Turner, R. (2010). The Fish Trade in Medieval Wales and the Marches. Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 21. Vol 21.
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The Fish Trade in Medieval Wales and the Marches | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 21 | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary | ||
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21 | ||
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The discovery of fishtraps, particularly from the medieval and post-medieval periods, is becoming widespread around the sea coasts of northern Europe. Wales and the Severn Estuary have been happy hunting grounds for coastal archaeologists for twenty years, and they have pioneered the recording of fishtraps (Godbold and Turner 1994, Turner 2002, Brown et al 2010, Chadwick and Catchpole this volume). There are clear regional variations in the style and construction of these traps. These reflect a combination of factors: the width and character of the foreshore, tidal conditions and range, the availability of different building materials, the habits of the fish and particularly the migratory species that were the focus of the catch, and local tradition. At the other end of the spectrum, is the interest in the evidence for medieval cookery and the wide range of dishes that cooks could prepare (Brears 2008, Spencer 2002). These recipes can be compared with the remains of fish bones recovered from archaeological deposits found in latrines, cesspits and middens of food waste, which represent the far end of the fish food-chain (see the published works of A Wheeler and A K G Jones in particular). The purpose of this paper is to try and assemble the historical and archaeological evidence for the fish trade, which brought the fish from where they were caught to where they were eaten. It will focus on evidence for Wales and the Marches, and will look in some detail at the trading of fish in two of the main towns in the March, Chester and Gloucester. | ||
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2010 | ||
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09 Oct 2017 |
