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From soup to nuts-or rather, from vinegar to locusts.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface to the 1998 edition

1. Introduction
2. The Vertebrates
3. The Invertebrates
4. Sugars
5. Fungi
6. Cereal Crops
7. The Vegetables
8. Fruit and Nuts
9. Olives, Oils, Herbs and condiments
10. Drinks
11. Diet and Disease

Afterword
Bibliography
The Plates
Notes on the Plates
Acknowledgments
Index

About the Author

Don R. Brothwell is an archeologist and author of The Bog Man and the Archeology of People. He teaches at the University of York. Patricia Brothwell is a writer and researcher.

Reviews

Excellently written, arranged and signposted... The authors are to be congratulated on having included so much in so small a space. Classical Review [This] cannot have been an easy book to write, and it is hardly surprising that there is no other quite like it: the collection and organization of material, the drawing together of evidence disparate in content and origin, the reduction of complex data to brief and intelligible statements, must all have been daunting tasks and one can only admire the authors' courage in attempting them and their skill in producing something which is, in spite of it all, both interesting and useful. Journal of Roman Studies Very readable... This revised edition will be a useful addition to any Near Eastern bookshelf. -- Rachel S. Hallote Journal of Near Eastern Studies