Abstract
Foodways are fundamental to cultural identities, making their analysis an essential component of anthropological investi-
gations of past and present societies. In this paper I discuss the approaches to foodways research
in Aegean archaeology, with particular reference to the contribution of archaeozoological studies
to the anthropological debate around Early Bronze Age cultures in Northwestern Anatolia. First I
provide a brief overview of past archaeozoological research in EBA Troia and its neighbors, and
then I set to discuss the present archaeozoological data from and around Troia, with special
emphasis on the role of deer consumption in ritual. I conclude that neither the methods nor the
approaches currently employed in main- stream archaeobiology in the eastern Aegean are completely
satisfactory to achieve an anthropological understanding of
foofways in EBA Troia and its neighbors. Finally I discuss possible directions for future research
in this field.
gations of past and present societies. In this paper I discuss the approaches to foodways research
in Aegean archaeology, with particular reference to the contribution of archaeozoological studies
to the anthropological debate around Early Bronze Age cultures in Northwestern Anatolia. First I
provide a brief overview of past archaeozoological research in EBA Troia and its neighbors, and
then I set to discuss the present archaeozoological data from and around Troia, with special
emphasis on the role of deer consumption in ritual. I conclude that neither the methods nor the
approaches currently employed in main- stream archaeobiology in the eastern Aegean are completely
satisfactory to achieve an anthropological understanding of
foofways in EBA Troia and its neighbors. Finally I discuss possible directions for future research
in this field.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Early Bronze Age Troy |
| Subtitle of host publication | Chronology, Cultural Development and Interregional Contacts : Proceedings of an International Conference held at the University of Tübingen, May 8-10, 2009 |
| Editors | Ernst Pernicka, Sinan Ünlüsoy, Stephan Blum |
| Publisher | Verlag Rudolf Habert |
| Pages | 291-303 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783774939806 |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 |