Way off track, coming as it does from Canada, but I guess you've looked at pemmican and akutaq. Hunter and gatherer food. I don't know if the fats were rendered. Whipped? Does that imply rendering? Also, storage in bladders, udders, intestines? Of course, the climate in northern Canada is a bit cooler than the Biblical world, but in India butter is rendered to ghee; does that make it keep better in the heat? Eve Toronto On 24/07/2016 5:23 PM, Barnea Levi Selavan wrote: > Dear all, > > As you want the list more active, I thought I would share a quick update. > > I am writing an MA thesis on ancient animal fat at Tel Aviv University > under Profs. Oded Lipschits and Ran Zadok, triggered by residual > analysis showing stored animal fat from circa 3000 years ago. > > In November 2014, when I got the topic and broached the question, some > of you made helpful comments with examples and references to consult, > many of which are already included in my text - thank you! > > The disciplines involved are archaeology beginning with prehistory. > diet. Bible, nutrition, the different qualities of fat from different > parts of the body, and from different animals; Ancient Near East > texts, Mesopotamian medicinal prescriptions, Egyptian prescriptions; > Greek and Roman texts as examples, anthropological examples from > different societies, how they use fat, store fat, and how they relate > to fat. > > Currently I am looking at the range of potential containers for fat, > the vessels used in Amenhotep III's palace, the finds in the Judean > Shephela, and so on. > > I saw a suggestion of fat being stored in leaves and kept dry and > cool, but I seek sources. > > I have also reviewed some techniques of rendering, and it does not > seem like something ancient man and certainly Bronze and Iron Age man > could not master. But I seek sources. > > The symphony is gradually coming together. > > So again, your help is welcomed regarding ancient methods for > rendering and storing fat, textual references, more anthropological > references, and so on. > > This fat is not inert... > > Yours, > > Barnea Levi Selavan > / > / > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: > http://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM2MTk5IGVyY2hyZHNuQFBBVEhDT00uQ09NIEFOQ0lFTlQtRk9PRC1URUNIIMnbLHXSaUxN&c=SIGNOFF > > --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH list, click the following link: https://listserv.dartmouth.edu/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=ANCIENT-FOOD-TECH