The Archaeology of Food : Identity, Politics, and Ideology in the Prehistoric and Historic Past
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
1108474292
ISBN-13
9781108474290
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 14th, 2019
Print length
256 Pages
Weight
540 grams
Dimensions
15.70 x 23.30 x 1.80 cms
Ksh 15,850.00
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The Archaeology of Food explores food and culture in the past. It explains how archaeologists reconstruct what people were eating hundreds and even thousands of years ago, and discusses how ancient foodways related to economic strategies, political ambitions, ethnic identities, racial tensions, gender norms, religious affiliations, and more.
The Archaeology of Food explains how archaeologists reconstruct what people ate, and how such reconstructions reveal ancient political struggles, religious practices, ethnic identities, gender norms, and more. Balancing deep research with accessible writing, Katheryn Twiss familiarizes readers with archaeological data, methods, and intellectual approaches as they explore topics ranging from urban commerce to military provisioning to ritual feasting. Along the way, Twiss examines a range of primary evidence, including Roman bars, Aztec statues, Philistine pig remains, Nubian cooking pots, Mississippian squash seeds, and the bones of a medieval king. Her book introduces both archaeologists and non-archaeologists to the study of prehistoric and historic foodways, and illuminates how those foodways shaped and were shaped by past cultures.
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