-provenance analysis of Dehua-style porcelain from the Nanhai I shipwreck</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-8b39b00f3dc593518940b894d3f57e697d6152fff93557a9b78b75506e81a061"> <div class="view-content"> <div>Wenpeng Xu <em>et al.</em> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 517-535 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/unveiling-maritime-trading-practices-micro-provenance-analysis-dehua-style-porcelain-nanhai-i" data-a2a-title="Unveiling maritime trading practices: micro-provenance analysis of Dehua-style porcelain from the Nanhai I shipwreck"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Funveiling-maritime-trading-practices-micro-provenance-analysis-dehua-style-porcelain-nanhai-i&title=Unveiling%20maritime%20trading%20practices%3A%20micro-provenance%20analysis%20of%20Dehua-style%20porcelain%20from%20the%20Nanhai%20I%20shipwreck"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5544">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.204">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5545"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>Bear baiting was a popular form of entertainment in Shakespearean England that was staged across the country but formalised in the Early Modern entertainment hub on Bankside, London. Here, the authors bring together zooarchaeological, stable isotope and archival evidence in the examination of faunal assemblages from nine archaeological sites on Bankside to elucidate characteristics indicative of bear baiting. In doing so, they present criteria for identifying bear-baiting assemblages in the archaeological record of England and beyond, even in the absence of associated documentary evidence.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5545"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.228"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/S0003598X2400228X_figAb.png?itok=2mmiaWNH" width="600" height="300" alt="" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-7f40d2a0947da2c5d9e2e21a0c892ffa1aeddfe2ee3fa1aaa8797853cf4d199a"> <div class="view-content"> <div>Elizabeth Wright <em>et al.</em> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 536-552 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/what-does-bear-baiting-assemblage-look-interdisciplinary-analysis-early-modern-sport" data-a2a-title="What does a bear-baiting assemblage look like? Interdisciplinary analysis of an Early Modern ‘sport’"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Fwhat-does-bear-baiting-assemblage-look-interdisciplinary-analysis-early-modern-sport&title=What%20does%20a%20bear-baiting%20assemblage%20look%20like%3F%20Interdisciplinary%20analysis%20of%20an%20Early%20Modern%20%E2%80%98sport%E2%80%99"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5545">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.228">Access article</a></div></div> </div></div> <div class="feed-item article"><div class="feed-body" id="abstract-5546"><div class="feed-body-content"><div class="abstract"><p>Institutional food is renowned for being monotonous and unappetising, yet the accuracy of these prescribed diets is difficult to verify archaeologically. Desiccated plant remains from beneath the floorboards at Hyde Park Barracks in Sydney offer a rare insight into the culture of food at the Female Immigration Depot (1848–1887) and the Destitute Asylum (1862–1886). Here, the author reveals the wide range of unofficial plant foods accessed by inhabitants at these two institutions—representing resources sourced from across the British Empire—and the sometimes-illicit nature of their consumption, highlighting the importance of incorporating archaeological evidence into discussions of institutional life.</p></div></div><div id="close-abstract-5546"></div></div><div class="feed-image"><a href="https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2024.215"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/teaser_image_small/public/2025-04/Connor%20plant%20foods%20Sydney.jpg?itok=qzzTm37i" width="600" height="300" alt="Several dried plant remains such as peanuts and citrus peel, labelled" /> </a></div> <div class="feed-details"> <h3 class="feed-title"><p>Eating in colonial institutions: desiccated plant remains from nineteenth-century Sydney</p></h3> <div class="feed-author"><div class="js-view-dom-id-8bbb73956cd1c14021802f5249074e28105cafef869fb7968ca06622dac31412"> <div class="view-content"> <div>Kimberley G. Connor </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="feed-issue-details">Vol 99 Issue 404, 553-569 | <span class="green">Read for free</span> | <span class="a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_16 addtoany_list" data-a2a-url="https://antiquity.ac.uk/blog/eating-colonial-institutions-desiccated-plant-remains-nineteenth-century-sydney" data-a2a-title="Eating in colonial institutions: desiccated plant remains from nineteenth-century Sydney"><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fantiquity.ac.uk%2Fblog%2Feating-colonial-institutions-desiccated-plant-remains-nineteenth-century-sydney&title=Eating%20in%20colonial%20institutions%3A%20desiccated%20plant%20remains%20from%20nineteenth-century%20Sydney"><img src="https://antiquity.ac.uk/sites/all/images/share-button.svg" alt="Share"></a></span> </div> <div class="feed-buttons"><div class="theme-button"><a id="view-abstract-5546">View abstract</a></div><div class="theme-button"><a 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