Ancient elites partied on human-made islands.
Just as waterfront mansions are status symbols for today's rich and famous, ancient artificial islands in the British Isles known as crannogs may have been used by elites to display their power and wealth through elaborate parties, a new study finds.
"The lakes are shallow around the crannog; material is quickly deposited there and never washed away," Brown told Live Science in an email. The researchers analyzed the site halo using multiple methods, including sedimentary ancient DNA analysis — an emerging technique that enables scientists to identify all the plants and animals that contributed to the ancient environment of a site.
"Inferring specific activities such as feasting is always difficult," Hammann told Live Science in an email, but"in combination these methods seem to draw quite a conclusive picture."
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