Maria Bianca D'Anna

Between Feasts and Daily Meals

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Food and urbanization. Material and textual perspectives on alimentary practice in early Mesopotamia

Published in Origini n. XXXVII/2015. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità – “Sapienza” Università di Roma | Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche – Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations

Food has played a key role in the emergence of urbanization in Mesopotamia throughout the fourth millennium BCE. Although the food itself is only rare...

A material perspective on food politics in a non-urban center. The case of Arslantepe period VI A (LC5)

Published in Origini n. XXXVII/2015. Rivista annuale del Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Antichità – “Sapienza” Università di Roma | Preistoria e protostoria delle civiltà antiche – Prehistory and protohistory of ancient civilizations

In this contribution I summarize some data related to food management from period VI A in the Arslantepe sequence,1 and I discuss some key issues conc...