Flat-out Favorites: Plaice Looks Like the Most Popular Flatfish in Medieval Times
<div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" rel="schema:primaryImageOfPage og:image rdfs:seeAlso" resource="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/A-plaice.jpg?itok=X-rzFSqz"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ancient-origins.net/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/field/image/A-plaice.jpg?itok=X-rzFSqz" width="610" height="346" alt=": A plaice, the most popular flatfish in medieval Europe. Source: slowmotiongli/Adobe Stock" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="schema:description content:encoded"><p>
University of York</p>
<p>Flatfish, such as plaice, turbot and sole, were regularly consumed as part of a medieval meal, according to analysis of fishbone remains found at archaeological sites across Europe.</p>
<p>Previous research had shown that people ate flatfish during the
medieval period, but until now it was unclear which types of flatfish they would have consumed and what this might tell us about fishing habits at that time.</p>
<p>Researchers from the University of York in collaboration with experts from France, Belgium and the Netherlands, identified plaice as the most popular flatfish, with flounder following close behind, and turbot, brill and Dover sole.</p>
<p>Not only were they able to identify the types of
fish, but they found a pattern in how they were consumed, which suggested that the type of fish that was eaten at meal times was linked to the context in which they were consumed.? Dover sole, for example, was only found in religious contexts, such as at
monastery sites.? </p>
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