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A Roman necropolis in Barcelona reveals the food used in funerary banquets and in offerings for the dead

08.24.22 | PLOS

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Two adult burials from Vila de Madrid necropolis.
Two adult burials from Vila de Madrid necropolis. Credit: MHCB, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0271296

Article Title: Food for the soul and food for the body. Studying dietary patterns and funerary meals in the Western Roman Empire: An anthropological and archaeozoological approach

Author Countries: Spain, South Africa

Funding: DCSG acknowledges funding from the Generalitat Valenciana (CIDEGENT/2019/061) and the Spanish Government (EUR2020-112213). LC is funded by a Ramón Cajal contract (RYC2019-026732-I-AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0271296

Food for the soul and food for the body. Studying dietary patterns and funerary meals in the Western Roman Empire: An anthropological and archaeozoological approach

24-Aug-2022

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Keywords

Anthropology Archeological Sites Archeology Cultural Anthropology Cultural Practices Foods Spirituality

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0271296
Article Publication Date
2022-08-24
Article Title
Food for the soul and food for the body. Studying dietary patterns and funerary meals in the Western Roman Empire: An anthropological and archaeozoological approach
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2022, August 24). A Roman necropolis in Barcelona reveals the food used in funerary banquets and in offerings for the dead. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1WRK7MZL/a-roman-necropolis-in-barcelona-reveals-the-food-used-in-funerary-banquets-and-in-offerings-for-the-dead.html
MLA:
"A Roman necropolis in Barcelona reveals the food used in funerary banquets and in offerings for the dead." Brightsurf News, Aug. 24 2022, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1WRK7MZL/a-roman-necropolis-in-barcelona-reveals-the-food-used-in-funerary-banquets-and-in-offerings-for-the-dead.html.