Food remains from Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Hama, Syria: exploring the cooking practices and culinary catchment zone of an ancient city

Mette Marie Hald; Pernille Bangsgaard; Martin Nordvig Mortensen; Jacob Frydendahl; Stephen Lumsden; Georges Mouamar

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.106020

Food remains from Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Hama, Syria: exploring the cooking practices and culinary catchment zone of an ancient city

Mette Marie Hald^*
, Pernille Bangsgaard
, Martin Nordvig Mortensen
, Jacob Frydendahl
, Stephen Lumsden
, Georges Mouamar

^*Corresponding author for this work

Globe Institute University of Copenhagen
Archéorient CNRS

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The ancient city of Hama was excavated between 1931 and 1938 by a team of Danish archaeologists under the direction of Harald Ingholt, 1934, Ingholt, 1940; Fugmann, 1958, Riis, 1990, Hald et al., 2025). A substantial portion of the discovered artifacts, including a range of organic materials such as animal bones and charred plant remains, was exported to Denmark for post-excavation analysis, where it remains a valuable resource for research on ancient Syria

Original language	English
Article number	106020
Journal	Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
Volume	75
Number of pages	13
ISSN	2352-409X
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2026.106020
Publication status	Published - 2026

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Ordinary Lives in Extraordinary Times: A New View of the Earliest Urban Societies in Bronze Age Syria
Hald, M. M. (PI), Lumsden, S. (Project participant), Mouamar, G. (Project participant), Mortensen, M. N. (Project participant) & Pihl, A. (Project participant)
01/09/2021 → 01/05/2025
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Food remains from Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Hama, Syria: exploring the cooking practices and culinary catchment zone of an ancient city. / Hald, Mette Marie; Bangsgaard, Pernille; Mortensen, Martin Nordvig et al.
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Food remains from Late Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Hama, Syria: exploring the cooking practices and culinary catchment zone of an ancient city

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