Dear All,
There are a few free slots left in the following ICAZ
session. Submission deadline is formally the end April.
Please see
http://www.dur.ac.uk/icaz.2002/sessions/fats.html
for further details of the current list of speakers.
Animal Fats and Oils: Approaches and Significance
(scientific programme)
Session organiser - Alan Outram (University of Exeter, UK;
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Animal fats and oils played a crucial role in past
economies. For some societies the quest for sufficient
dietary fat was a matter of life and death. This session
will not simply address subsistence, however; it is also
concerned with cultural perceptions of fat and the uses of
fats in crafts and as fuel. It will look into the many
sources of animal fats, such as bone marrow and grease,
fish oils, blubber and dairy products. A key aspect of the
session will be to look into the various approaches we can
take in the investigation of past fat and oil exploitation.
Such approaches include the study of fracture and
fragmentation of animals bones, the analysis of chemical
residues, the identification of rendering facilities in the
archaeological record, palaeoentomological evidence,
ethnography and experimental studies.
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Alan K. Outram
University of Exeter
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