Feasting on fore-limbs: conspicuous consumption and identity in later prehistoric Britain

• Autores: Richard Madgwick, Jacqui Mulville
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 89, Nº 345, 2015, págs. 629-644
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The discovery in Llanmaes, South Wales, of a large midden dating from the Early Iron Age provided an opportunity to deepen our understanding of feasting in late prehistoric Britain. But the dominance of right fore-limbs of pigs in the faunal assemblage has raised questions about the social processes represented by this activity. The evidence suggests a move away from conspicuous consumption by an Early Iron Age elite towards a more community-focused event designed to galvanise social relations at a time when the breakdown of bronze exchange networks was challenging the social order