Food in antiquity : a survey of the diet of early peoples /
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Baltimore, London :
The Johns Hopkins University Press,
c1998
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Table of Contents:
- List of illustrations
- Preface toy the 1998 edition
- I. Instruction: The population "explosion"
- Fire and food
- Sources of data
- Chemical analysis
- Man eats man
- II. The Vertebrates: The mammals
- Diary produce
- Birds
- Reptiles and amphibians
- Fish
- III. The Invertebrates: Molluscs
- Insects
- IV. Sugars: Honey
- Other sources of sugar
- V. Fungi
- VI. Cereal crops
- VII. The vegetables: Pulses
- Roots and tubers
- Green vegetables
- Salad plants
- Gourds, melons, squashes
- VIII. Fruit and nuts: Berry and tree fruits
- Citrus fruits
- Dates, figs, grapes
- Nuts
- IX. Olives, oils, herbs and condiments: Olives and cooking oils
- Herbs, spices and condiments
- X. Drinks
- IX. Diet and disease: Famine
- Plant and animal disease
- Vitamin deficiency
- Other dietary disorders
- Skeletal evidence
- Infant feeding
- Food poisoning and adulteration
- Afterword
- Bibliography
- The plates
- Notes on the plates
- Acknowledgements
- Index