EL BANQUETE PRIVADO Y EL BANQUETE COMUNAL EN EL SANTUARIO DE CANCHO ROANO

Abstract

In recent fieldworks carried out at the archaeological site of Cancho Roano, a boundary pitfull-up with a big amount of animal bones and pottery have been discovered surrounding the building. The analysis of these remains allow us to infer the celebration of a communal banquet during the last moments of occupation of the complex, similar to those well-know in other sites of the Iberian Peninsula and Central Europe. In opposition, the presence of banquet tools with a more restricted use such as spits or tools related to the manoeuvring of wine inside the building, implies another kind of commensality practices with a exclusively private character.