The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World

by: Erdkamp, P. Holleran, C.

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Book Description

The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World presents a comprehensive overview of the sources, issues and methodologies involved in the study of the Roman diet. The focus of the book is on the Mediterranean heartland from the second century BC to the third and fourth centuries AD.

Life is impossible without food, but what people eat is not determined by biology alone, and this makes it a vital subject of social and historical study. The Handbook takes a multidisciplinary approach in which all kinds of sources and disciplines are combined to study the diet and nutrition of men, women and children in city and countryside in the Roman world. The chapters in this book are structured in five parts. Part I introduces the reader to the wide range of textual, material and bioarchaeological evidence concerning food and nutrition. Part II offers an overview of various kinds of food and drink, including cereals, pulses, olive oil, meat and fish, and the social setting of their consumption. Part III goes beyond the perspective of the Roman adult male by concentrating on women and children, on the cultures of Roman Egypt and Central Europe, as well as the Jews in Palestine and the impact of Christianity. Part IV provides a forum to three scholars to offer their thoughts on what physical anthropology contributes to our understanding of health, diet and (mal)nutrition. The final section puts food supply and its failure in the context of community and empire.

Table of Contents
Contents

List of Figures and Tables

Note on Contributors

Introduction
Paul Erdkamp and Claire Holleran

Section 1: Evidence and Methodology

Textual Evidence: Roman Reflections of Realities
Kim Beerden

Visual Evidence
Shana O?Connell

Material Evidence on Diet, Cooking and Techniques
L. M. Banducci

Investigating Roman Diet through Archaeobotanical Evidence
Alexandra Livarda

The Contribution of Zooarchaeology
Paul Halstead

The Bioarchaeology of Roman Diet
Chryssi Bourbou

Section 2: Food and Drink

Roman Meals in their Domestic and Wider Settings
John Donahue

Cereals and Bread
F. B. J. Heinrich

Pulses
A. M. Hansen and F. B. J. Heinrich

Olives and Olive Oil
Erica Rowan

Wine and other Beverages
Wim Broekaert

Meat and other Animal Products
Michael MacKinnon

Fish and Seafood
Annalisa Marzano

Section 3: Peoples and Identities

Women, Children and Food
Christian Laes

Central and Northern Europe
Tünde Kaszab-Olschewski

Jews in Palestine
David Kraemer

Egypt
Willy Clarysse

The Impact of Christianity on Diet, Health, and Nutrition in Late Antiquity
Emmanuelle Raga

Section 4: A Forum on Energy, Malnutrition, and Stature

Using Skeletal Remains as a Proxy for Roman Lifestyles: the Potential and Problems with Osteological Reconstructions of Health, Diet, and Stature in Imperial Rome
Kristina Killgrove

Comparative Perspectives on Nutrition and Social Inequality in the Roman World
Geoffrey Kron

Skeletons in the Cupboard: Femurs and Food Regimes in the Roman World
Miko Flohr

Section 5: Food on the Market and in Politics

Market Regulation and Intervention in the Urban Food Supply
Claire Holleran

Famine and Hunger in the Roman World
Paul Erdkamp

Bibliography

Index

The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World

by: Erdkamp, P. Holleran, C.

• ISBN-13: 9781032094564 / 978-1-03-209456-4
• ISBN-03: 1032094567 / 1-03-209456-7
• Routledge, London, 2019

Price: 55,00 EURO

1 copy in stock