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Index Page numbers Followed by f refer to figures achiote. 41, 374, 380 adaptive behavior. 13~14, 25. 58~59 adaptive value, 28 adultery. 222 Aeatee cult. 134- 135, [36 Africa. 6, 14, 68, 80, 83, 243, 247 age grades, 79, 82 aggrandizers, 30~31, [88-189, [9[, [92-[93, 197~[98, 201, 207, 211,232 agrarian societies, 2, [6, 145,240.271,392 agricultural labor, II. 82, 9[~92, 256; by women, 92, 95, [50, 225, See also labor mobilization and exploitation Ain's cult, 137 Akha: Blacksmith position, 146-147: converts to Christianity, [58: elders, 147, 150, [52, 154; feast hosts, 31, 56F, 151, [56-157; least role, 6, 26, 144, [46, 147; feast types, 151 - 156, 163: hunting and gathering and shifting cultivation, 145; lineage alliances and competition, 51, 144, 146, 148-151, [55, '56, [58, ,63; lineage feasts, 149, 152, 153-154, [56-158; Ritual Reciters, 146, 154f: village feasts, 149, [54- 155; Village Pounder·Leader, [46, 154, 155; village political unit, [45, [46~[47; wealth, 56f, [47 alcohol, 10, [53, [74.218,276; agricultural resources for, 81-82, 218, 250; binge parties, 406-407, 4'3; symbolic value, 57, 72-73, 150, See also beer; cane liquor: whiskey; wine alliances, 4, [7, 26,30,37, 57, [23, [90, 270, 271, 282, 327, 397; kinship-based, 51, 55, 201-202, 386 alligator tooth, 346, 350 Amazonian tribes, 6, 216; big drinking fiesta (marriageability), 216~217, 218-223; feasting vessels, 41, 218 American feasts, 406~407; democratized, 415~417; as entertainment, 417-419; food and drink frequencies, 4-14-415, 417; household, 405-406, 407, 408-414 ancestor worship, 145, 149, [53, 368, 383-384 archery contest, 220 B Bagabo, 269, 274,298 Baganda,83 bananas, 85, 95 barley. 324, 392, 398 bats, 286 beakers, 48 beans, 95, 371, 379, 380 bears, 154 beavers, 325 beef 95; consumption, 89, 97 beer: brewing and sales by women, 92; consumption, 81 -82, 89, 96, 97, 220, 222-223,243,245,249,398,41O,4I1, 412, 413; dippers, 225, 226f; feasts, 79, 82, 247~248, 253: halls, 97~98; household production, 85, 218, 250; mugs, 218, 223, 225, 227; pots, 89, 96, 97, 98-99f, 223, 228; storage jars, 218; straws, 96-97, 394: type served differentiation, 88, 243, 413 'begging for blessing," [58 Bemba, 81, 84, 95 betel nuts, 155 betrothal feasts, 173 big men. Sec under Enga birds,344,348~349,352 423 bloodletting. 368 blowtlies. 348 boar. [56 Boas. Pranz. 187, [88,207 boasting, 6 body adornment. See feasts, clothing and adornment bonc artifacts, 347, 372 Bourdieu, P., 28, 76, 244, 252 breadfruit, 169, 174 bridewealth, 99, l25, 251 British Isles. See Bronze Age: Neolithic Bronze Age (British Isles), 53, 58 Buid,278 Bukidnon, 274, 275, 276, 281 burial: assemblages, 290-291; feast, 9; mound, 314, 321. See also funeral feasts Burkina Paso. 81, 82 butchers' feasts, 153 c cabbage. 145 cacao, 371 Cahokia (IlL) site. 9,334-336. 338f, 35I; animals in feasting, 41, 346-350. 351-353; chiefs and elites. 337, 339, 345, 355.356; feasting, 57. 58. 342-350. 351. 352, 356-357 caiman effigy, 374 calamity feasts. 37 Cameroon. See Koma; Mer,\ candy, [55, 156, 4Il cane liquor, 218, 222,382 canoes, 178, 223 carabao. See water buffalo cassava, 95 cassowary, [24 caterpillars, 89 cattle, 79, 82, 95, l45, [62, 251, 253f, 392, 393f, 394; paracling of, 96. See also beef celebratory feasts, 268 INDEX ceramics: broken vessels, 228-229, 285,291, 346: decorated, 277. 289, 294-295, 351.378; import consumption. 8, 17, 292-293: size and function. 223-229, 284-285,321,377,380; traclition, 48, 49, 225-226. See also porcelains ceremonial gate rebuilcling feast, 154 Ceren (El Salvador) site, 9,369-371, 384-385. See also Maya Chagga.85 challengc feasts, 279-280 clIenopod, 324 Chickasaw. 312. 352 chickens, 95, l45, 153, 155, 161, 253f, 272, 276. 28[, 286, 287 chiefs, 46, 5il, 83-85. 87. 102- 103, 244. See also Cahokia site; Maya: Philippines; Sumer child-growth feasts, 19l, 198-201 chili. 371 Chin. 296 China, 53, 268-269, 289-292 Christmas feasts, 29 cigarettes, 156,410, 4Il, 412 circumcision. See initiation feasts civet cats, 286, 287 clans, l48 clay vaginal plug, 222. 225, 226f clitoridectomy, 217, 22J, 222 clothing. See feasts, clothing and adornment Coast Salish, 200, 202, 203 cocktail parties, 406, 417 coconut oil. [69 cofradias, 38[, 382, 383 Cole, Pay Cooper, 269 Coles Creek culture. 312 collective work events (CWEs), 79-80, 247, 254-256...

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