Humans, animals and the craft of slaughter in archaeo-historic societies:

In this book, Krish Seetah uses butchery as a point of departure for exploring the changing historical relationships between animal utility, symbolism, and meat consumption. Seetah brings together several bodies of literature - on meat, cut marks, craftspeople, and the role of craft in production -...

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1. Verfasser: Seetah, Krish (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press [2018]
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Zusammenfassung:In this book, Krish Seetah uses butchery as a point of departure for exploring the changing historical relationships between animal utility, symbolism, and meat consumption. Seetah brings together several bodies of literature - on meat, cut marks, craftspeople, and the role of craft in production - that have heretofore been considered in isolation from one another. Focusing on the activity inherent in butcher, he describes the history of knowledge that typifies the craft. He also provides anthropological and archaeological case studies which showcase examples of butchery practices in varied contexts that are seldom identified with zooarchaeological research. Situating the relationship between practice, practitioner, material and commodity, this imaginative study offers new insights into food production, consumption, and the craft of cuisine
Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; From Apprenticeship to Scholarship; Acknowledgements; Part I Butchery as Craft and Social Praxis; Chapter One Animal Bodies, Human Technology; From Flesh to Meat; Practice; This Book in Context; Chapter Two Conceptualising 'Butchery'; Introduction; 'Terms' of Engagement; Emphasizing Human Cognition; Conceptualizing the 'When' and the 'What'; 'Amber Moments'; Butchery as Process; Conclusions; Chapter Three Thinking Practically; Introduction; Archaeological Thinking on Activity; Chaîne Opératoire
Applying Theory to Assess Butchery PracticeConclusions; Chapter Four Craft, Practice, and Social Boundaries; Introduction; Craft, Marginalised Groups, and Archaeology; Carcass to Meat -- A Hard Act to Swallow?; Case Studies in Social Differentiation; India; Japan; Korea; Tibet and China; African Examples; Projecting the Character of 'the Butcher'; Stratification through the Lens of Archaeology; Routes to Professionalisation of Practice; Concluding Comments; Chapter Five Intellectualising Practice: Bridging Analogy and Technology; 'Living Archaeology'; Drivers of Modern Butchery
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ISBN:9781108553544
DOI:10.1017/9781108553544

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