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Matkultur i middelalderbyene (FOODIMPACT)

Dette prosjektet er den første store studien av urban matkultur i middelalderens Norge. Vi stiller spørsmålet: Hvilken betydning hadde matkulturen for fremveksten av en urban identitet?

Bildet kan inneholde: steingods, keramisk.

Om prosjektet

Arkeologisk materiale vil for første gang bli brukt til å identifisere lokal urban matkultur gjennom tre tverrfaglige forskningsfokus:

Sosial differensiering i matkultur i middelalderens Oslo
Forholdet mellom matkulturen i middelalderbyen, internasjonal handel og innlandet
Hvordan urban matkultur definerte og formet lokale identiteter.

Middelaldersamlingene i Kulturhistorisk museum rommer mer enn 30.000 matrelaterte gjenstander fra middelalderens Oslo. Vi tar utgangspunkt i denne skatten.

Bakgrunn

Prosjektet vil bli ledet av professor Marianne Vedeler ved Kulturhistorisk museum ved Universitetet i Oslo, og er et samarbeid med det biokjemiske laboratoriet Nicolas Garnier Laboratoire i Vic-le-Comte, Naturhistorisk Museum og CEES ved Universitetet i Oslo, Bergen Museum ved Universitetet i Bergen og Universitetet i Cambridge.

Finansiering

Prosjektet støttes av Forskningsrådet og Universitetet i Oslo.

Garnier, Nicolas & Vedeler, Marianne (2021). Revealing Medieval culinary practices in Norway: A first metabolomic-based approach . Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. ISSN 2352-409X. 40. doi: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103206. Vis sammendrag
The last technological developments in chemical analysis with high resolution-mass spectrometry allow a more precise, secure, sensitive, and accurate detection of markers preserved in archaeological vessels, even as trace or ultratrace level. We develop a new metabolomic-based approach and applied on a series of 19 soapstone vessels from Medieval Norway. The very nature of the ancient materials contained in the vessels could be identified from the fatty acids, sterols, phenolics composition. Aquatic resources, identified from their fatty acid composition and specially isoprenoid acids, isomeric 22:1 acids, and their heat-degraded markers ω -(o-alkylphenyl)alkanoic acids, have largely been exploited during Medieval times. The metabolomic approach brings also in light the consummation of fruit derivatives, especially grape, apple, and plum derivatives identified from their aldaric, phenolic or suggested from their enterolignans. This pioneer method clearly open new research facilities for the comprehension of everyday life of ancient populations from their domestic vessels.

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Simonsen, Margrete Figenschou (2024). Medieval Fish and Fish Farming – An example from the Cistercians in Norway.
Kool, Anneleen; Blakeney, Rebecca Angelica; Vedeler, Marianne; Grønbech, Marit Elisabeth; Serra, Daniel & Storaker, Anja [Vis alle 7 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2022). Mat fra middelalderen.
Kool, Anneleen; Teixidor-Toneu, Irene & Kjesrud, Karoline (2022). Angelica archangelica: from Viking vegetable to Nordic delicacy - On safeguarding traditional knowledge in botanic gardens .
Kool, Anneleen (2022). Planter i middelalderens Oslo.
Kool, Anneleen; Vedeler, Marianne & Kjesrud, Karoline (2021). Webinar Medieval Food Plants. Vis sammendrag
A number of food plants in form of seeds as well as pollen are detected through archaeological excavations in medieval towns in Norway. These are in part species other than those mentioned in the recipe books that are preserved from the same period. How should we interpret these discrepancies? Food plants in iconographic sources is another valuable resource. How can we develop new research and public outreach based on all these sources? Welcome to an informal webinar where these questions will be discussed. All participants are welcome to contribute to the discussion during the meeting. We will meet online on Friday the 9th of April from 9 – 10:30. Bring your own coffee, or other botanically inspired beverage. Program: - Introduction to published foodplants and ingrediences in medieval cook books (Marianne Vedeler) - Cultivation and use of a selection of plants from the sources (Anneleen Kool) - Food plants in iconographic sources (Karoline Kjesrud)