Living off the Chora : Food and Diet in Ancient Pantanello / Diet and Nutrition at Metaponto

by: Carter, J.C.

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Living off the Chora : diet and nutrition at Metaponto

Author : Joseph Coleman Carter

Summary:With research spanning from 1978, this volume examines the primary evidence of plant and animal sources in the diet, cookware, and the state of nutrition based on human skeletal and dental remains. It is a specialized survey of the current status of the multidisciplinary investigation of farming, diet, and nuturition in the ancient Greek colony of Metaponto (southern Italy) and its chora, or territory. Chapters include: palebotanical research, faunal analysis, kitchen archaeological artifacts, anatomical clues to nutrition. An afterword contains recreations of ancient meals and music

42 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Contents:
Introduction / Joseph Coleman Carter
Agriculture and diet in the Chora of Metaponto : the paleobotanical evidence from Pantanello / Lorenzo Costantini and Loredana Biasini Costantini
The Chora of Metaponto : the animal inhabitants and their environment / Joseph Coleman Carter
Ancient tastes / Smadar Gabrieli
The diet of the Metapontine population as reconstructed from the physical remains / Renata J. Henneberg and Maciej Henneberg

Subjects:
Alimentation Italie Metaponto
Diet
Diet Italy Metaponto
Excavations (Archaeology)
Excavations (Archaeology) Italy Metaponto
Fouilles (Archéologie) Italie Metaponto
Italy Metaponto
Nutrition
Nutrition Italie Metaponto
Nutrition Italy Metaponto

Living off the Chora : Food and Diet in Ancient Pantanello / Diet and Nutrition at Metaponto

by: Carter, J.C.

• ISBN-13: 9780970887955 / 978-0-9708879-5-5
• ISBN-03: 0970887957 / 0-9708879-5-7
• Institute of Classical Archaeology, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, 2003

Price: 22,00 EURO

1 copy in stock