Consuming Prehistory
An appetite for the past
What we eat lies at the very centre of our lives, from sharing meals to counting calories, we spend much of our days (and nights) thinking about food.
But what do you really know about food history, fads and fashions?
Focusing on the feasts of Stonehenge – let us take you right back to when modern farming began, when we left our foraging and hunting past behind us and adopted new innovative ways of eating.
Guerilla Archaeology invites you to find out what ancient festival goers ate at our Stonehenge inspired event. You can enjoy a prehistoric shopping experience in our pop-up supermarket, ‘Stonehengebury’s’ and discover the new imported foods of the early farmers.
Find out more about the project Consuming Prehistory here.
Guerilla Archaeology invited audiences to ‘Eat the Past’ at the following events.
Green Man: Settlers August 13th-15th
Green Man: Einsteins Garden August August 16th-19th
‘Feast Festival’ at Stonehenge itself September 1st to 2nd
Other events
- Heritage Food Fair
- Bryn Celli Ddu Open Day 16th June – Bryn Celli Ddu – the Mound in the Dark Grove – is probably the best-known prehistoric monument on Anglesey, and is one of the most evocative archaeological sites in Britain. Like other prehistoric tombs on Anglesey it was constructed to protect and pay respect to the remains of the ancestors.
What sets Bryn Celli Ddu apart from the other tombs on Anglesey, is that it is the only one to be accurately aligned to coincide with the rising sun on the longest day of the year. At dawn on midsummer solstice, shafts of light from the rising sun penetrate down the passageway to light the inner burial chamber.
Ready Steady Feast with Operation Nightingale and Breaking Ground Heritage – An organisation that works with injured veterans, schools, colleges, the probation service, community groups etc, using archaeology to empower participants.
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