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What is the problem with study the normal conquest in archaeology |
Unlike other invasions you don’t see a huge shift in material culture like you do with the Roman invasion AD 43, in fact there is no change in material culture |
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What methods could be used instead to study 1066 |
1. Ancient dna 2. C14 dating from humans and animals 3. Organic residue analysis 4. Rahman spectroscopy to determine pigment composition |
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What can cause animals to have high Nitrogen values and thus what can this be used to detect |
If they eat they’re own poo For example, rabbits eat their own poo when they’re in captivity, thus this can be an indication of domestication and can be used to look at farming practices |
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What method was used to analyse manuscripts |
Used ZooMS to figure out what they’re made of |
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What Change was seen in 1066 as revealed by pottery residue analysis |
Found a shift in types of fats - ketones found mostly in pre conquest pits indicate fats cooked for prolonged time - not found in post conquest - show shift in how people cooked - in Anglo period people cooking in big pots in stews - post conquest, shift to spur roasting |
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Why is reference material for fats problematic |
It’s based on modern animals who would have consumed maize based foods which wasn’t previously available |
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What is a more efficient way of obtaining reference material for fats wha |
Dig up archa bone and get fat from bones itself - to form site specific collection |
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What carbon values in Britain suggest fish consumption |
Values higher than -20 |
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