Food in antiquity : a survey of the diet of early peoples / Don and Patricia Brothwell.

By: Brothwell, Don RContributor(s): Brothwell, Patricia | Brothwell, Patricia [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Ancient peoples and places (Praeger) ; v. 66.Publication details: New York : Frederick A. Praeger, 1969. Description: 248 p. : ill., maps. ; 21 cmSubject(s): Food -- History | Food -- history | Diet -- historyGenre/Form: HistoryDDC classification: 392/.37/09 LOC classification: GT2860 | .B7 1969bNLM classification: WA 11
Contents:
List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The population explosion -- Fire and food -- Sources of data -- Chemical analysis -- Man eats man -- The mammals -- Dairy produce -- Birds -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Fish -- Mollusks -- Insects -- Honey -- Other sources of sugar -- Fungi -- Cereal crops -- Pulses -- roots and tubers --green vegetables -- Salad plants -- Gourds, melons, squashes -- Berry and tree fruits -- Citrus fruits -- Dates, figs, grapes -- Nuts -- Olives and cooking oils -- Herbs, spices and condiments -- Drinks -- Diet and disease -- Famine -- Plant and animal diseases -- Vitamin deficiency -- Other dietary disorders -- Skeletal evidence -- Infant feeding -- Food poisoning and adulteration -- Bibliography -- The plates -- Notes on the plates -- Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-200) and index.

List of illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The population explosion -- Fire and food -- Sources of data -- Chemical analysis -- Man eats man -- The mammals -- Dairy produce -- Birds -- Reptiles and amphibians -- Fish -- Mollusks -- Insects -- Honey -- Other sources of sugar -- Fungi -- Cereal crops -- Pulses -- roots and tubers --green vegetables -- Salad plants -- Gourds, melons, squashes -- Berry and tree fruits -- Citrus fruits -- Dates, figs, grapes -- Nuts -- Olives and cooking oils -- Herbs, spices and condiments -- Drinks -- Diet and disease -- Famine -- Plant and animal diseases -- Vitamin deficiency -- Other dietary disorders -- Skeletal evidence -- Infant feeding -- Food poisoning and adulteration -- Bibliography -- The plates -- Notes on the plates -- Index.

Dust jacket preserved.