{"product_id":"foodways-of-the-ancient-andes-transforming-diet-cuisine-and-society-hardcover","title":"Foodways of the Ancient Andes: Transforming Diet, Cuisine, and Society - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarta P. Alfonso-Durruty\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eDeborah E. Blom\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEating is essential for life, but it also embodies social and symbolic dimensions. This volume shows how foods and peoples were mutually transformed in the ancient Andes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Exploring the multiple social, ecological, cultural, and ontological dimensions of food in the Andean past, the contributors of \u003ci\u003eFoodways of the Ancient Andes\u003c\/i\u003e offer diverse theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches that reveal the richness, sophistication, and ingenuity of Andean peoples. The volume spans time periods and localities in the Andean region to reveal how food is intertwined with multiple aspects of the human experience, from production and consumption to ideology and sociopolitical organization. It illustrates the Andean peoples' resilience in the face of challenges brought about by food scarcity and environmental change. Chapters dissect the intersection of food, power, and status in early states and empires; examine the impact of food during times of conflict and instability; and illuminate how sacred and high-status foods contributed to the building of the Inka Empire. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring forty-six contributors from ten countries, the chapters employ new analytical methods, integrating different food data and interdisciplinary research to show that food can provide not only simple nutrition but also a multitude of strategies, social and political relationships, and ontologies that are otherwise invisible in the archaeological record. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contributors \u003cbr\u003e Aleksa K. Alaica \u003cbr\u003e Sonia Alconini \u003cbr\u003e Marta Alfonso-Durruty \u003cbr\u003e Sarah I. Baitzel \u003cbr\u003e Véronique Bélisle \u003cbr\u003e Carolina Belmar \u003cbr\u003e Carrie Anne Berryman \u003cbr\u003e Matthew E. Biwer \u003cbr\u003e Deborah E. Blom \u003cbr\u003e Tamara L. Bray \u003cbr\u003e Matthew T. Brown \u003cbr\u003e Maria C. Bruno \u003cbr\u003e José M. Capriles \u003cbr\u003e Katherine L. Chiou \u003cbr\u003e Susan D. deFrance \u003cbr\u003e Lucia M. Diaz \u003cbr\u003e Richard P. Evershed \u003cbr\u003e Maureen E. Folk \u003cbr\u003e Alexandra Greenwald \u003cbr\u003e Chris Harrod \u003cbr\u003e Christine A. Hastorf \u003cbr\u003e Iain Kendall \u003cbr\u003e Kelly J. Knudson \u003cbr\u003e BrieAnna S. Langlie \u003cbr\u003e Cecilia Lemp \u003cbr\u003e Petrus le Roux \u003cbr\u003e Marcos Martinez \u003cbr\u003e Anahí Maturana-Fernández \u003cbr\u003e Weston C. McCool \u003cbr\u003e Melanie J. Miller \u003cbr\u003e Nicole Misarti \u003cbr\u003e Flavia Morello \u003cbr\u003e Patricia Quiñonez Cuzcano \u003cbr\u003e Omar Reyes \u003cbr\u003e Arturo F. Rivera Infante \u003cbr\u003e Manuel San Román \u003cbr\u003e Francisca Santana-Sagredo \u003cbr\u003e Beth K. Scaffidi \u003cbr\u003e Augusto Tessone \u003cbr\u003e Andrés Troncoso \u003cbr\u003e Tiffiny A. Tung \u003cbr\u003e Mauricio Uribe \u003cbr\u003e Natasha P. Vang \u003cbr\u003e Sadie L. Weber \u003cbr\u003e Kurt M. Wilson \u003cbr\u003e Michelle E. Young\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarta Alfonso-Durruty is a native Chilean and an associate professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work at Kansas State University. Her bioarchaeological work focuses on several regions of Chile. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eTracing Childhood: Bioarchaeological Investigations of Early Lives in Antiquity.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Deborah E. Blom is an associate professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Vermont. She is a bioarchaeologist whose work addresses intersecting social identities, body modification, migration and colonization, and health and nutrition within ancient Andean societies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.06 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47473551671474,"sku":"9780816548699","price":119.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/b243de690a2e870c49f117c4e98ac52a.webp?v=1779130293","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/foodways-of-the-ancient-andes-transforming-diet-cuisine-and-society-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}