The Routledge handbook of diet and nutrition in the Roman world [electronic resource] / edited by Paul Erdkamp and Claire Holleran.

"The Routledge Handbook of Diet and Nutrition in the Roman World presents a comprehensive overview of the sources, issues and methodologies involved in the study of the Roman diet. The focus of the book is on the Mediterranean heartland from the second century BC to the third and fourth centuries AD...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Erdkamp, Paul (Editor)
Holleran, Claire, 1979- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
Series:Routledge Handbooks
Subjects:
Diet > Rome.
Nutrition > Rome.
Food habits > Rome.
Online Access:
Routledge Handbooks Online Annual Collection 2018: 2018 (Taylor & Francis eBooks)
Variant Title:
Handbook of diet and nutrition in the Roman world
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Textual evidence : Roman reflections of realities / Kim Beerden
  • Visual evidence / Shana O'Connell
  • Material evidence on diet, cooking and techniques / L.M. Banducci
  • Investigating Roman diet through archaeobotanical evidence / Alexandra Livarda
  • The contribution of zooarchaeology / Paul Halstead
  • The bioarchaeology of Roman diet / Chryssi Bourbou
  • Roman meals in their domestic and wider settings / John Donahue
  • Cereals and bread / F.B.J. Heinrich
  • Pulses / A.M. Hansen and F.B.J. Heinrich
  • Olives and olive oil / Erica Rowan
  • Wine and other beverages / Wim Broekaert
  • Meat and other animal products / Michael MacKinnon
  • Fish and seafood / Annalisa Marzano
  • Women, children and food / Christian Laes
  • Central and northern Europe / Tünde Kaszab-Olschewski
  • Jews in Palestine / David Kraemer
  • Egypt / Willy Clarysse
  • The impact of Christianity on diet, health, and nutrition in late antiquity / Emmanuelle Raga
  • Using skeletal remains as a proxy for Roman lifestyles : the potential and problems with osteological reconstructions of health, diet, and stature in Imperial Rome / Kristina Killgrove
  • Comparative perspectives on nutrition and social inequality in the Roman world / Geoffrey Kron
  • Skeletons in the cupboard : femurs and food regimes in the Roman world / Miko Flohr
  • Market regulation and intervention in the urban food supply / Claire Holleran
  • Famine and hunger in the Roman world / Paul Erdkamp.