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The Story of Food in the Human Past : How What We Ate Made Us Who We Are /
"This work uses case studies from recent archaeological research to tell the story of food in human prehistory. Beginning with the earliest members of our genus, Robyn E. Cutright investigates the role of food in shaping who we are as humans during the emergence of modern Homo sapiens and throu...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Tuscaloosa :
The University of Alabama Press,
[2021]
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : food for thought
- Part I. How did food shape us as humans? : food in human evolution. Hunters and scavengers : the true "caveman" diet ; Little house on the savanna : fire, grandmothers, and homo erectus ; Big game and small houses in the upper Paleolithic
- Part II. What role did food play in past human societies? : the prehistory of food. Domesticating humans : the origins of the agricultural lifestyle ; "Drinking beer in a blissful mood" : feasts and fancy meals in the past ; The taste of power : cuisine, class, and conquest ; Foods of the gods and sacred meals ; Daily bread : everyday meals, gender, and identity in the past
- Conclusion : we are what we ate.