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The anthropology of food is an area of research in which economic, social, and political dynamics interact in incredibly complex ways. Using archaeological case studies from around the globe, Inside Ancient Kitchens presents new perspectives on the comparative study of prehistoric meals from Peru to the Philippines. Inside Ancient Kitchens builds upon the last decade of feasting studies and presents two unique goals for broadening the understanding of prehistoric meals. First, the volume focuses on the study of meal preparation through the analysis of temporary and permanent kitchen areas. This move to focus "behind the scenes" is aimed at determining how, where, and by whom meals were financed and prepared. Secondly, data from these preparation contexts are used to differentiate between household-level and suprahousehold-level meals in each case study, resulting in more nuanced typologies of daily meals, feasts, and other food-related events. Inside Ancient Kitchens presents an important step in the development of new methodological and theoretical approaches within the anthropology of food and will be of great interest to scholars studying the social dynamics, labor organization, and political relationships underlying prehistoric meals.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Frontmatter
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. List of Contributors
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. List of Figures
  2. pp. xi-xiii
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  1. List of Tables
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. xvii-xviii
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  1. 1: Behind the Scenes and into the Kitchen: New Directions for the Study of Prehistoric Meals
  2. pp. 1-15
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  1. 2: Food Preparation and Feasting in the Household and Political Economy of Pre-Hispanic Philippine Chiefdoms
  2. pp. 17-53
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  1. 3: The Cycle of Production, Preparation, and Consumption in a Northern Mesopotamian City
  2. pp. 55-82
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  1. 4: Fine Dining and Fabulous Atmosphere: Feasting Facilities and Political Interaction in the Wari Realm
  2. pp. 83-109
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  1. 5: Big Hearths and Big Pots: Moche Feasting on the North Coast of Peru
  2. pp. 111-131
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  1. 6: Maya Palace Kitchens: Suprahousehold Food Preparation at the Late and Terminal Classic Site of Xunantunich, Belize
  2. pp. 133-160
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  1. 7: Feeding the Fire: Food and Craft Production in the Middle Sican Period (AD 950-1050)
  2. pp. 161-189
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  1. 8: The Wari Brewer Woman: Feasting, Gender, Offerings, and Memory
  2. pp. 191-219
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  1. 9: Expanding the Feast: Food Preparation, Feasting, and the Social Negotiation of Gender and Power
  2. pp. 221-239
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  1. 10: Making Meals (Matter)
  2. pp. 241-251
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  1. Index
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