Kaori O’Connor is an anthropologist at University College London (UCL), UK. Holding degrees in anthropology from Reed College, Oxford University and UCL, she has written widely on the anthropology of food, won the prestigious Sophie Coe Prize for Food History in 2009 and is a frequent media commentator. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
The Never-Ending Feast: The Anthropology and Archaeology of Feasting
Bloomsbury Academic, 2015
Book chapter
...I dug out a canal from the Upper Zab, cutting through a mountain at its peak … I irrigated the meadows of the Tigris and planted orchards with all kinds of fruit trees in its environs. I pressed wine and offered first fruit offerings...
Kaori O’Connor is an anthropologist at University College London (UCL), UK. Holding degrees in anthropology from Reed College, Oxford University and UCL, she has written widely on the anthropology of food, won the prestigious Sophie Coe Prize for Food History in 2009 and is a frequent media commentator. Author affiliation details are correct at time of print publication.
The Never-Ending Feast: The Anthropology and Archaeology of Feasting
Bloomsbury Academic, 2015
Book chapter
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...The sporadic nature of evidence from the ancient world conditions the extent to which we can explore ancient diet and the high points in ancient techniques related to preparing and presenting food. The social and political environment...
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