| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 258 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Behind the scenes and into the kitchen : new directions for the study of prehistoric meals / Elizabeth A. Klarich -- Food preparation and feasting in the household and political economy of pre-hispanic Philippine chiefdoms / Laura lee Junker and Lisa Niziolek -- The cycle of production, preparation, and consumption in a northern Mesopotamian city / Jason A. Ur and Carlo Colantoni -- Fine dining and fabulous atmosphere : feasting facilities and political interaction in the Wari realm / Donna J. Nash -- Big hearths and big pots : Moche feasting on the north coast of Peru / George Gumerman IV -- Maya palace kitchens : suprahousehold food preparation at the late and terminal classic site of Xunantunich, Belize / Lisa J. LeCount -- Feeding the fire : food and craft production in the middle Sicán period (AD 950-1050) / David J. Goldstein and Izumi Shimada -- The Wari brewer woman : feasting, gender offerings, and memory / Arthur A. Joyce -- Making meals (matter) / James M. Potter |
| Summary |
The anthropology of food is an area of research in which economic, social, and political dynamics interact in incredibly complex ways. Using archaeological case studies from around the globe, Inside Ancient Kitchens presents new perspectives on the comparative study of prehistoric meals from Peru to the Philippines |
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Inside Ancient Kitchens builds upon the last decade of feasting studies and presents two unique goals for broadening the understanding of prehistoric meals. First, the volume focuses on the study of meal preparation through the analysis of temporary and permanent kitchen areas. This move to focus "behind-the scenes" is aimed at determining how, where, and by whom meals were financed and prepared. Secondly, data from these preparation contexts are used to differentiate between household-level and suprahousehold-level meals in each case study, resulting in more nuanced typologies of daily meals, feasts, and other food-related events |
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Inside Ancient Kitchens presents an important step in the development of new methodological and theoretical approaches within the anthropology of food and will be of great interest to scholars studying the social dynamics, labor organization, and political relationships underlying prehistoric meals. --Book Jacket |
| Notes |
Outgrowth of a symposium entitled From subsistence to social strategies : refining the material correlates of household and suprahousehold levels of food preparation, organized by the editor for the Society of American Archaeology's [69th annual] meeting in Montreal [2004]. Cf. acknowledgments |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Prehistoric peoples -- Food
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Indians -- Food -- History
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Food habits -- History
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Food preferences -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Customs & Traditions.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Food habits
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Food preferences
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Indians -- Food
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Prehistoric peoples -- Food
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Klarich, Elizabeth A., 1973- editor
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Society for American Archaeology. Annual Meeting (69th : 2004 : Montréal, Québec)
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| ISBN |
9781607320609 |
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1607320606 |
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