Overview

This volume of papers is the result of the Annual Meetings of the Archaeological Institue of America conference, Washington 2003. The aim was to present the latest research in the field of palaeodietry studies in the Aegean. The theme od palaeodiet was chosen because it is arguably the most important field of study concerning the Aegean which complements archaeological fieldwork. Food and drink are just as essential for man's survival as shelter. What the ancient peoples in the Aegean ate is as important as the buildings they built or the artifacts they produced. The volume discusses how religion, social stucture and ethnicity effects diet. The book also demonstrates skeletal evidence for nutrition in Mesolithic and Neolithic Greece, looking at growth, oral health, bone composition and pathological changes in bone. The book challenges current methodology in recovering bio-archaeological material whilst offering practical methods for gathering palaeodietary data.

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Author:   Sarah J. Vaughan ,  William D.E. Coulson
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   No. 1
Dimensions:   Width: 21.50cm , Height: 0.90cm , Length: 28.50cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781900188531

ISBN 10:   1900188538
Pages:   126
Publication Date:   01 June 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Skeletal evidence for nutrition in mesolithic and neolithic Greece - a view from the Franchthi cave, Della C. Hooke; influences of religion, social structure and ethnicity on diet - an example from frankish Corinth, Justin Lev-Tov; the anthroplogy of food and drink consumption and Aegean archaeology, Yannis Hamilakis; Dark Age subsistence at the Kastro Site, East Crete - exploring subsistence and continuity during the late Bronze Age to early Iron Age transition, Lynn Snyder and Walter Klippel; the study of palaeodiet in the Aegean - food for thought, Aniya Sarpaki; palaeoethnobotany and palaeodiet in the Aegean region - notes on legume toxicity and related pathologies, Julie Hansen; using phytliths to identify plant remains from archaeological sites - a phytholith analysis of modern olive oil and wine sediment, Loeta Tyree; organic residue, petrographic and typological analyses of late Minoan lamps and conical cups from excavations at Mochlos in east Crete, Richard Evershed, Sarah Vaughan, Stephanie Dudd and Jeffrey Soles.

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