The Archaeology And Politics Of Food And Feasting In Early States And Empires
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The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires
Author | : Tamara L. Bray |
Publsiher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 2007-05-28 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780306482465 |
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This volume examines the commensal politics of early states and empires and offers a comparative perspective on how food and feasting have figured in the political calculus of archaic states in both the Old and New Worlds. It provides a cross-cultural and comparative analysis for scholars and graduate students concerned with the archaeology of complex societies, the anthropology of food and feasting, ancient statecraft, archaeological approaches to micro-political processes, and the social interpretation of prehistoric pottery.
The Archaeology and Politics of Food and Feasting in Early States and Empires
Author | : Tamara L. Bray |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2014-01-15 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 1475786069 |
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The Never ending Feast
Author | : Kaori O'Connor |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 2015-02-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781847889270 |
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Feast! Throughout human history, and in all parts of the world, feasts have been at the heart of life. The great museums of the world are full of the remains of countless ghostly feasts – dishes that once bore rich meats, pitchers used to pour choice wines, tall jars that held beer sipped through long straws of gold and lapis, immense cauldrons from which hundreds of people could be served. Why were feasts so important, and is there more to feasting than abundance and enjoyment? The Never-Ending Feast is a pioneering work that draws on anthropology, archaeology and history to look at the dynamics of feasting among the great societies of antiquity renowned for their magnificence and might. Reflecting new directions in academic study, the focus shifts beyond the medieval and early modern periods in Western Europe, eastwards to Mesopotamia, Assyria and Achaemenid Persia, early Greece, the Mongol Empire, Shang China and Heian Japan. The past speaks through texts and artefacts. We see how feasts were the primary arena for displays of hierarchy, status and power; a stage upon which loyalties and alliances were negotiated; the occasion for the mobilization and distribution of resources, a means of pleasing the gods, and the place where identities were created, consolidated – and destroyed. The Never-Ending Feast transforms our understanding of feasting past and present, revitalising the fields of anthropology, archaeology, history, museum studies, material culture and food studies, for all of which it is essential reading.
Power and Pleasure
Author | : Hugh M. Thomas |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2020-11-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198802518 |
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Although King John is remembered for his political and military failures, he also resided over a magnificent court. This book uses records of his reign to reconstruct his life at court, and explore how it produced both pleasure and soft power for the king.
The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion
Author | : Timothy Insoll |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 1135 |
Release | : 2011-10-27 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780199232444 |
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A comprehensive overview, by period and region, of the archaeology of ritual and religion. The coverage is global, and extends from the earliest prehistory to modern times. Written by over sixty renowned specialists, the Handbook presents the very best in current scholarship, and will also stimulate further research.
Feasting in the Archaeology and Texts of the Bible and the Ancient Near East
Author | : Peter Altmann,Janling Fu |
Publsiher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 317 |
Release | : 2014-10-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781575068947 |
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This volume brings together the work of scholars using various methodologies to investigate the prevalence, importance, and meanings of feasting and foodways in the texts and cultural-material environments of the Hebrew Bible and the ancient Near East. Thus, it serves as both an introduction to and explication of this emerging field. The offerings range from the third-millennium Early Dynastic period in Mesopotamia to the rise of a new cuisine in the Islamic period and transverse geographical locations such as southern Iraq, Syria, the Aegean, and especially the southern Levant. The strength of this collection lies in the many disciplines and methodologies that come together. Texts, pottery, faunal studies, iconography, and anthropological theory are all accorded a place at the table in locating the importance of feasting as a symbolic, social, and political practice. Various essays showcase both new archaeological methodologies—zooarchaeological bone analysis and spatial analysis—and classical methods such as iconographic studies, ceramic chronology, cultural anthropology, and composition-critical textual analysis.
The Never ending Feast
Author | : Kaori O'Connor |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 256 |
Release | : 2015-02-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781472520937 |
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Feast! Throughout human history, and in all parts of the world, feasts have been at the heart of life. The great museums of the world are full of the remains of countless ghostly feasts – dishes that once bore rich meats, pitchers used to pour choice wines, tall jars that held beer sipped through long straws of gold and lapis, immense cauldrons from which hundreds of people could be served. Why were feasts so important, and is there more to feasting than abundance and enjoyment? The Never-Ending Feast is a pioneering work that draws on anthropology, archaeology and history to look at the dynamics of feasting among the great societies of antiquity renowned for their magnificence and might. Reflecting new directions in academic study, the focus shifts beyond the medieval and early modern periods in Western Europe, eastwards to Mesopotamia, Assyria and Achaemenid Persia, early Greece, the Mongol Empire, Shang China and Heian Japan. The past speaks through texts and artefacts. We see how feasts were the primary arena for displays of hierarchy, status and power; a stage upon which loyalties and alliances were negotiated; the occasion for the mobilization and distribution of resources, a means of pleasing the gods, and the place where identities were created, consolidated – and destroyed. The Never-Ending Feast transforms our understanding of feasting past and present, revitalising the fields of anthropology, archaeology, history, museum studies, material culture and food studies, for all of which it is essential reading.
The Power of Feasts
Author | : Brian Hayden |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2014-09-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781107042995 |
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In this book, Brian Hayden provides the first comprehensive, theoretical work on the history of feasting in societies ranging from the prehistoric to the modern.