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  • Economic Zooarchaeology

    Studies in Hunting, Herding and Early Agriculture

    Edited by Peter Rowley-Conwy, Dale Serjeantson, Paul Halstead ...
    Economic archaeology is the study of how past peoples exploited animals and plants, using as evidence the remains of those animals and plants. The animal side is usually termed zooarchaeology, the plant side archaeobotany. What distinguishes them from other studies of ancient animals and plants is that their ultimate aim is to find out about human behaviour – the animal and plant remains are a ... Read more

    $25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece

    by Paul Halstead, John C. Barrett ...
    Series Book 5 - SHEFFIELD STUDIES IN AEGEAN ARCHAEOLOGY
    Food and drink, along with the material culture involved in their consumption, can signify a variety of social distinctions, identities and values. Thus, in Early Minoan Knossos, tableware was used to emphasize the difference between the host and the guests, and at Mycenaean Pylos the status of banqueters was declared as much by the places assigned to them as by the quality of the vessles form ... Read more

    $21.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Two Oxen Ahead

    Pre-Mechanized Farming in the Mediterranean

    by Paul Halstead ...
    TWO OXEN AHEADThis revealing study of farming practices in societies around the Mediterranean draws out the valuable contribution that knowledge of recent practices can make to our understanding of husbandry in prehistoric and Greco-Roman times. It reflects increased academic interest in the formative influence of farming regimes on the societies they were designed to feed. The author’s intensive ... Read more

    $80.00 USD

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  • Against the Grain

    A Deep History of the Earliest States

    by James C. Scott ...
    An account of all the new and surprising evidence now available for the beginnings of the earliest civilizations that contradict the standard narrativeWhy did humans abandon hunting and gathering for sedentary communities dependent on livestock and cereal grains, and governed by precursors of today’s states? Most people believe that plant and animal domestication allowed humans, finally, to settle ... Read more

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  • An Edible History of Humanity

    by Tom Standage ...
    The bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses charts an enlightening history of humanity through the foods we eat.Throughout history, food has done more than simply provide sustenance. It has acted as a tool of social transformation, political organization, geopolitical competition, industrial development, military conflict and economic expansion. An Edible History of Humanity is ... Read more

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  • Lesser Beasts

    A Snout-to-Tail History of the Humble Pig

    by Mark Essig ...
    Unlike other barnyard animals, which pull plows, give eggs or milk, or grow wool, a pig produces only one thing: meat. Incredibly efficient at converting almost any organic matter into nourishing, delectable protein, swine are nothing short of a gastronomic godsend-yet their flesh is banned in many cultures, and the animals themselves are maligned as filthy, lazy brutes.As historian Mark Essig ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Meat

    A Benign Extravagance

    by Simon Fairlie ...
    Meat: A Benign Extravagance is an exploration of the difficult environmental, ethical and health issues surrounding the human consumption of animal flesh. It lays out in detail the reasons why we must decrease the amount of meat we eat, both for the planet and for ourselves and explores how different forms of agriculture shape our landscape and culture. At the heart of this book, Simon Fairlie ... Read more

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  • Eat the Beetles!

    An Exploration into Our Conflicted Relationship with Insects

    by David Waltner-Toews ...
    "Provides a sturdy literary exoskeleton to the field of human insectivory . . . it entertains as it enlightens" (Daniella Martin, author of Edible).Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us—mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, humans have eaten insects. While many get squeamish at the idea, entomophagy—people eating insects ... Read more

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  • Since Eve Ate Apples Much Depends on Dinner

    The Extraordinary History and Mythology, Allure and Obsessions, Perils and Taboos of an Ordinary Mea

    by Margaret Visser ...
    A "funny and fascinating" cultural history about one of our favorite pastimes: eating ( The Village Voice).This is a delightful and intelligent look at the food we eat, with a cornucopia of incredible details about the ways we do it.Presented like a meal, each chapter of Since Eve Ate Apples Much Depends on Dinner represents a different course or garnish, which Margaret Visser handpicks from the ... Read more

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  • The Neanderthals Rediscovered

    by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse ...
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    "In the first complete chronological narrative of the species from emergence to extinction...archaeologist Dimitra Papagianni and science historian Michael Morse have shaped a gem." —NatureIn recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals’ behavior was ... Read more

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  • The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story

    by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse ...
    Series Book 0 - The Rediscovered Series
    “Even-handed, up-to-date, and clearly written. . . . If you want to navigate between the Scylla and Charybdis of Neanderthal controversies, you’ll find no better guide.” —Brian Fagan, author of Cro-MagnonIn recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthal has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals’ ... Read more

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