ANT3428  Food and Culture


Syllabus in ms word



Required readings

Week 2
   
    O'Connell, Hawkes, and Jones - Hadza scavenging

    Blumenschine - Scavenging vs. hunting


Week 3
   
    Rick, Erlandson, and Vellanoweth - paleocoastal fishing

    Van der veen - When is food a luxury

    Gummerman - Food in complex societies



Lecture January 17 Evolution and Diet

Lecture January 24 Archaeology and Diet

Lecture January 31  Domestication of animals
                               Human migrations and diet
                               Sugar

Lecture February 7 Guinea pigs as food

Lecture February 14 Preferences and avoidances
                                Cannibalism

Lecture February 21 Food and Thought
                                Cajuns

Lecture February 28 Ethnoscience
                                Food Ritual: Feasting and Fasting

Lecture March 7 Body form-Fiji

Lecture March 20 Latin american cuisine

Lecture April 4 African cuisine

Lecture April 10 Asian cuisines

Lecutre April 17 Modernization and Foodways