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Anthropology of Food



to Sweet Treats around the World

What FoodAnthro is Reading Now . . .
 
World Food and Water Clock
OWL logo, Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.    
 
     
Sicilian ice-cream in a bread bun. A good solution to a local problem: the Mediterranean heat quickly melts the ice-cream, which is absorbed by the bread.
"Palermo, Sicily
Italy
A Fistful of Rice.
A Fistfull of Rice
Nepal
Claire Kathleen Roufs eating first food at 5 months.
Claire Kathleen Roufs
U.S.A.
Eating rat.
"Eating Rat At The New Year"
Vietnam
National Geographic
Desert People, boy eating "grub worm"
Desert People
Australia

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Anthropology of Food
 
Today is Saturday, 25 July 2026, 10:11 (10:11 AM) CDT, day 206 of 2026
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Week 1
31 August - 5 September 2026
     

Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pptx)
     
 
Week 2
6 - 12 September 2026
     

(optional) A Very Brief Outline of the Course Structure

(.pptx)


Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)

(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
 


(optional) Finding Information on Food of Different Countries and Cultures

(.pptx)
     
 
Week 3
13 - 19 September 2026
   

Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)

(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
 



Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)

(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
 
     
 
 Week 4 
20 - 26 September 2026
   
Human Nutrient Needs


(.pptx)
 
  • TERMS:
    
  • Nutritional Status
  
(.pptx)
 
  • Biological Makeup (.pptx)
      
  • Human Nutritient Needs
  
(.pptx)
 
     
     
  • The Environments (.pptx)
    • Physical
    • Sociocultural
    • Economic and Political
      
     



Food Systems
(.pptx)



Food Pyramid -- MyPlate
(.pptx)
  WebPage


Diet and Human Evolution


(.pptx)
 
  • Diets of Extinct Humans / Paleontology (.pptx)

    • Teeth
    • Skulls and Jaws
    • The Postcranial Skeleton

If you want to have a closer look at the primate chart in the slides: "Prehistoric and Contemporary Primates"
    • Adaptation (.pptx)
    • Using Chemistry to Infer the Diets of Extinct Hominini (.pptx)
    • Our Place in Nature (.pptx)
    • A Brief Who's Who of the Early Hominines (.pptx)
    • What Did Early Hominines Eat? (.pptx)
    • What Can We Say About the Diets of Fossil Homo (.pptx)
    • Highlight: Lactose Intolerance (.pptx)

      • Federal Agencies Regulating Food (.pptx)
      • USDA Food Guide Pyramid (.pptx [updated in 2005, then replaced by MyPlate in 2011]


A-Z Index
(.pptx)
     
 
Week 5 
27 September - 3 October 2026
     


Food Revolutions: A Little Background

  • A Little Background

(WebPage)
         
 


Food Revolutions: Neolithic / "Agricultural"

  • The Neolithic "Agricultural" Revolution

(.pptx)
  • Domestication
(.pptx)
    ° Tehuacán Valley, Mexico
(.pptx)
  • A Protein Primer
(.pptx)
  • Nutritional Consequences: Foragers and Agriculturalists
(.pptx)
  • Social and Political Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution
(.pptx)
         
See also Neolithic, Plant Domestication, Animal Domestication, Early Agriculture,  Hunting / Gathering / Foraging, and Prehistoric Dentistry


Was the "invention" of agriculture all a huge mistake?

Nutritional Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution:
A Comparison of Foragers and Agriculturalists
 (Indian Knoll and Hardin Village)
(.pptx)


Social and Political Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution
(.pptx)

based on The Cultural Feast: An Introduction to Food and Society, Second Edition.
Bryant, Carol A., Kathleen M. DeWalt, Anita Courtney, and Jeffery Schwartz.
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson, 2003).




Food Revolutions: Spices

  • The Search for Spices

(.pptx)
         
   See also Spices


Food Revolutions: Industrial

  • The Industrial Revolution

(.pptx)
  • Early Technology: Transportation, Refrigeration, Canning
(.pptx)
         
See also The Scientific Revolution, Food Science, Food Transportation, and Cf., Fernández-Armesto (2003)


Food Revolutions: Scientific

  • The Scientific Revolution

(.pptx)
  • Modern-Day Adaptations
(.pptx)
  • Highlight: Vegetarian Diets: Then and Now
(.pptx)
         
See also The Industrial Revolution, Food Science, Food Chemistry, Bio-Physical Anthropology and Food, Genetically Modified (GM) Foods, Nanofoods, Food Safety, and Food Transportation

     
 
Week 6
4 - 10 October 2026
   

Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
   
week 6:

4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
             


Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
   
week 6:

4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
             

     

Midterm Exam

f2026 Wk 7 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m.Wednesday, 14 October 2026 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time),Saturday, 17 October 2026

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-5, so be sure not to miss watching them.

Video Listings


     
 
Week 7 
11 - 17 October 2026
     

Obesity and Eating Disorders . . .

The "Obesity Epidemic"
(.pptx)
Optional:
  • Body Image and Eating Behaviors (.pptx)
  • Eating Disorders (.pptx)
  • Causes of Eating Disorders (.pptx)
  • Obesity, Eating Disorders: Applications (.pptx)

     
 
Week 8 
18 - 24 October 2026
     


Sherri A. Inness,
Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
and friends
Ch. 8

Two Fat Ladies slides
(.pptx)
     
 

Fall Break
29 - 30 October 2026
 
     
 
Week 9 
25 - 31 October 2026
     


Sherri A. Inness,
Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
and friends
Chs. 1-7

Secret Ingredients slides
(.pptx)

     
 
Week 10 
1 - 7 November 2026
     

   
 
  "Other Important Terms"
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Units of Analysis
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Three Major Perennial Debates
(.pptx)
 
    (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)  
     
 
Week 11 
8 - 14 November 2026
   

   
 
  "Other Important Terms"
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Units of Analysis
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Three Major Perennial Debates
(.pptx)
 
    (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)  
     
 
Week 12
15 - 21 November 2026
   

   
 
  "Other Important Terms"
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Units of Analysis
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Three Major Perennial Debates
(.pptx)
 
    (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)  

     
 
Week 13 
22 - 28 April 2026
   

EU Chocolate Wars: A Run-up to Scaling
(.pptx)

     
 
Week 14
29 November - 5 December 2026
     


Methodological Perspectives of Sweet Treats around the World
(.pptx)

     
 
Week 15
6 - 12 December 2026
     

See Student Presentations in Your Canvas folder



Review the Following Slide Decks
 (Yes, one more time before the Final Exam)

Ask yourself, "How do these characteristics relate to my Term Paper and Presentation?"


Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)

(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
 


   
week 10:
  "Other Important Terms"
(.pptx)
 
   
week 11:
  Units of Analysis
(.pptx)
 
   
week 12:
  Three Major Perennial Debates
(.pptx)
 
    (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)  

     

Week 16
13 - 19 December 2026

Final Exams Week
     

Final Exam

f2026 Wk 16 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Monday, 14 December 2026, until 11:59 p.m., Wednesday, 16 December 2026.

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos since the Midterm Exam, so be sure not to miss watching them.

Video Listings

     
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