Surveys the archaeology of food: its methods and its themes (economics, politics, status, identity, gender, ethnicity, ritual, religion).

Introduction : The Social Life of Food -- Part I. Laying the Groundwork -- Framing Food Investigation -- The Practices of a Meal in Society -- Part II. Current

The chapters in this topically and methodologically diverse volume discuss the role food plays in the construction and maintenance of multiple levels of social

What are the origins of agriculture? In what ways have technological advances related to food affected human development? How have food and foodways been used t

Archaeology literally feeds on the residues and discarded remains of our ancestors' meals. Such material has spawned a vast field of research and scientific tec