Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece

Food, Cuisine and Society in Prehistoric Greece
ISBN-10
1842171674
ISBN-13
9781842171677
Category
History
Pages
216
Language
English
Published
2016-12-31
Publisher
Oxbow Books
Authors
Paul Halstead, John C. Barrett

Description

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 which they ate and drank. The ten contributions to this volume highlight the extraordinary opportunity for multi-disciplinary research in this area.

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