The archaeology and politics of food and feasting in early states and empires
By: edited by Tamara L. Bray.
Contributors: Bray, Tamara L.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenum
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Subjects: Food habits -- History; Dinners and dining -- History; Food -- Political aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Commensal Politics of Early States and Empires / Tamara L. Bray; title: Feasts, Funerals, and Fast Food in Early Mesopotamian States / Susan Pollock; title: Pharaohs, Feasts, and Foreigners: Cooking, Foodways, and Agency on Ancient Egypt's Southern Frontier / Stuart Tyson Smith; title: Feasting the Ancestors in Early China / Sarah Milledge Nelson; title: To Dine Splendidly: Imperial Pottery, Commensal Politics, and the Inca State / Tamara L. Bray; title: From Stew-Eaters to Maize-Drinkers: The Chicha economy and the Tiwanaku Expansion / Paul S. Goldstein; title: Pots, Politics, and Power: Huari Ceramic Assemblages and Imperial Administration / Anita G. Cook and Mary Glowacki; title: Feasting at Home: Community and House Solidarity among the Maya of Southeastern Mesoamerica / Julia A. Hendon; title: Aztec Feasts, Rituals, and Markets: Political Uses of Ceramic Vessels in a Commercial Economy / Michael E. Smith, Jennifer B. Wharton, and Jan Marie Olson; title: Clearing the Table: Some Concluding Reflections on Commensal Politics and Imperial States / Michael Dietler; title: Feasting and the Practice of Stately Manners / Joan M. Gero.