Life goes on: Archaeobotanical investigations of diet and ritual at Angkor Thom, Cambodia (14th–15th centuries CE) | Zendy

Cristina Castillo | Zendy; Martin Polkinghorne | Zendy; Brice Vincent | Zendy; Tan Boun Suy | Zendy; Dorian Q. Fuller | Zendy

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Life goes on: Archaeobotanical investigations of diet and ritual at Angkor Thom, Cambodia (14th–15th centuries CE)

Author(s) -

Cristina Castillo,

Martin Polkinghorne,

Brice Vincent,

Tan Boun Suy,

Dorian Q. Fuller

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

the holocene

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.008

H-Index - 117

eISSN - 1477-0911

pISSN - 0959-6836

DOI - 10.1177/0959683617752841

Subject(s) - paleoethnobotany , foodways , indigenous , archaeology , ancient history , consumption (sociology) , geography , staple food , ethnography , history , agriculture , biology , anthropology , ecology , art , sociology , aesthetics

This is the first time an archaeobotanical analysis based on macroremains, both charred and desiccated, from Cambodia is reported. The archaeobotanical samples are rich and provide evidence of rice processing, consumption of non-indigenous pulses, and the use of economic crops. The evidence is supported by data from inscriptions, texts and historical ethnography. This study demonstrates that the city of Angkor in the 14th and 15th centuries CE, despite its decline, was still occupied. Angkor’s inhabitants continued their everyday lives cultivating and consuming their staple food, rice, with a suite of pulses, and also used the harvests in the performance of rituals.

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