Cibi e ceramiche nei fondi Cossar ad Aquileia. Un contributo alla ricostruzione della dieta, della batteria da cucina e dei servizi da mensa nella tarda Antichità

The research held by the University of Padua in the area of the Cossar property at Aquileia gave the opportunity to investigate the plan and to follow up the development of a domus from its construction in the 1st century BC until its abandonment in the beginning of the 6th century AD. A room likely used as a pantry can be related to one of the latest phases dated back to the second half of the 5th century AD and beyond. Inside the pantry an Eastern amphora still in situ was recovered, reused as a container for storaging lentils. This important discovery together with the associated materials found in the same context enable to recognise some elements regarding the diet of the inhabitants of the domus and to reconstruct the set of vessels used for cooking and waiting on table the food. In order to establish the pottery set in use at Aquileia after Attila a detailed analysis of coeval contextual archaeological finds is carried out.