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The archaeology and politics of food and feasting in early states and empires
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ISBN: 0306477300 0306477718 9786610865789 1280865784 0306482460 9780306477300 Year: 2003 Publisher: New York: Kluwer academic/Plenum,

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Food and feasting are increasingly recognized as having played a prominent role in the emergence of social hierarchies and the negotiation of power. Given the culinary nature of feasts, the archaeological visibility of such events is increased by the use of containers for both food preparation and consumption. The papers in this volume examine the commensal politics of early states and empires and offer a comparative perspective on how food and feasting have figured in the political calculus of archaic states in both the Old and New Worlds. The contributors provide important new insights into the strategies of early statecraft and the role of pots as political tools by focusing on questions such as: -What was the nature of the relationship between food, power, status, and identity in the context of early states? -Was feasting a universally important element in the construction of state power? -How do archaeologically discernible patterns of state feasting compare cross-culturally and through time?


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Food in zones of conflict : cross-disciplinary perspectives
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ISBN: 1785337459 1785396188 1782384049 9781782384045 9781782384038 1782384030 1322152578 9781785337451 9781785396182 Year: 2014 Publisher: New York ; Oxford, England : Berghahn Books,

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The availability of food is an especially significant issue in zones of conflict because conflict nearly always impinges on the production and the distribution of food, and causes increased competition for food, land and resources Controlling the production of and access to food can also be used as a weapon by protagonists in conflict. The logistics of supply of food to military personnel operating in conflict zones is another important issue. These themes unite this collection, the chapters of which span different geographic areas. This volume will appeal to scholars in a number of different

Food and the city in Europe since 1800
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ISBN: 9780754649892 075464989X 9781138274198 9781315582610 9781317134480 9781317134497 1138274194 Year: 2007 Publisher: Aldershot: Ashgate,

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