Humans, animals and the craft of slaughter in archaeo-historic societies

Summary: In this book, Krish Seetah uses butchery as a point of departure for exploring the changing historical relationships between animal utility, symbolism, and meat consumption. Seetah brings together several bodies of literature - on meat, cut marks, craftspeople, and the role of craft in production - that have heretofore been considered in isolation from one another. Focusing on the activity inherent in butcher, he describes the history of knowledge that typifies the craft. He also provides anthropological and archaeological case studies which showcase examples of butchery practices in varied contexts that are seldom identified with zooarchaeological research. Situating the relationship between practice, practitioner, material and commodity, this imaginative study offers new insights into food production, consumption, and the craft of cuisine.

Record details

ISBN: 1108447317
ISBN: 9781108447317
ISBN: 1108428800
ISBN: 9781108428804
ISBN: 1108553540
ISBN: 9781108553544
ISBN: 1108581633
ISBN: 9781108581639
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xix, 259 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Publisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-253) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Animal bodies, human technology -- Conceptualising 'butchery' -- Thinking practically -- Craft, practice, and social boundaries -- Intellectualising practice : bridging analogy and technology -- The materiality of butchery -- Studying cut marks in historic archaeological contexts -- Problematic butchery studies -- Harnessing the power of the cut mark record -- Humans, animals, and the butchers' craft in Roman and medieval Britain -- Connecting complex butchering to complexity in society -- A constellation of activity embedded in society.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 19, 2018).