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9781560988403
From the Ancient Near East to Modern-Day North America, communal consumption of food and drink punctuates the rhythms of human societies. Feasts serve many social purposes, establishing alliances for war and marriage, mobilizing labor, creating political power and economic advantages, and redistributing wealth.Dietler, Michael is the author of 'Feasts Archaeological and Ethnographic Perspectives on Food, Politics, and Power' with ISBN 9781560988403 and ISBN 1560988401.
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