Cooking techniques and the role of cooks in an early urban society: vessel analysis, experiment, archaeological context and texts
This paper seeks to place cooking and cooks within the realm of skilled labour and craft as well as to assess their wider economic and social implications for the later Uruk period. In doing so, analyses of technomorphological characteristics and traces from use-wear on vessels from Chogha Mish (Sou...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Gebr. Mann Verlag
2018
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Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie
Year: 2018, Volume: 11, Pages: 180-196 |
| Summary: | This paper seeks to place cooking and cooks within the realm of skilled labour and craft as well as to assess their wider economic and social implications for the later Uruk period. In doing so, analyses of technomorphological characteristics and traces from use-wear on vessels from Chogha Mish (Southwest Iran) dating to the Uruk period are compared with results from cooking experiments and supplementing evidence. Der Artikel untersucht Kochen sowie die Rolle von Köch*innen im Rahmen von qualifizierter Arbeit und Handwerk und verortet Kochpraxis vor dem Hintergrund ökonomischer und sozialer Strukturen der Uruk-Zeit. Dazu verbindet er die Analyse von technomorphologischen Charakteristika und Nutzungsspuren auf Gefäßen aus dem uruk-zeitlichen Chogha Mish (Südwestiran) mit einem Kochexperiment und weiteren Befunden |
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| ISSN: | 1868-9078 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Zeitschrift für Orient-Archäologie
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