Archaeology of Food - Identity, Politics, and Ideology in the Prehistoric and Historic Past

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.

List of contents

1. What is food, and why do archaeologists study it?; 2. How do archaeologists study food? Data sets and methods; 3. Food and economics; 4. Food and inequality; 5. Food and politics; 6. Identity: food, affiliation, and distinction; 7. Food, ritual, and religion; 8. Archaeology, food, and the future.

About the author

Katheryn C. Twiss is an archaeologist who studies ancient foodways in order to learn about social structures in the prehistoric and early historic past. Her primary areas of expertise are southwest Asian prehistory, zooarchaeology, animal management and symbolism, and life in early farming communities. She co-headed the team studying animal remains at the well-known Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in Turkey, and she is currently in charge of analyzing animal bones from the famed Mesopotamian site of Ur. She edited The Archaeology of Food And Identity (2007). She has published on topics ranging from feasting in early farming villages to Mesopotamian ceremonialism.

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Katheryn Twiss, Katheryn C. Twiss, Katheryn C. (State University of New York Twiss
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781108464062
• ISBN: 978-1-108-46406-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); History: specific events & topics, prehistory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, General & world history, History: earliest times to present day, History: specific events and topics, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Prehistoric archaeology, Archaeological science, methodology & techniques, Archaeological science, methodology and techniques