What if the milk was used in baking? Or making paint?
Is paint a food or a beverage?
Tim
Timothy Scarlett
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Department of Social Sciences
Michigan Technological University
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On Apr 6, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Bob Genheimer wrote:
> Jeffrey
>
> Can I get a copy of your OAS Euroamerican artifact analysis framework?
>
> Bob Genheimer
> George Rieveschl Curator of Archaeology
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
> Boyer, Jeffrey, DCA
> Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 12:03 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Milk...a beverage...or food
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> Carol,
> In the OAS Euroamerican artifact analysis framework, milk bottles
> (I'm assuming you mean the bottles in which milk was either
> purchasd or delivered to residences from the dairy) would be
> classified as Food items. The other option would be Indulgence
> items, but we would generally not consider milk in that category,
> although I suppose there might be circumstances in which one could
> consider milk as an indulgence. Our framework is flexible enough to
> allow for that possibility if you wanted to do so . . .
> Jeff
>
> Jeffrey L. Boyer, RPA
> Project Director
> Office of Archaeological Studies, Museum of New Mexico
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> ________________________________
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> From: HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY on behalf of Carol Serr
> Sent: Thu 4/5/2007 3:51 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Milk...a beverage...or food
>
>
>
> Ok...I'll ask a "dumb" question... Do milk bottles get designated
> (as
> once holding) a FOOD...or a BEVERAGE in your artifact classifications?
> I consider juice, soda, mineral water...as beverages...
>
> I haven't had milk in ages...but, I was never one to chug milk all by
> itself as a "refreshing" drink (beverage). I only drank it with meals
> (or chocolate chip cookies!)...as a "supplement"...of sorts. A liquid
> food... (well, really just something to wash down the large particles,
> ha ha). I pretty much only drink water these days...as a beverage.
>
> So...what is the convention (or is there even one?)...for how this
> consumable liquid (well, actually the containers that once held it)
> would be designated in an artifact classification...and Why?
>
> Thanks.
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