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Earth Ovens and Desert Lifeways - 10,000 Years of Indigenous Cooking in the Arid Landscapes of North America (Hardcover)
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Earth Ovens and Desert Lifeways - 10,000 Years of Indigenous Cooking in the Arid Landscapes of North America (Hardcover)
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For over 10,000 years, earth ovens (semi-subterranean, layered
arrangements of heated rocks, packing material, and food stuffs
capped by earth) have played important economic and social roles
for Indigenous peoples living across the arid landscapes of North
America. From hunter-gatherers to formative horticulturalists,
sedentary farmers, and contemporary Indigenous groups, earth ovens
were used to convert inedible plants into digestible food, fiber,
and beverages. The remains of earth ovens range from tight,
circular clusters of burned rocks, generally labeled “hearths”
by archaeologists, to the massive accumulations of fire-cracked
rock referred to as earth oven facilities, roasting pits, or burned
rock middens. All such features are common across the arid and
semi-arid landscapes that stretch from Texas to California and
south into Mexico. Despite the long-term ubiquity and broad spatial
and cultural distribution of earth ovens from late Paleoindian
times until today, these features have earned relatively little
attention in the way of directed archaeological research, and
remain an under-studied aspect of Indigenous lifeways. This edited
volume explores the longevity and diversity of earth oven baking
and examines the subsistence strategies, technological
organization, and social contexts within which earth ovens
functioned. It serves as the first compilation of these studies
from such a broad geographic area, reflecting an array of promising
research that highlights ongoing efforts to understand the
archaeological record of earth ovens.
General
Imprint: |
University of Utah Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 2023 |
Editors: |
Charles W Koenig
• Myles R Miller
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Dimensions: |
254 x 178mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
236 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-64769-114-1 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-64769-114-1 |
Barcode: |
9781647691141 |
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