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Foodways Archaeology - Methods and Cases

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Authors:
  1. Tanya M. Peres

    1. Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

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  • The presentation of core concepts makes this book a useful entry point for undergraduate and graduate students
  • Instructors are able to build a class following the book's format
  • Acts as a reference for professional archaeologists outside of academia when writing RFPs and final reports

Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Archaeology (BRIEFSARCHAE)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Archaeology of Foodways

    • Tanya M. Peres
    Pages 1-9

  3. Zooarchaeology of Foodways

    • Tanya M. Peres
    Pages 11-25

  4. Paleoethnobotany of Foodways

    • Tanya M. Peres
    Pages 27-43

  5. Bioarchaeology of Foodways

    • Tanya M. Peres
    Pages 45-57

  6. Chemical Analysis of Foodways

    • Tanya M. Peres
    Pages 59-67

  7. Ceramic Analysis and Foodways

    • Tanya M. Peres
    Pages 69-91

  8. Documentary Analysis of Foodways

    • Tanya M. Peres
    Pages 93-107

  9. Cooking Tools and Spaces

    • Tanya M. Peres
    Pages 109-118
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Keywords

About this book

This volume presents an overview of methodologies to identify and study foodways in the archaeological record. It also includes definitions, information, and examples for students and professionals to understand the basic analytical approaches, methods, and themes critical to archaeological studies of foodways. One of the main goals of this book is to show that foodways can help us better understand many aspects of a culture and can be studied from the material culture recovered from archaeological sites. It is important to stress that foodways are, and should be, studied by more than zooarchaeologists and paleoethnobotanists. Foodways encompass the biological and cultural need for sustenance, and thus are a research area that incorporates a multitude of artifact types, analytical specialties, and research questions.

Foodways are a tangled web of ideas and behaviors that structure diet, subsistence strategies, cuisines, and the use of food to express identity. While foodstuffs are primary components to foodways, the consumption of material foods is inherently social. Food, dishes, and cuisines are expressions of the people, culture, and time in which they are created. Foodways Archaeology is devoted specifically to the archaeological study of the intersection of food, culture, history, and traditions as viewed in the archaeological record.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anthropology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, USA

    Tanya M. Peres

About the author

Tanya M. Peres, is Professor and Chair of Anthropology at Florida State University. She is the co-editor of Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases (Springer 2010); Trends and Traditions in Southeastern Zooarchaeology (Univ Press of Florida 2014); The Cumberland River Archaic of Middle Tennessee (Univ Press of Florida 2019); Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology in the Southeastern United States (Univ of Alabama Press 2021); and Unearthing the Missions of Spanish Florida (Univ Press of Florida 2021). She is co-author of Mastodons to Mississippians: Adventures in Nashville's Deep Past (Vanderbilt Univ Press 2021). 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Foodways Archaeology - Methods and Cases

  • Authors: Tanya M. Peres

  • Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Archaeology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41017-8

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-41016-1Published: 28 September 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-41017-8Published: 27 September 2023

  • Series ISSN: 1861-6623

  • Series E-ISSN: 2192-4910

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 118

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Archaeology, History, general, Regional and Cultural Studies

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