出版社：Institute for European and Mediterranean Archaeology
摘要：Bourdieu presents the idea that taste is determined by social classand taste in music, art and films, amongst other things will vary withsocial status and contribute to distinguishing those with more 'culturalcapital ' from those with less. By studying taste in food, in other wordsdiet, archaeologists may be able to gain an increased understanding ofsocial stratification in antiquity. This paper looks at landscape, faumalassemblages, and plant remains at five 'estate centres' in Late Anglo-Saxon England (Faccombe Netherton, Flixborough, Goltho, HighamFerrers and Yarnton) to discuss the idea that archaeologists can useconsumption as an indicator of status. Although the sites studied areall distinctive in different ways, it appears that looking at faunal andplant remains alone is not enough when trying to classify sites as higherstatus 'estate centres'. This highlights the importance of interdisciplinaryapproaches in archaeology which take into account textual, iconographicand experimental evidence, as well as the material remains at sites.
