Bronze Age Britain: Ancient Feasts Revealed Through Animal Bones and Gatherings
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A study of animal bones from Bronze Age Britain reveals that people traveled long distances to participate in large feasts, which likely played a key role in community bonding during a time of climate and economic instability, with different regions favoring different meats and engaging in distinct social behaviors.
- People gathered for great meat feasts at end of British bronze age, study shows The Guardian
- Bronze Age feasts uncovered in ancient English trash heaps Popular Science
- Animal bones found in Late Bronze Age rubbish heaps show the distances people traveled to feast Phys.org
- Ancient People Brought Animals From Far and Wide for Elaborate Feasts in Bronze Age Britain Discover Magazine
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