Contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Contributors
1. Digesting the Feast-Good to Eat, Good to Drink, Good to Think: An Introduction - Michael Dietler and Brian Hayden
Part 1: Ethnographic Perspectives
2. Fabulous Feasts: A Prolegomenon To The Importance Of Feasting - Brian Hayden
3. Theorizing The Feast: Rituals Of Consumption, Commensal Politics, And Power In African Contexts - Michael Dietler
4. Of Feasting And Value: Enga Feasts In A Historical Perspective
(Papua New Guinea) - Polly Wiessner
5. Akha Feasting: An Ethnoarchaeological Perspective - Michael J Clarke
6. Polynesian Feasting In Ethnohistoric, Ethnographic, And Archaeological Contexts: A Comparison Of Three Societies - Patrick V. Kirch
7. Feasting For Prosperity: A Study Of Southern Northwest Coast Feasting - James R. Perodie
8. The Big Drink: Feast And Forum In The Upper Amazon - Warren R. DeBoer
9. Feasts And Labor Mobilization: Dissecting A Fundamental Economic Practice - Michael Dietler and Ingrid Herbich
Part 2: Archaeological Perspectives
10. The Evolution Of Ritual Feasting Systems In Prehispanic Philippine Chiefdoms - Laura Lee Junker
11. Feasting And The Emergence Of Platform Mound Ceremonialism In Eastern North America - Vernon James Knight
12. A Case Of Ritual Feasting At The Cahokia Site - Lucretia S. Kelly
13. Feasting On The Periphery: The Production Of Ritual Feasting And Village Festivals At The Cerén Site, El Salvador - Linda A. Brown
14. Feasting In The Ancient Near East - Denise Schmandt -Besserat
15. Garbage and The Modern American Feast - Douglas C. Wilson And Willlam L. Rathje
Index