Pre-Columbian foodways : interdisciplinary approaches to food, culture, and markets in ancient Mesoamerica /
Pre-Columbian foodways : interdisciplinary approaches to food, culture, and markets in ancient Mesoamerica /
Precolumbian foodways
John Edward Staller, Michael Carrasco, editors.
- xiii, 691 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Volume originated from a session, "The Role of Sustenance in the Feasts, Festivals, Rituals and Every Day Life of Mesoamerica," held during the 40th annual Chacmool Conference, "Eat Drink and Be Merry : the Archaeology of Foodways," hosted by the Chacmool Archaeological Association and the University of Calgary, Dept. of Archaeology, Nov. 10-12, 2007, Calgary, Alta. Cf. p. 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pre-Columbian Foodways in Mesoamerica / Agriculture and Social Complexity: The Roles of Feasting and Ritual Economies -- Ethnohistoric Sources on Foodways, Feasts, and Festivals in Mesoamerica / Development of Agriculture in Prehistoric Mesoamerica: The Linguistic Evidence / The Pastoral Niche in Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica / The Drink Mescal: Its Origin and Ritual Uses Mari / Forming Mesoamerican Taste: Cacao Consumption in Formative Period Contexts / Salt Production and Trade in Ancient Mesoamerica / The Dirt on Food: Ancient Feasts and Markets Among the Lowland Maya / Ethnography, Ethnobotany, Language and Diet -- An Epigraphic Analysis of Classic-Period Maya Foodstuffs / Sweet Cacao and Sour Atole: Mixed Drinks on Classic Maya Ceramic Vases / Prehistoric Chronology of the Common Bean in the New World: The Linguistic Evidence / Death and Chocolate: The Significance of Cacao Offerings in Ancient Maya Tombs and Caches at Copan, Honduras / Feasting with Foam: Ceremonial Drinks of Cacao, Maize, and Pataxte Cacao / Corn, Colanders, and Cooking: Early Maize Processing in the Maya Lowlands and Its Implications / Photographies and Biographies: The Role of Food in Ritual and Identity as Seen Through Life Histories of Selected Maya Pots and People / Dietary Diversity in the Upper Belize River Valley: A Zooarchaeological and Isotopic Perspective / Power Plants: Paleobotanical Evidence of Rural Feasting in Late Classic Belize / Food and Feasting in the Zona Maya of Quintana Roo / All Maize Is Not Equal: Maize Variety Choices and Mayan Foodways in Rural Yucatan, Mexico / Maya Foodways: A Reflection of Gender and Ideology / Food as Metaphor: Mythology and Iconography -- The Axolotl as Food and Symbol in the Basin of Mexico, from 1200 BC to today / Topophilia: A Tool for the Demarcation of Cultural Microregions: The Case of the Huaxteca / This World and Beyond: Food Practices and the Social Order in Mayan Religion / Maize Was Their Flesh: Ritual Feasting in the Maya Highlands / From Field to Hearth: An Earthly Interpretation of Maya and Other Mesoamerican Creation Myths / The Flesh of God: Cosmology, Food, and the Origins of Political Power in Ancient Southeastern Mesoamerica / John E. Staller, Michael D. Carrasco -- John E. Staller -- Cecil H. Brown -- Jeffrey R. Parsons -- Carmen Serra, Carlos Lazcano A -- Rosemary A. Joyce, John S. Henderson -- Eduardo Williams -- Bruce H. Dahlin, Daniel Bair, Tim Beach, Matthew Moriarty, Richard Terry -- Kerry Hull -- Dmitri Beliaev, Albert Davletshin, Alexandre Tokovinine -- Cecil H. Brown -- Cameron L. McNeil -- Judith Strupp Green -- David Cheetham -- Linda Howie, Christine D. White, Fred J. Longstaffe -- Carolyn R. Freiwald -- David J. Goldstein, Jon B. Hageman -- E.N. Anderson -- John Tuxill, Luis Arias Reyes, Luis Latournerie Moreno, Vidal Cob Uicab, Devra I. Jarvis -- Amber O'Connor -- Carolyn E. Tate -- Lorenzo Ochoa -- Brian Stross -- Allen J. Christenson -- Michael D. Carrasco -- David Freidel and F. Kent Reilly III. Part I. Part II. Part III.
1441904700 9781441904706
Indians of Mexico--Food--Congresses
Indians of Central America--Food--Congresses
Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs--Congresses
Indians of Central America--Social life and customs--Congresses
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities--Congresses
Indians of Central America--Antiquities--Congresses
Food habits--Mexico--Congresses
Food habits--Central America--Congresses
641.3009720902
Volume originated from a session, "The Role of Sustenance in the Feasts, Festivals, Rituals and Every Day Life of Mesoamerica," held during the 40th annual Chacmool Conference, "Eat Drink and Be Merry : the Archaeology of Foodways," hosted by the Chacmool Archaeological Association and the University of Calgary, Dept. of Archaeology, Nov. 10-12, 2007, Calgary, Alta. Cf. p. 1.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pre-Columbian Foodways in Mesoamerica / Agriculture and Social Complexity: The Roles of Feasting and Ritual Economies -- Ethnohistoric Sources on Foodways, Feasts, and Festivals in Mesoamerica / Development of Agriculture in Prehistoric Mesoamerica: The Linguistic Evidence / The Pastoral Niche in Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica / The Drink Mescal: Its Origin and Ritual Uses Mari / Forming Mesoamerican Taste: Cacao Consumption in Formative Period Contexts / Salt Production and Trade in Ancient Mesoamerica / The Dirt on Food: Ancient Feasts and Markets Among the Lowland Maya / Ethnography, Ethnobotany, Language and Diet -- An Epigraphic Analysis of Classic-Period Maya Foodstuffs / Sweet Cacao and Sour Atole: Mixed Drinks on Classic Maya Ceramic Vases / Prehistoric Chronology of the Common Bean in the New World: The Linguistic Evidence / Death and Chocolate: The Significance of Cacao Offerings in Ancient Maya Tombs and Caches at Copan, Honduras / Feasting with Foam: Ceremonial Drinks of Cacao, Maize, and Pataxte Cacao / Corn, Colanders, and Cooking: Early Maize Processing in the Maya Lowlands and Its Implications / Photographies and Biographies: The Role of Food in Ritual and Identity as Seen Through Life Histories of Selected Maya Pots and People / Dietary Diversity in the Upper Belize River Valley: A Zooarchaeological and Isotopic Perspective / Power Plants: Paleobotanical Evidence of Rural Feasting in Late Classic Belize / Food and Feasting in the Zona Maya of Quintana Roo / All Maize Is Not Equal: Maize Variety Choices and Mayan Foodways in Rural Yucatan, Mexico / Maya Foodways: A Reflection of Gender and Ideology / Food as Metaphor: Mythology and Iconography -- The Axolotl as Food and Symbol in the Basin of Mexico, from 1200 BC to today / Topophilia: A Tool for the Demarcation of Cultural Microregions: The Case of the Huaxteca / This World and Beyond: Food Practices and the Social Order in Mayan Religion / Maize Was Their Flesh: Ritual Feasting in the Maya Highlands / From Field to Hearth: An Earthly Interpretation of Maya and Other Mesoamerican Creation Myths / The Flesh of God: Cosmology, Food, and the Origins of Political Power in Ancient Southeastern Mesoamerica / John E. Staller, Michael D. Carrasco -- John E. Staller -- Cecil H. Brown -- Jeffrey R. Parsons -- Carmen Serra, Carlos Lazcano A -- Rosemary A. Joyce, John S. Henderson -- Eduardo Williams -- Bruce H. Dahlin, Daniel Bair, Tim Beach, Matthew Moriarty, Richard Terry -- Kerry Hull -- Dmitri Beliaev, Albert Davletshin, Alexandre Tokovinine -- Cecil H. Brown -- Cameron L. McNeil -- Judith Strupp Green -- David Cheetham -- Linda Howie, Christine D. White, Fred J. Longstaffe -- Carolyn R. Freiwald -- David J. Goldstein, Jon B. Hageman -- E.N. Anderson -- John Tuxill, Luis Arias Reyes, Luis Latournerie Moreno, Vidal Cob Uicab, Devra I. Jarvis -- Amber O'Connor -- Carolyn E. Tate -- Lorenzo Ochoa -- Brian Stross -- Allen J. Christenson -- Michael D. Carrasco -- David Freidel and F. Kent Reilly III. Part I. Part II. Part III.
1441904700 9781441904706
Indians of Mexico--Food--Congresses
Indians of Central America--Food--Congresses
Indians of Mexico--Social life and customs--Congresses
Indians of Central America--Social life and customs--Congresses
Indians of Mexico--Antiquities--Congresses
Indians of Central America--Antiquities--Congresses
Food habits--Mexico--Congresses
Food habits--Central America--Congresses
641.3009720902