Food in antiquity; a survey of the diet of early peoples [by] Don and Patricia Brothwell.
Material type: TextSeries: Ancient peoples and places, 66Publication details: New York, Praeger [1969]Description: 248 p. illus., maps. 21 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:- 392/.37/09
- GT2860 .B7 1969b
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Bibliography: p. 193-200.
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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.