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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910806153503321
• 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

Post-Harvest Technologies of Fruits & Vegetables

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911007013503321
• Autore: Ramaswamy Hosahalli S.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: DEStech Publications
• ISBN: 9781523153749; 1523153741
• Disciplina: 635
• Soggetti: Fruit - Postharvest technology; Vegetables - Postharvest technology; Fruit - Postharvest physiology; Vegetables - Postharvest physiology; Fruit - Storage; Vegetables - Storage; Irradiated fruit; Irradiated vegetables
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: An overview of postharvest losses and causes -- Classification of fruits and vegetables -- Structure of fruits and vegetables -- Composition and nutritional qualities -- Harvesting of fruits and vegetables -- Quality and maturity indices -- Post harvest physiology of fruits and vegetables : respiration -- Post harvest physiology of fruits and vegetables : transpiration -- Cooling of fruits and vegetables -- Cold storage systems for fruits and vegetables -- Packaging of fruits and vegetables -- Irradiation of fruits and vegetables -- Postharvest pathology -- Postharvest treatments.
• Sommario/riassunto: A comprehensive introduction to traditional and emerging areas of post-harvest technology, this text investigates factors that cause deterioration in the post-harvest quality and enhance shelf-life of perishable produce. The book explains all major post-harvest storage and handling technologies for fruits and vegetables in their fresh state, and also covers MAP packaging. Psychrometric principles and their role ; in post-harvest storage are examined to understand moisture transfer phenomena in produce storage. This volume includes calculations for process control and shelf-life prediction. --