The menial art of cooking : archaeological studies of cooking and food preparation

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The menial art of cooking : archaeological studies of cooking and food preparation

Title remainder

archaeological studies of cooking and food preparation

Statement of responsibility

edited by Sarah R. Graff and Enrique Rodríguez-Alegría

Language

eng

Summary

Although the archaeology of food has long played an integral role in our understanding of past cultures, the archaeology of cooking is rarely integrated into models of the past. The cooks who spent countless hours cooking and processing food are overlooked and the forgotten players in the daily lives of our ancestors. The Menial Art of Cooking shows how cooking activities provide a window into other aspects of society and, as such, should be taken seriously as an aspect of social, cultural, political, and economic life. This book examines techniques and technologies of food preparation, the

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N$T

Dewey number

641.509

Illustrations

illustrations
maps

Index

index present

LC call number

TX645

LC item number

.M46 2012eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography

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