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 …

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 …

In this book, Krish Seetah uses butchery as a point of departure for exploring the changing
historical relationships between animal utility, symbolism, and meat consumption. Seetah …

UNDERSTANDING RELIGIOUS CHANGE between the collapse of the Roman Empire and
the Reformation forms one of the cornerstones of medieval archaeology, but has been riven …

The lives of both humans and non-human animals are determined by ideas about what
makes an animal good or bad, or why some animals are deemed suitable to be eaten and …

Food is often one of the most distinctive expressions of social, religious, cultural or ethnic
groups. However, the archaeological identification of specific religious dietary practices …

This paper tackles social inequality through the study of productive strategies and food
consumption patterns in early medieval rural communities in the centre of the Iberian …

Contextual taphonomy is an archaeological approach that integrates taphonomic variables
with stratigraphy and context, often at the intra-site level. A majority of zooarchaeological …

The urban planning work carried out in the old seminary district of Lleida, over an area of
more than 6,000 m2, uncovered important remains of the old Cuirassa quarter. This quarter …

Muslim religion has strict rules to determine what kinds of foodstuffs, and under what
circumstances, are deemed appropriate for consumption. Fishes are not an exception to this …