caa a22 4500 388078014 CHVBK 20180307125204.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199904 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0959774300015213 doi S0959774300015213 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0959774300015213 Arnold Bettina Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA ‘Drinking the Feast': Alcohol and the Legitimation of Power in Celtic Europe [Elektronische Daten] [Bettina Arnold] Drinking and feasting were an integral part of life in Iron Age Europe and the British Isles. The distribution of food and especially drink in prescribed fashion played a key role in establishing and maintaining social relationships. Alcoholic beverages were important consumable status items in prehistoric Europe, serving as a social lubricant as well as a social barrier. The metal, ceramic and wooden vessels required for the preparation, distribution and consumption of these beverages were a vehicle for inter- and intragroup competition, and underwent considerable change, both symbolic and material, through time. This article will attempt a cognitive analysis of the material culture of Iron Age drinking and feasting by integrating archaeological and documentary evidence. The impact of contact with the Mediterranean world, gender configurations, and the ideology of power and patronage will be discussed in relation to changing material culture assemblages. Copyright © The McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research 1999 Cambridge Archaeological Journal Cambridge University Press 9/1(1999-04), 71-93 0959-7743 9:1<71 1999 9 CAJ https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774300015213 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774300015213 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Arnold Bettina Department of Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI 53201, USA NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cambridge Archaeological Journal Cambridge University Press 9/1(1999-04), 71-93 0959-7743 9:1<71 1999 9 CAJ CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence SWISSBIB 388078014 BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge