August 04, 2020

Culinary Zooarchaeology - Ep 25

50 minutes

In this episode, Alex and Simona will be tackling culinary zooarchaeology. Listen on to find out more about how to identify food preparation in the archaeological record, ancient BBQs and interpreting archaeological rubbish.

Links

Besherer Metheny, K. and Beaudry, M.C. (2015) Archaeology of Food: An Encyclopedia. Rowman & Littlefield.

Binford, L. (1981) Bones: Ancient Men and Modern Myths.

Pavao-Zuckerman, B., Anderson, D.T. & Reeves, M. (2018) Dining with the Madisons: Elite Consumption at Montpelier. Hist Arch 52, 372–396.

O'Connor, T. (2000) The Archaeology of Animal Bones. Gloustershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd.

Rackham, J. (1994) Interpreting the past: Animal Bones

Hastorf C.A. (2008) Food and feasting, social and political aspects. In: Pearsall D.M. (ed) Encyclopedia of Archaeology. London: Elsevier Inc.

Nelson S.M. (2003) Feasting the Ancestors in Early China. In: Bray T.L. (eds) The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires. Springer, Boston, MA

Neolithic Eating Rituals

Feasting Archaeology and History

Maisels, C. (2010) The Archaeology of Politics and Power: Where, When and Why the First States Formed. Oxford, Oxbow books

Russell, N. (2012) Social Zooarchaeology. Cambridge University Press.

Elliot, P. (2016) Food and Farming in Prehistoric Britain. Fonthill Media

Contact

Alex FitzpatrickTwitter: @archaeologyfitz

Simona FalangaTwitter: @CrazyBoneLady

Alex’s Blog: Animal Archaeology

Music "Coconut - (dyalla remix)" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY

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