The menial art of cooking : archaeological studies of cooking and food preparation /

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Imprint:Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 248 pages) : illustrations, maps
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11347913
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Other authors / contributors:Graff, Sarah R.
Rodríguez-Alegría, Enrique.
ISBN:9781607321767
1607321769
9781457117497
1457117495
9781457117473
1457117479
9781607321750
1607321750
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:Although the archaeology of food has long played an integral role in our understanding of past cultures, the archaeology of cooking is rarely integrated into models of the past. The cooks who spent countless hours cooking and processing food are overlooked and the forgotten players in the daily lives of our ancestors. The Menial Art of Cooking shows how cooking activities provide a window into other aspects of society and, as such, should be taken seriously as an aspect of social, cultural, political, and economic life. This book examines techniques and technologies of food preparation, the.
Other form:Print version: Menial art of cooking. Boulder, Colo. : University Press of Colorado, ©2012 9781607321750