The Archaeology of Food and Warfare - Amber M. VanDerwarker - Springer, 2016
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The Archaeology of Food and Warfare
Food Insecurity In Prehistory
Edizione Inglese di Amber M. VanDerwarker (a cura di), Gregory D. Wilson (a cura di)
Editore: Springer International Publishing
EAN: 9783319359519
ISBN: 3319359517
Pagine: 328
Formato: Paperback
The archaeologies of food and warfare have independently developed over the past several decades. This volume aims to provide concrete linkages between these research topics through the examination of case studies worldwide. Topics considered within the book include: the impacts of warfare on the daily food quest, warfare and nutritional health, ritual foodways and violence, the provisioning of warriors and armies, status-based changes in diet during times of war, logistical constraints on military campaigns, and violent competition over subsistence resources. The diversity of perspectives included in this volume may be a product of new ways of conceptualizing violence¿not simply as an isolated component of a society, nor as an attribute of a particular societal type¿but instead as a transformative process that is lived and irrevocably alters social, economic, and political organization and relationships. This book highlights this transformative process by presenting a cross-cultural perspective on the connection between war and food through the inclusion of case studies from several continents.