LEADER 03945nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910461220103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8538-X 035 $a(CKB)2670000000178602 035 $a(EBL)892365 035 $a(OCoLC)787843319 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000635230 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11392689 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000635230 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10651886 035 $a(PQKB)11556855 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC892365 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse27067 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL892365 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10558914 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000178602 100 $a20100125e20102001 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aFeasts$b[electronic resource] $earchaeological and ethnographic perspectives on food, politics, and power /$fedited by Michael Dietler and Brian Hayden 210 $aTuscaloosa, Ala. $cUniversity of Alabama Press$d[2010] 215 $a1 online resource (446 p.) 300 $aOriginally published: Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001. 311 $a0-8173-5641-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; Contributors; 1. Digesting the Feast-Good to Eat, Good to Drink, Good to Think: An Introduction - Michael Dietler and Brian Hayden; Part 1: Ethnographic Perspectives; 2. Fabulous Feasts: A Prolegomenon To The Importance Of Feasting - Brian Hayden; 3. Theorizing The Feast: Rituals Of Consumption, Commensal Politics, And Power In African Contexts - Michael Dietler; 4. Of Feasting And Value: Enga Feasts In A Historical Perspective(Papua New Guinea) - Polly Wiessner; 5. Akha Feasting: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective - Michael J Clarke 327 $a6. Polynesian Feasting In Ethnohistoric, Ethnographic, And Archaeological Contexts: A Comparison Of Three Societies - Patrick V. Kirch7. Feasting For Prosperity: A Study Of Southern Northwest Coast Feasting - James R. Perodie; 8. The Big Drink: Feast And Forum In The Upper Amazon - Warren R. DeBoer; 9. Feasts And Labor Mobilization: Dissecting A Fundamental Economic Practice - Michael Dietler and Ingrid Herbich; Part 2: Archaeological Perspectives; 10. The Evolution Of Ritual Feasting Systems In Prehispanic Philippine Chiefdoms - Laura Lee Junker 327 $a11. Feasting And The Emergence Of Platform Mound Ceremonialism In Eastern North America - Vernon James Knight12. A Case Of Ritual Feasting At The Cahokia Site - Lucretia S. Kelly; 13. Feasting On The Periphery: The Production Of Ritual Feasting And Village Festivals At The Cere?n Site, El Salvador - Linda A. Brown; 14. Feasting In The Ancient Near East - Denise Schmandt -Besserat; 15. Garbage and The Modern American Feast - Douglas C. Wilson And William L. Rathje; Index 330 $aFrom the ancient Near East to modern-day North America, communal consumption of food and drink punctuates the rhythms of human societies. Feasts serve many social purposes, establishing alliances for war and marriage, mobilizing labor, creating political power and economic advantages, and redistributing wealth. In this collection of fifteen essays, archaeologists and ethnographers explore the material record of food and its consumption as social practice. They examine the locations of roasting pits, hearths, and refuse deposits, or the presence of special decorative ceramics, a 606 $aFestivals$vCongresses 606 $aFasts and feasts$vCongresses 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFestivals 615 0$aFasts and feasts 676 $a394.26 701 $aDietler$b Michael$0446541 701 $aHayden$b Brian$0623166 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461220103321 996 $aFeasts$92459323 997 $aUNINA