Feasts: archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on food, politics, and power. (Book Reviews: Archaeology).(Book Review)

DIETLER, MICHAEL & BRIAN HAYDEN (eds). Feasts: archaeological and ethnographic perspectives on food, politics, and power. xi, 432 pp., maps, diagrs., illus., bibliogrs. London, Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2001. $55.00 (cloth); $29.95 (paper)

This volume brings together mostly archaeological contributions on festive eating, all making pointed excursions to relevant ethnography and socio-cultural literature. After an introduction co-authored by the two editors and separate synthetic chapters by each, the book presents twelve chapters on different parts of the world ...

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