This atlas is intended as a resource, not just for archaeobotanists
hoping to reconstruct past foodways, but also for other archaeologists,
palaeoecologists, ethnographers, and agricultural historians.
Documenting an era of actual rural community practices in relation to
local land use, it also provides unique material for rural sociologists,
landscape ecologists, and agricultural technologists. The Digital atlas
of traditional agricultural practices and food processing documents the
various processes involved in the production of food-from working the
fields through to processing the crops for food, fodder, and other
purposes. The atlas aims to define and describe these various processes
unambiguously by using a standardized vocabulary and by explicitly
taking into account the intention behind each process. Illustrated with
more than 3,000 photographs and numerous films documenting 20 years of
field observation in the Mediterranean area, the Middle East, and the
Indian subcontinent, the atlas also includes detailed case studies of
the practices and processes involving grapes, olives, date palms,
barley, and wheat. Many of these processes are part of the intangible
cultural heritage of agriculture that is now rapidly disappearing. The
books contain full color photographs as well as indexes on plant name
and subject. The website includes both photographs and films, which can
be examined in more detail using the site's extensive search tools.
This is a 3-Volume set.
