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Description:The archaeologies of food and warfare have independentlydeveloped over the past several decades. This volume aims to provide concrete linkages between these research topics through the examination of case studies worldwide. Topics considered within the book include: the impacts of warfare on the daily food quest, warfare and nutritional health, ritual foodways and violence, the provisioning of warriors and armies, status-based changes in diet during times of war, logistical constraints on military campaigns, and violent competition over subsistence resources.The diversity of perspectives included in this volume may be a product of new ways of conceptualizing violence not simply as an isolated component of a society, nor as an attribute of a particular societal type but instead as a transformative process that is lived and irrevocably alters social, economic, and political organization and relationships. Thisbook highlights this transformative process by presenting a cross-cultural perspective on the connection between war and food through the inclusion of case studies from several continents."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Archaeology of Food and Warfare: Food Insecurity in Prehistory. To get started finding The Archaeology of Food and Warfare: Food Insecurity in Prehistory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: The archaeologies of food and warfare have independentlydeveloped over the past several decades. This volume aims to provide concrete linkages between these research topics through the examination of case studies worldwide. Topics considered within the book include: the impacts of warfare on the daily food quest, warfare and nutritional health, ritual foodways and violence, the provisioning of warriors and armies, status-based changes in diet during times of war, logistical constraints on military campaigns, and violent competition over subsistence resources.The diversity of perspectives included in this volume may be a product of new ways of conceptualizing violence not simply as an isolated component of a society, nor as an attribute of a particular societal type but instead as a transformative process that is lived and irrevocably alters social, economic, and political organization and relationships. Thisbook highlights this transformative process by presenting a cross-cultural perspective on the connection between war and food through the inclusion of case studies from several continents."We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Archaeology of Food and Warfare: Food Insecurity in Prehistory. To get started finding The Archaeology of Food and Warfare: Food Insecurity in Prehistory, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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