Agricultural production in sub-Saharan Africa has, in recent times, remained lower than the
rest of the world. Many attribute this to factors inherent to Africa and its people, such as …

This review demonstrates that recent contributions by archaeologists to the study of cuisine
and cooking present a new addition to the field of anthropology. Archaeologists situate their …

How will archaeology contribute to agricultural sustainability? To address that question, this
overview reflects on the diverse and complementary ways that archaeology has advanced …

Foodways have been a component of archaeological research for decades. However,
cooking and food preparation, as specific acts that could reveal social information about life …

American plants play significant roles in Sub-Saharan African societies as foods, raw
materials, medicines and ornamentals. Adopted over the past 500 years in the context of the …

While agricultural origins have been recently revised in light of new genetic and
archaeological evidence, parallel synthesis of subsequent developments in agricultural …

In 1347, the western and Mediterranean parts of the Old World recorded the first outbreaks
of a returning mortal disease that would make its presence felt over several centuries …

In this inaugural Usable Pasts Forum, we make the case that archaeology has a critical role
to play in reframing approaches to food security in the African continent. Readers who are …

Alluvium and Empire uncovers the stories of Indigenous people who were subject to one of
the largest waves of forced resettlement in human history, the Reducción General. In 1569 …

Despite recent emphases on both environmental archaeology and practice theory in
archaeology, the two are rarely combined. In this paper, we illustrate a genealogies of …