When is food a luxury?

World Archaeology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 405-427

  van der Veen, Marijke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Consumption; Elites; Exotics; Feasting; Food; Luxury; Material culture; Semiotics

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER-RESOURCE INTERACTION; CULTURAL TRADITION; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MATERIAL CULTURE; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 0037331667     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0043824021000026422     Document Type: Article

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