Entangled Food Histories: An Introduction

Entangled Food Histories addresses a series of case studies that elucidate how food, drink and their associated activities have shaped and reflected transtemporal and transregional entanglements and disentanglements across millennia, from prehistory to the present. The volume brings together contributions from archaeologists, historians, and anthropologists to discuss the variety of sources and approaches that researchers can mobilize in the study of food history and archaeology. Ranging across Central America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, the volume underscores the significance of food as an analytical category to understand the cultural, economic, and political transformations that have shaped human societies across time and space.