Ancient Foodways and Cooking Technology

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Credits 3. 3 Lecture Hours. Study of ancient foodways and cooking technologies, particularly fire-based methods, especially in the context of human evolution, subsistence and settlement behavior, social organization, theoretical underpinnings, and archaeological manifestations thereof, with the focus on ancient hunter-gatherer populations, wild plants, terrestrial animals, and aquatic resources. Prerequisite: ANTH 602 or ANTH 604 or approval of Instructor.