Palaeodiet in the Aegean

This volume of papers is the result of the Annual Meetings of the Archaeological Institue of America conference, Washington 2003.

The aim was to present the latest research in the field of palaeodietry studies in the Aegean.

The theme od palaeodiet was chosen because it is arguably the most important field of study concerning the Aegean which complements archaeological fieldwork. Food and drink are just as essential for man's survival as shelter.

What the ancient peoples in the Aegean ate is as important as the buildings they built or the artifacts they produced. The volume discusses how religion, social stucture and ethnicity effects diet.

The book also demonstrates skeletal evidence for nutrition in Mesolithic and Neolithic Greece, looking at growth, oral health, bone composition and pathological changes in bone.

The book challenges current methodology in recovering bio-archaeological material whilst offering practical methods for gathering palaeodietary data.