Book contents
- The Archaeology of Food
- The Archaeology of Food
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 What Is Food, and Why Do Archaeologists Study It?
- Chapter 2 How Do Archaeologists Study Food?
- Chapter 3 Food and Economics
- Chapter 4 Food and Inequality
- Chapter 5 Food and Politics
- Chapter 6 Identity: Food, Affiliation, and Distinction
- Chapter 7 Food, Ritual, and Religion
- Chapter 8 Archaeology, Food, and the Future
- References
- Index
Chapter 3 - Food and Economics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 November 2019
- The Archaeology of Food
- The Archaeology of Food
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 What Is Food, and Why Do Archaeologists Study It?
- Chapter 2 How Do Archaeologists Study Food?
- Chapter 3 Food and Economics
- Chapter 4 Food and Inequality
- Chapter 5 Food and Politics
- Chapter 6 Identity: Food, Affiliation, and Distinction
- Chapter 7 Food, Ritual, and Religion
- Chapter 8 Archaeology, Food, and the Future
- References
- Index
Summary
Whereas once archaeologists discussed food and economics largely in terms of subsistence strategies, today we see research on household investments, urban market systems, intercontinental trade networks, and more. This chapter discusses food production and procurement, surplus and abundance, labor, commerce, currency, privatization, globalization, and the causes of economic change.
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- The Archaeology of FoodIdentity, Politics, and Ideology in the Prehistoric and Historic Past, pp. 49 - 72Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019