Surveys the archaeology of food: its methods and its themes (economics, politics, status, identity, gender, ethnicity, ritual, religion).

What are the origins of agriculture? In what ways have technological advances related to food affected human development? How have food and foodways been used t

The archaeologies of food and warfare have independently developed over the past several decades. This volume aims to provide concrete linkages between these re

Introduction : The Social Life of Food -- Part I. Laying the Groundwork -- Framing Food Investigation -- The Practices of a Meal in Society -- Part II. Current

The chapters in this topically and methodologically diverse volume discuss the role food plays in the construction and maintenance of multiple levels of social