Introduction / Traci Ardren -- Pot luck : building community and feasting amongst the Middle Preclassic Maya / M. Kathryn Brown and Carolyn Freiwald -- A toast to the earth : the social role of beverages in pre-Hispanic Maya cave ritual at Pacbitun, Belize / Jon Spenard, Adam King, Terry G. Powis, and Nilesh Gaikwad -- The epigraphy of ancient Maya food and drink / Nicholas Carter and Mallory Matsumoto -- Plant foodstuffs of the ancient Maya : agents and matter, medium and message / Shanti Morell-Hart -- Food, friend, or offering : exploring the role of Maya dogs in the zooarchaeological record / Petra Cunningham-Smith, Ashley E. Sharpe, Erin Kennedy Thornton, Arianne Boileau, and Kitty F. Emery -- Celebrating Sihó : the role of food and foodways in the construction of social identities / Lilia Fernández Souza, Mario Zimmermann, Socorro del Pilar Jiménez Álvarez -- Cuisine and feasting in the Copán and Lower Ulúa Valleys in Honduras / Julia A. Hendon -- Talking feasts : classic Maya commensal politics at La Corona / Maxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire -- Thinking (and eating) Chichen Itza : the role of new food technology and feasting in creating the Itza state at Xuenkal / Traci Ardren -- Faunal foods as indices of commoner wealth (or poverty) in rural versus urban houselots of the terminal Classic and Postclassic in northwest Yucatan / Marilyn A. Masson, Timothy S. Hare, Bradley W. Russell, and Carlos Peraza Lope -- Human-deity relationships conveyed through Balche' rituals and resource procurement / Gabrielle Vail and Maia Dedrick -- Conclusion: In Maya food studies, who is Mayan? What is food? / Jeffrey M. Pilcher.
Summary:
These chapters, written by some of the leading scholars in the field, showcase a variety of approaches and present new evidence from faunal remains, hieroglyphic texts, chemical analyses, and art. Thoughtful and revealing, Her Cup for Sweet Cacao unlocks a more comprehensive understanding of how food was instrumental to the development of ancient Maya culture"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Linda Schele series in Maya and pre-Columbian studies
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