The Social Archaeology of Food

Thinking about Eating from Prehistory to the Present

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Archaeology, History
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Author: Christine A. Hastorf ISBN: 9781316710265
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: November 22, 2016
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Christine A. Hastorf
ISBN: 9781316710265
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: November 22, 2016
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identities. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Classic Maya, the Inka and many other periods and regions, to ask how the meal in particular has acted as a social agent in the formation of society, economy, culture and identity. Drawing on a range of social theorists, Hastorf provides a theoretical toolkit essential for any archaeologist interested in foodways. Studying the social life of food, this book engages with taste, practice, the meal and the body to discuss power, identity, gender and meaning that creates our world as it created past societies.

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This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identities. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Classic Maya, the Inka and many other periods and regions, to ask how the meal in particular has acted as a social agent in the formation of society, economy, culture and identity. Drawing on a range of social theorists, Hastorf provides a theoretical toolkit essential for any archaeologist interested in foodways. Studying the social life of food, this book engages with taste, practice, the meal and the body to discuss power, identity, gender and meaning that creates our world as it created past societies.

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