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Archaeological geology. --- Archaeology. --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Primitive societies --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Archaeogeology --- Geoarchaeology --- Geological archaeology --- Geology

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Paleogeography. --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Maritime anthropology. --- Marine anthropology --- Marine ethnology --- Maritime ethnology --- Anthropology --- Ethnology --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Primitive societies --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Palaeogeography --- Physical geography

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Plants have constituted the basis of human subsistence. This volume focuses on plant food ingredients that were consumed by the members of past societies and on the ways these ingredients were transformed into food. The thirty chapters of this book unfold the story of culinary transformation of cereals, pulses as well as of a wide range of wild and cultivated edible plants. Regional syntheses provide insights on plant species choices and changes over time and fragments of recipes locked inside amorphous charred masses. Grinding equipment, cooking installations and cooking pots are used to reveal the ancient cooking steps in order to pull together the pieces of a culinary puzzle of the past. From the big picture of spatiotemporal patterns and changes to the micro-imaging of usewear on grinding tool surfaces, the book attempts for the first time a comprehensive and systematic approach to ancient plant food culinary transformation. Focusing mainly on Europe and the Mediterranean world in prehistory, the book expands to other regions such as South Asia and Latin America and covers a time span from the Palaeolithic to the historic periods. Several of the contributions stem from original research conducted in the context of ERC project PlantCult: Investigating the Plant Food Cultures of Ancient Europe. The book’s exploration into ancient cuisines culminates with an investigation of the significance of ethnoarchaeology towards a better understanding of past foodways as well as of the impact of archaeology in shaping modern culinary and consumer trends. The book will be of interest to archaeologists, food historians, agronomists, botanists as well as the wider public with an interest in ancient cooking

Prehistoric peoples --- Plants, Edible --- Cooking --- Food --- Foods --- Primitive societies --- Dinners and dining --- Home economics --- Table --- Diet --- Dietaries --- Gastronomy --- Nutrition --- Cookery --- Cuisine --- Food preparation --- Food science --- Cookbooks --- Edible plants --- Food plants --- Plants, Useful --- Edible landscaping --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- History

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Trade before Civilization explores the role that long-distance exchange played in the establishment and/or maintenance of social complexity, and its role in the transformation of societies from egalitarian to non-egalitarian. Bringing together research by an international and methodologically diverse team of scholars, it analyses the relationship between long-distance trade and the rise of inequality. The volume illustrates how elites used exotic prestige goods to enhance and maintain their elevated social positions in society. Global in scope, it offers case studies of early societies and sites in Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, and Mesoamerica. Deploying a range of inter-disciplinary and cutting-edge theoretical approaches from a cross-cultural framework, the volume offers new insights and enhances our understanding of socio-political evolution. It will appeal to archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, conflict theorists, and ethnohistorians, as well as economists seeking to understand the nexus between imported luxury items and cultural evolution.

Commerce, Prehistoric --- Economics, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric peoples --- Social history --- Social evolution. --- Social interaction. --- Social archaeology. --- Social aspects. --- Sociological aspects. --- Social life and customs. --- Social networks. --- Archaeology --- Human interaction --- Interaction, Social --- Symbolic interaction --- Exchange theory (Sociology) --- Psychology --- Social psychology --- Cultural evolution --- Cultural transformation --- Culture, Evolution of --- Culture --- Evolution --- Social change --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Primitive societies --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric --- Economic prehistory --- Palaeoeconomics --- Palaeoeconomy --- Paleoeconomics --- Paleoeconomy --- Prehistoric economics --- Economic anthropology --- Exchange, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric commerce --- Methodology --- Social evolution --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Histoire sociale --- Évolution sociale. --- Archéologie sociale. --- Commerce préhistorique --- Économie préhistorique --- Cultural Evolution. --- Société. --- Sociologie.

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This book explains how the walls of Liangzhu City were made from bedding stones and mud, with the total area of bedding stones covering roughly 290,000 square meters. Based on ongoing research and studies, the book tells the story of how these stones were collected from the surrounding mountains and how their mining and use required massive manpower and material resources, indicating what a tremendous undertaking the construction of Liangzhu City was. The book also shares insights into the process of discovering and researching the city wall, as well as the stoneware at the Liangzhu historical site complex.

City walls. --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Archaeology --- Village walls --- Fortification --- Walls --- Prehistoric peoples. --- Cultural property. --- Archaeology. --- Prehistoric Archaeology. --- Archaeology and Heritage. --- Archaeology in Society. --- Archeology --- Anthropology --- Auxiliary sciences of history --- History --- Antiquities --- Cultural heritage --- Cultural patrimony --- Cultural resources --- Heritage property --- National heritage --- National patrimony --- National treasure --- Patrimony, Cultural --- Treasure, National --- Property --- World Heritage areas --- Cavemen (Prehistoric peoples) --- Early man --- Man, Prehistoric --- Prehistoric archaeology --- Prehistoric human beings --- Prehistoric humans --- Prehistory --- Primitive societies --- Human beings --- Antiquities, Prehistoric