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 2 - How Do Archaeologists Study Food?
Data Sets and Methods
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
This chapter explains the data sets and methods that archaeologists use to reconstruct diet and foodways in the past. It discusses how researchers analyze human, plant, and animal remains; ceramic, metal, and lithic artifacts; stable isotopes; organic residues; paleofeces; art and architecture; and more.
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- The Archaeology of FoodIdentity, Politics, and Ideology in the Prehistoric and Historic Past, pp. 18 - 48Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019