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Author : Preston T. Miracle
Release : 2002
Genre : Animal remains (Archaeology).
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Book Synopsis Consuming Passions and Patterns of Consumption by : Preston T. Miracle
Download or read book Consuming Passions and Patterns of Consumption written by Preston T. Miracle. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Preston T. Miracle
Release : 2002
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis Consuming Passions and Patterns of Consumption by : Preston T. Miracle
Download or read book Consuming Passions and Patterns of Consumption written by Preston T. Miracle. This book was released on 2002. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume outlines and illustrates the importance of considering social contexts of food consumption in interpretations of past and present human societies, giving a new twist to the old adage 'You are what you eat'. What we eat, how we eat, are and always have been fundamental to the structuring of social life, both in the past and in the present. The remains of food are also among the most common archaeological finds. The papers in this volume explore and develop ways of using food to write social history; they move beyond taphonomic and economic properties of 'subsistence resources' to examine the social background and cultural contexts of food preparation and consumption. Contributions break new ground in method and interpretation in case studies spanning the Palaeolithic to the Present, and from the Amazon to the Arctic. This volume will thus be essential reading for all archaeologists, anthropologists and social historians interested in the prehistory and history of food consumption.
Author : Sian Griffiths
Release : 1998
Genre : Cannibalism
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Book Synopsis Consuming Passions by : Sian Griffiths
Download or read book Consuming Passions written by Sian Griffiths. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During late Middle Ages and early Renaissance, mythological, historical and contemporary accounts of cannibalism became particularly popular. Consuming Passions synthesizes and analyses those responses to Eucharistic teachings.
Author : Alexandra Livarda
Release : 2017-12-21
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 317/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Bioarchaeology of Ritual and Religion by : Alexandra Livarda
Download or read book The Bioarchaeology of Ritual and Religion written by Alexandra Livarda. This book was released on 2017-12-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bioarchaeology of Ritual and Religion is the first volume dedicated to exploring ritual and religious practice in past societies from a variety of ‘environmental’ remains. Building on recent debates surrounding, for instance, performance, materiality and the false dichotomy between ritualistic and secular behavior, this book investigates notions of ritual and religion through the lens of perishable material culture. Research centering on bioarchaeological evidence and drawing on methods from archaeological science has traditionally focused on functional questions surrounding environment and economy. However, recent years have seen an increased recognition of the under-exploited potential for scientific data to provide detailed information relating to ritual and religious practice. This volume explores the diverse roles of plant, animal, and other organic remains in ritual and religion, as foods, offerings, sensory or healing mediums, grave goods, and worked artifacts. It also provides insights into how archaeological science can shed light on the reconstruction of ritual processes and the framing of rituals. The 14 papers showcase current and new approaches in the investigation of bioarchaeological evidence for elucidating complex social issues and worldviews. The case studies are intentionally broad, encompassing a range of sub-disciplines of bioarchaeology including archaeobotany, anthracology, palynology, micromorphology, geoarchaeology, zooarchaeology (including avian and worked bone studies), archaeomalacology, and organic residue analysis. The temporal and geographical coverage is equally wide, extending across Europe from the Mediterranean and Aegean to the Baltic and North Atlantic regions, and from the Mesolithic to the medieval period. The volume also includes a discursive paper by Prof. Brian Hayden, who suggests a different interpretative framework of archaeological contexts and rituals.
Author : Christine A. Hastorf
Release : 2017
Genre : Cooking
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Book Synopsis The Social Archaeology of Food by : Christine A. Hastorf
Download or read book The Social Archaeology of Food written by Christine A. Hastorf. This book was released on 2017. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : The Social Life of Food -- Part I. Laying the Groundwork -- Framing Food Investigation -- The Practices of a Meal in Society -- Part II. Current Food Studies in Archaeology -- The Archaeological Study of Food Activities -- Food Economics -- Food Politics : Power and Status -- Part III. Food and Identity : The Potentials of Food Archaeology -- Food in the Construction of Group Identity -- The Creation of Personal Identity : Food, Body and Personhood -- Food Creates Society
