Early northern Europeans consumed alcoholic beverages

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Archaeological and biomolecular evidence confirms that early northern Europeans consumed alcoholic beverages such as beer.

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The retrieved papers include direct molecular and archaeological evidence (such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae DNA in Iron Age Alpine paleofeces and studies on Viking Age/Early Medieval feasting) confirming that early northern Europeans brewed and consumed alcohol.

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Hallstatt miners consumed blue cheese and beer during the Iron Age and retained a non-Westernized gut microbiome until the Baroque period.

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Maixner F, Sarhan MS, Huang KD, Tett A, Schoenafinger A, Zingale S, Blanco-Míguez A, Manghi P, Cemper-Kiesslich J, Rosendahl W, Kusebauch U, Morrone SR, Hoopmann MR, Rota-Stabelli O, Rattei T, Moritz RL, Oeggl K, Segata N, Zink A, Reschreiter H, Kowarik K. Hallstatt miners consumed blue cheese and beer during the Iron Age and retained a non-Westernized gut microbiome until the Baroque period.. 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.09.031

Molecular evidence from paleofeces demonstrates beer consumption in Iron Age Europe.

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The nature of the feast: commensality and the politics of consumption in Viking Age and Early Medieval Northern Europe

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I. Mainland, C. Batey. The nature of the feast: commensality and the politics of consumption in Viking Age and Early Medieval Northern Europe. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2019.1578260

Archaeological and historical sources document the significant role of alcoholic beverages and feasting in Early Medieval Northern Europe.

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