The Never-Ending Feast: The Anthropology and Archaeology of Feasting

by Kaori O'Connor

Book Overview

Feast Throughout human history, and in all parts of the world, feasts have been at the heart of life. The great museums of the world are full of the remains of countless ghostly feasts - dishes that once bore rich meats, pitchers used to pour choice wines, tall jars that held beer sipped through long straws of gold and lapis, immense cauldrons from which hundreds of people could be served. Why were feasts so important, and is there more...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847889255
• ISBN13: 9781847889256
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"