The social archaeology of food thinking about eating from prehistory to the present
This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identities. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Classic Maya, the Inka...
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| Language: | English |
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New York
Cambridge University Press
2017
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction : The Social Life of Food
- Part I. Laying the Groundwork
- Framing Food Investigation
- The Practices of a Meal in Society
- Part II. Current Food Studies in Archaeology
- The Archaeological Study of Food Activities
- Food Economics
- Food Politics : Power and Status
- Part III. Food and Identity : The Potentials of Food Archaeology
- Food in the Construction of Group Identity
- The Creation of Personal Identity : Food, Body and Personhood
- Food Creates Society