Title: Expect the Unexpected: Implications of Recent Analyses of Mortuary Vessels for the Early Iron Age Social Configurations in Southwest Germany

Conference: What did the early Celts drink? Meaning and functions of imported Mediterranean vessels in Early Iron Age central Europe

Bettina Arnold was an invited speaker at an international conference in the Weltenburg Monastery in Bavaria, Germany from April 29 to May 1. Sponsored by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung and organized by the University of Munich, 30 archaeologists, biochemists and paleobotanists gathered to present new research on the evidence for Celtic Iron Age feasting and drinking behavior.