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Garum Sardiniae in Tabula: Rediscovering the Ancient Taste of Roman Cuisine

Author(s)
Riccardo Grasso 1 ✉,
Tania Piga 2,
Alessio Gorga 3,
Manuel Mainetti 4
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2023/3
The historiography concerning the Garum, as well as the archaeological evidence of the same, are very wide and cover the entire topic both from the historical and archaeological points of view. Can a team of archaeologists faithfully recreate Garum today, starting only with the historical knowledge available to us, and at the same time ...

Fish

Cold-blooded creature with fins and scales that swims in water, often used as food. 

Book Review: Fish Leather Tanning and Sewing by Lotta Rahme and Dag Hartman

Author(s)
Danny Honig 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2013/3
Judging from the extensive bibliography in this book, little to no literature exists on fish leather tanning in English. A quick Google and Amazon search reveals that a good general book on leather tanning includes at least one chapter on fish, reptile and other "alternative" skins...

What’s in an Experiment? Roman Fish Sauce: an Experiment in Archaeology

Author(s)
Sally Grainger 1 ✉
Publication Date
EXARC Journal Issue 2012/1

In the summer of 2009 I was engaged in the preliminary preparations for extensive experiments to manufacture fish sauces for my MA dissertation in Archaeology at Reading University. In my previous research into Roman food, it was clear that it was not going to be possible to truly understand ancient cuisine without...