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The Story of Food in the Human Past - How What We Ate Made Us Who We Are (Paperback)
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The Story of Food in the Human Past - How What We Ate Made Us Who We Are (Paperback)
Series: Archaeology of Food
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A sweeping overview of how and what humans have eaten in their long
history as a species The Story of Food in the Human Past: How What
We Ate Made Us Who We Are uses case studies from recent
archaeological research to tell the story of food in human
prehistory. Beginning with the earliest members of our genus, Robyn
E. Cutright investigates the role of food in shaping who we are as
humans during the emergence of modern Homo sapiens and through
major transitions in human prehistory such as the development of
agriculture and the emergence of complex societies. Cutright begins
her fascinating study with a discussion of how food shaped humans
in evolutionary terms by examining what makes human eating unique,
the use of fire to cook, and the origins of cuisine as culture and
adaptation through the example of Neanderthals. The second part of
the book describes how cuisine was reshaped when humans
domesticated plants and animals and examines how food expressed
ancient social structures and identities such as gender, class, and
ethnicity. Cutright shows how food took on special meaning in
feasts and religious rituals and also pays attention to the daily
preparation and consumption of food as central to human society.
Cutright synthesizes recent paleoanthropological and archaeological
research on ancient diet and cuisine and complements her research
on daily diet, culinary practice, and special-purpose mortuary and
celebratory meals in the Andes with comparative case studies from
around the world to offer readers a holistic view of what humans
ate in the past and what that reveals about who we are.
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