The Social Archaeology of Food: Thinking about Eating from Prehistory to the Pre

Description: The Social Archaeology of Food by Christine A. Hastorf This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identity. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Inka societies and the Classic Maya. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Author Biography Christine A. Hastorf is known for her contributions to palaeoethnobotany, agriculture, meaning and the everyday, food studies, political economy, and ritual in middle-range societies of the Andean region of South America. She has written and edited many articles and books, and has completed fieldwork in Mexico, California, New Mexico, Italy, Peru, Argentina, Bolivia, Turkey and England. She oversees an archaeobotanical laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley and directs an archaeological project in Bolivia. At the 2012 Society for American Archaeology meetings, she was awarded the Fryxell Award for Excellence in the Botanical Sciences in Archaeology. Table of Contents 1. Introduction: the social life of food; Part I. Laying the Groundwork: 2. Framing food investigation; 3. The practices of a meal in society; Part II. Current Food Studies in Archaeology: 4. The archaeological study of food activities; 5. Food economics; 6. Food politics: power and status; Part III. Food and Identity: The Potentials of Food Archaeology: 7. Food in the construction of group identity; 8. The creation of personal identity: food, body and personhood; 9. Food creates society. Promotional This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies and identities. Promotional "Headline" This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies and identities. Description for Bookstore This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identity. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Inka societies and the Classic Maya. Description for Library This book offers a global perspective on the role food has played in shaping human societies, through both individual and collective identity. It integrates ethnographic and archaeological case studies from the European and Near Eastern Neolithic, Han China, ancient Cahokia, Inka societies and the Classic Maya. Details ISBN1107153360 Author Christine A. Hastorf Publisher Cambridge University Press Year 2016 ISBN-10 1107153360 ISBN-13 9781107153363 Format Hardcover Imprint Cambridge University Press Place of Publication Cambridge Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 306.4 Pages 414 Publication Date 2016-11-22 Affiliation University of California, Berkeley Subtitle Thinking about Eating from Prehistory to the Present Short Title The Social Archaeology of Food Language English UK Release Date 2016-11-22 AU Release Date 2016-11-22 NZ Release Date 2016-11-22 Illustrations 2 Maps; 11 Halftones, black and white; 15 Line drawings, black and white Alternative 9781316597590 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:168646446;

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