The story of food in the human past : how what we ate made us who we are / / Robyn E. Cutright |
Autore | Cutright Robyn E. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
Disciplina | 641.309/012 |
Collana | Archaeology of Food |
Soggetto topico |
Prehistoric peoples - Nutrition
Prehistoric peoples - Food Nutritional anthropology Human evolution |
ISBN | 0-8173-9338-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : food for thought -- Part I. How did food shape us as humans? : food in human evolution. Hunters and scavengers : the true "caveman" diet ; Little house on the savanna : fire, grandmothers, and homo erectus ; Big game and small houses in the upper Paleolithic -- Part II. What role did food play in past human societies? : the prehistory of food. Domesticating humans : the origins of the agricultural lifestyle ; "Drinking beer in a blissful mood" : feasts and fancy meals in the past ; The taste of power : cuisine, class, and conquest ; Foods of the gods and sacred meals ; Daily bread : everyday meals, gender, and identity in the past -- Conclusion : we are what we ate. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794450503321 |
Cutright Robyn E. | ||
Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The story of food in the human past : how what we ate made us who we are / / Robyn E. Cutright |
Autore | Cutright Robyn E. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
Disciplina | 641.309/012 |
Collana | Archaeology of Food |
Soggetto topico |
Prehistoric peoples - Nutrition
Prehistoric peoples - Food Nutritional anthropology Human evolution |
ISBN | 0-8173-9338-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction : food for thought -- Part I. How did food shape us as humans? : food in human evolution. Hunters and scavengers : the true "caveman" diet ; Little house on the savanna : fire, grandmothers, and homo erectus ; Big game and small houses in the upper Paleolithic -- Part II. What role did food play in past human societies? : the prehistory of food. Domesticating humans : the origins of the agricultural lifestyle ; "Drinking beer in a blissful mood" : feasts and fancy meals in the past ; The taste of power : cuisine, class, and conquest ; Foods of the gods and sacred meals ; Daily bread : everyday meals, gender, and identity in the past -- Conclusion : we are what we ate. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816062503321 |
Cutright Robyn E. | ||
Tuscaloosa, Alabama : , : The University of Alabama Press, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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