ANTH2162

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THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF FOOD

Sociology and AnthropologySocial and Behavioral Sciences

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Subject Code

ANTH

Course Number

2162

Department(s)

Sociology and Anthropology

Course Description

This course examines the evolution of human relationships with food and its symbolic, economic, and environmental dimensions. Topics include feasting and cooperation, food economics, power and status, and food and identity (gender, ethnicity, religion, and class). We will discuss how foodways have been shaped throughout time to understand the impacts of different subsistence styles on past human cultures.

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