ANTH 2565 - ARCHAEOLOGY OF FOODWAYS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
What counts as food? Food is a universal requirement for humans to survive. Although universal, different cultures across the globe have developed cuisines that are diverse in forms, tastes, and meanings. Beyond production and sustenance, the acts of cooking, eating, and drinking bind people together through symbolism, shared experiences, and status. Through both inclusionary and exclusionary strategies, food and drink serve to define identity, strengthen social bonds, and enact memory. In this course, we will learn about the origins of cooking over 1 million years ago, the 'real' Paleodiet, how early states used beer to cement social alliances, and how Columbus's discovery of the Americas spurred global-scale shifts in food and agriculture. The course begins with an overview of how anthropologists and archaeologists study food and then moves through time, beginning with our early hominid ancestors and ending with colonialism.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad Letter Grade

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