The Meaning of Ale: Understanding Political Conflicts in the North in Light of Cultural Practice

Kjesrud, Karoline

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“…PCMs infer that three out of four plants used in alcoholic drinks were used for this purpose already in the Viking-Age. A recent article highlights the cultural importance of ale for the Nordic peoples through time [43]. The plants added in alcoholic drinks are also conserved when we look at a historical time-lapse (eighteenth to twentieth century [34]).…”

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Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use

Teixidor‐Toneu

Kool

Greenhill

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Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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In this paper, past plant knowledge serves as a case study to highlight the promise and challenges of interdisciplinary data collection and interpretation in cultural evolution. Plants are central to human life and yet, apart from the role of major crops, people–plant relations have been marginal to the study of culture. Archaeological, linguistic, and historical evidence are often limited when it comes to studying the past role of plants. This is the case in the Nordic countries, where extensive collections of various plant use records are absent until the 1700s. Here, we test if relatively recent ethnobotanical data can be used to trace back ancient plant knowledge in the Nordic countries. Phylogenetic inferences of ancestral states are evaluated against historical, linguistic, and archaeobotanical evidence. The exercise allows us to discuss the opportunities and shortcomings of using phylogenetic comparative methods to study past botanical knowledge. We propose a ‘triangulation method’ that not only combines multiple lines of evidence, but also quantitative and qualitative approaches. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Foundations of cultural evolution’.

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Section: Discussion (A) Inferring Cultural Evolution From Multiple Lines Of Evidencementioning

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Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use

Teixidor‐Toneu

Kool

Greenhill

et al. 2021

Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B

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The Meaning of Ale: Understanding Political Conflicts in the North in Light of Cultural Practice

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Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use

Historical, archaeological and linguistic evidence test the phylogenetic inference of Viking-Age plant use

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