Discussion: Food - Reconstruction and the Public

For a BBC program in 1954, Sir Mortimer Wheeler tasted a reconstruction of the Tollund Man’s last supper, which turned out to be a tasteless mush. This led him to announce: "I believe that the poor chap of Tollund committed suicide because he could stand his wife's cooking no longer!"...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:7d08311bdbc849b284d0e664151da7a02021-12-01T14:42:31ZDiscussion: Food - Reconstruction and the Public2212-8956https://doaj.org/article/7d08311bdbc849b284d0e664151da7a02013-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://exarc.net/ark:/88735/10119https://doaj.org/toc/2212-8956For a BBC program in 1954, Sir Mortimer Wheeler tasted a reconstruction of the Tollund Man’s last supper, which turned out to be a tasteless mush. This led him to announce: "I believe that the poor chap of Tollund committed suicide because he could stand his wife's cooking no longer!" While archaeology-inspired cookery is an important and attractive way of involving the public, it also has some drawbacks. How authentic can we be? What about health and safety? Should we only cook what the public will like?EXARCarticlefoodtourismpresentationhealthpalaeolithicmesolithicneolithicchalcolithicbronze ageiron ageroman eraviking ageearly middle ageslate middle agesnewer eranewest eraaustraliacanadadenmarkfinlandgermanyirelandswedenunited kingdomusaMuseums. Collectors and collectingAM1-501ArchaeologyCC1-960ENEXARC Journal, Iss 2013/3 (2013)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic food
tourism
presentation
health
palaeolithic
mesolithic
neolithic
chalcolithic
bronze age
iron age
roman era
viking age
early middle ages
late middle ages
newer era
newest era
australia
canada
denmark
finland
germany
ireland
sweden
united kingdom
usa
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
spellingShingle food
tourism
presentation
health
palaeolithic
mesolithic
neolithic
chalcolithic
bronze age
iron age
roman era
viking age
early middle ages
late middle ages
newer era
newest era
australia
canada
denmark
finland
germany
ireland
sweden
united kingdom
usa
Museums. Collectors and collecting
AM1-501
Archaeology
CC1-960
Discussion: Food - Reconstruction and the Public
description For a BBC program in 1954, Sir Mortimer Wheeler tasted a reconstruction of the Tollund Man’s last supper, which turned out to be a tasteless mush. This led him to announce: "I believe that the poor chap of Tollund committed suicide because he could stand his wife's cooking no longer!" While archaeology-inspired cookery is an important and attractive way of involving the public, it also has some drawbacks. How authentic can we be? What about health and safety? Should we only cook what the public will like?
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title Discussion: Food - Reconstruction and the Public
title_short Discussion: Food - Reconstruction and the Public
title_full Discussion: Food - Reconstruction and the Public
title_fullStr Discussion: Food - Reconstruction and the Public
title_full_unstemmed Discussion: Food - Reconstruction and the Public
title_sort discussion: food - reconstruction and the public
publisher EXARC
publishDate 2013
url https://doaj.org/article/7d08311bdbc849b284d0e664151da7a0
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