Pre-Columbian Foodways: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food, Culture, and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica Capa dura - 2009 - 2010th Edição
por John Staller (Editor); Michael Carrasco (Editor)
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The significance of food and feasting to Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican cultures has been extensively studied by archaeologists, anthropologists and art historians. Foodways studies have been critical to our understanding of early agriculture, political economies, and the domestication and management of plants and animals. Scholars from diverse fields have explored the symbolic complexity of food and its preparation, as well as the social importance of feasting in contemporary and historical societies. This book unites these disciplinary perspectives -- from the social and biological sciences to art history and epigraphy -- creating a work comprehensive in scope, which reveals our increasing understanding of the various roles of foods and cuisines in Mesoamerican cultures.
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The volume is organized thematically into three sections. Part 1 gives an overview of food and feasting practices as well as ancient economies in Mesoamerica. Part 2 details ethnographic, epigraphic and isotopic evidence of these practices. Finally, Part 3 presents the metaphoric value of food in Mesoamerican symbolism, ritual, and mythology. The resulting volume provides a thorough, interdisciplinary resource for understanding, food, feasting, and cultural practices in Mesoamerica.
Detalhes
- Título Pre-Columbian Foodways: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Food, Culture, and Markets in Ancient Mesoamerica
- Autor John Staller (Editor); Michael Carrasco (Editor)
- Encadernação Capa dura
- Número da edição 2010th
- Edição 2010
- Páginas 691
- Volumes 1
- Idioma ENG
- Editorial Springer, New York, NY
- Data de publicação 2009-12-08
- Ilustrado Sim
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781441904706 / 1441904700
- Peso 2.56 libras (1.16 kg)
- Dimensão 9.21 x 6.14 x 1.5 in. (23.39 x 15.60 x 3.81 cm)
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Temas
- Cultural Region: Latin America
- Ethnic Orientation: Native American
- Library of Congress subjects Indians of Mexico - Antiquities, Indians of Central America - Antiquities
- Número da Biblioteca do Congresso dos Estados Unidos 2010292464
- Dewey Decimal Code 900
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