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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806153503321

Titolo

Archaeology of food : an encyclopedia / / edited by Karen Bescherer Metheny and Mary C. Beaudry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-7591-2366-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (635 p.)

Disciplina

394.1/209

394.1209

Soggetti

Prehistoric peoples - Food

Food habits - History

Diet - History

Excavations (Archaeology)

Social archaeology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

""CONTENTS""; ""THEMATIC CONTENTS""; ""FIGURES AND TABLES""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""; ""INDEX""; ""ABOUT THE EDITORS AND CONTRIBUTORS""

Sommario/riassunto

What are the origins of agriculture? In what ways have technological advances related to food affected human development? How have food and foodways been used to create identity, communicate meaning, and organize society? In this highly readable, illustrated volume, archaeologists and other scholars from across the globe explore these questions and more.The Archaeology of Food offers more than 250 entries spanning geographic and temporal contexts and features recent discoveries alongside the results of decades of research. The contributors provide overviews of current knowledge and theoretical