The archaeology and politics of food and feasting in early states and empires / edited by Tamara L. Bray.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bray, Tamara L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food habits--History.

Food habits.

History.

Dinners and dining--History.

Dinners and dining.

Food--Political aspects.

Food.

Physical Description:

viii, 292 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum, [2003]

Contents:

Chapter 1. The Commensal Politics of Early States and Empires / Tamara L. Bray 1

Part I. Old World

Chapter 2. Feasts, Funerals, and Fast Food in Early Mesopotamian States / Susan Pollock 17

Chapter 3. Pharaohs, Feasts, and Foreigners: Cooking, Foodways, and Agency on Ancient Egypt's Southern Frontier / Stuart Tyson Smith 39

Chapter 4. Feasting the Ancestors in Early China / Sarah Milledge Nelson 65

Part II. New World

Chapter 5. To Dine Splendidly: Imperial Pottery, Commensal Politics, and the Inca State / Tamara L. Bray 93

Chapter 6. From Stew-Eaters to Maize-Drinkers: The Chicha Economy and the Tiwanaku Expansion / Paul S. Goldstein 143

Chapter 7. Pots, Politics, and Power: Huari Ceramic Assemblages and Imperial Administration / Anita G. Cook, Mary Glowacki 173

Chapter 8. Feasting at Home: Community and House Solidarity among the Maya of Southeastern Mesoamerica / Julia A. Hendon 203

Chapter 9. Aztec Feasts, Rituals, and Markets: Political Uses of Ceramic Vessels in a Commercial Economy / Michael E. Smith, Jennifer B. Wharton, Jan Marie Olson 235

Chapter 10. Clearing the Table: Some Concluding Reflections on Commensal Politics and Imperial States / Michael Dietler 271

Feasting and the Practice of Stately Manners / Joan M. Gero 285.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0306477300

0306477718

OCLC:

52165853