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Description:The production and consumption of food can tell us much about how different cultures constructed and perceived their environment. This collection explores the shifting social contexts of food in prehistory by examining the interrelationships of food, biology, and ecology. Using case studies from the rainforest groups of South America to peoples of the desert fringes of Asia to farmers in the Highlands of New Guinea, the international contributors investigate the different roles food plays in culture: as an object of consumption, a vital part of the landscape, an influence on the development of agriculture and culinary methods, and an agent of socioeconomic change. With an impressive wealth of archaeological, genetic, botanical and linguistic evidence, this book tells the complex and fascinating story of the relationship between humans and their food.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change. To get started finding The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 544

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Routledge

Release: 2004

ISBN: 1134828489

Description: The production and consumption of food can tell us much about how different cultures constructed and perceived their environment. This collection explores the shifting social contexts of food in prehistory by examining the interrelationships of food, biology, and ecology. Using case studies from the rainforest groups of South America to peoples of the desert fringes of Asia to farmers in the Highlands of New Guinea, the international contributors investigate the different roles food plays in culture: as an object of consumption, a vital part of the landscape, an influence on the development of agriculture and culinary methods, and an agent of socioeconomic change. With an impressive wealth of archaeological, genetic, botanical and linguistic evidence, this book tells the complex and fascinating story of the relationship between humans and their food.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change. To get started finding The Prehistory of Food: Appetites for Change, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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