Anthropology 216AF - Archaeology of Food

This course explores the study of ancient;foodways with a focus on how and why humans;across the globe began to domesticate plant and;animal resources approximately 10,000 years ago.;The first half of the course presents the types;of archaeological data and analytical methods;used to study the "agricultural revolution" in a;variety of regions. The second half explores a;number of themes within the archaeology of food;that investigate the relationship between;agriculture and sedentism, food and gender, the;politics of feasting, and methods for integrating;archaeological and ethnographic approaches to the;study of food.

Prereq: ANTHR-105.