The power of feasts : from prehistory to the present
Brian Hayden (Author)
Brian Hayden provides a comprehensive, theoretical work on the history of feasting in archaeological and ethnographic perspective. 'The Power of Feasts' chronicles the evolution of feasting behavior from its first perceptible prehistoric presence to modern industrial times in order to understand the social and political structures of past societies
Specialized.
440 pages : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 26 cm
9781107042995, 9781107617643, 1107042992, 1107617642
1313871862
1. Before the feast: overview of the importance of feasting; 2. Food sharing and the primate foundations of feasting behavior Suzanne Villeneuve; 3. Simple hunter/gatherers; 4. Transegalitarian hunter/gatherers; 5. Domesticating plants and animals for feasts; 6. The horticultural explosion; 7. Chiefs up the ante; 8. The first states; 9. Feasting in industrial societies.