ANTH 280ZCooking up the Past

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Food is a universal requirement for humans to survive, yet different cultures have developed radically divergent cuisines. In this course, we will use archaeology to explore the diversity of human foodways throughout time, and the role of food in human evolution and culture.The course begins with an overview of how anthropologists and archaeologists study food and drink and then we will introduce several case studies chronologically, beginning with our early hominid ancestors and ending with colonialism.