2020年5月1日 · First up is a global overview of "food archaeology" exploring how researchers use the traces of past foodways to investigate social distinctions: Savoring the Past: The Archaeology of Food and Foodways (45-minute lecture by Katheryn Twiss, UCB Anthro grad and Professor at Stony Brook University).

The Archaeology of Food explains how archaeologists reconstruct what people ate, and how such reconstructions reveal ancient political struggles, religious practices, ethnic identities, gender norms, and more.

This volume is the first reference work devoted to the study of food and foodways through archaeology. Scholars from archaeology and related fields will contribute entries that span a range of geographic and temporal contexts.

2015年8月7日 · 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...

The series offers new contributions and critical findings in food archaeology, chiefly through case studies that explore issues such as past diets, origins of agriculture, plant and animal domestication and exploitation, global networks of food exchange in the past, colonialism and food, food and gender in ancient and early modern times, food ...

Archaeology of Food and Foodways is an international refereed journal showcasing original scholarly work on the dynamics between food and culture, food and environment, and shifts in foodways over time, covering time periods from prehistory through the 19 th century.

archaeological food studies, with scholars exploring how production, cooking, eating, storage, and discard behaviors reflected, constructed, and challenged past cultural norms. The fundamental premise of most of these studies is simply "different diets and/or food activities = different social groups." However, this

Elements in the Archaeology of Food reveals how archaeological research into food illuminates ancient political maneuvers, social networks, risk management strategies, religious celebrations, luxurious pleasures, and much more. Readers will discover the relevance of food archaeology to broader conversations about cultural heritage ...

Today’s archaeology of food and diversity is theoretically diverse but generally views food as biologically necessary and cognitively prominent material culture that plays an active role in constructing and negotiating social distinctions.

From the study of artefacts such as lithics and ceramics, to mapping settlement and migration patterns, to the detailed analysis of dental calculus and the contents of cesspits- humans have left behind a rich material record of meals past.