Foodways of the Ancient Andes
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Foodways of the Ancient Andes

Transforming Diet, Cuisine, and Society

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  2. English
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  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Foodways of the Ancient Andes

Transforming Diet, Cuisine, and Society

About this book

Eating is essential for life, but it also embodies social and symbolic dimensions. This volume shows how foods and peoples were mutually transformed in the ancient Andes.

Exploring the multiple social, ecological, cultural, and ontological dimensions of food in the Andean past, the contributors of Foodways of the Ancient Andes offer diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches that reveal the richness, sophistication, and ingenuity of Andean peoples. The volume spans time periods and localities in the Andean region to reveal how food is intertwined with multiple aspects of the human experience, from production and consumption to ideology and sociopolitical organization. It illustrates the Andean peoples' resilience in the face of challenges brought about by food scarcity and environmental change. Chapters dissect the intersection of food, power, and status in early states and empires; examine the impact of food during times of conflict and instability; and illuminate how sacred and high-status foods contributed to the building of the Inka Empire.

Featuring forty-six contributors from ten countries, the chapters employ new analytical methods, integrating different food data and interdisciplinary research to show that food can provide not only simple nutrition but also a multitude of strategies, social and political relationships, and ontologies that are otherwise invisible in the archaeological record.

Contributors
Aleksa K. Alaica
Sonia Alconini
Marta Alfonso-Durruty
Sarah I. Baitzel
VĂ©ronique BĂ©lisle
Carolina Belmar
Carrie Anne Berryman
Matthew E. Biwer
Deborah E. Blom
Tamara L. Bray
Matthew T. Brown
Maria C. Bruno
José M. Capriles
Katherine L. Chiou
Susan D. deFrance
Lucia M. Diaz
Richard P. Evershed
Maureen E. Folk
Alexandra Greenwald
Chris Harrod
Christine A. Hastorf
Iain Kendall
Kelly J. Knudson
BrieAnna S. Langlie
Cecilia Lemp
Petrus le Roux
Marcos Martinez
AnahĂ­ Maturana-FernĂĄndez
Weston C. McCool
Melanie J. Miller
Nicole Misarti
Flavia Morello
Patricia Quiñonez Cuzcano
Omar Reyes
Arturo F. Rivera Infante
Manuel San RomĂĄn
Francisca Santana-Sagredo
Beth K. Scaffidi
Augusto Tessone
Andrés Troncoso
Tiffiny A. Tung
Mauricio Uribe
Natasha P. Vang
Sadie L. Weber
Kurt M. Wilson
Michelle E. Young

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Information

Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Year
2023
Print ISBN
9780816556601
9780816548699
eBook ISBN
9780816548705
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Latin American & Caribbean History
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Information
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction: Transforming Foods in the Ancient Andes / Blom, Alfonso-Durruty, and deFrance
  8. Part I. The Impact of Place and Long-Distance Interactions on Foodways
  9. Part II. Food, Power, and Status in Early States and Empires
  10. Part III. Food During Times of Trouble: Conflict, Instability, and Collapse
  11. Part IV. Building the Inka Empire with Sacred and High-Status Foods
  12. Part V. Future Directions and Conclusion
  13. Contributors
  14. Index

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