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Ethier, Jonathan: Cooking Food - Creating Culture? Food Culture as a Concept for Archaeology. A case study from Early Neolithic Southeast Europe, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2026. https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1694

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https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1694
ISBN 978-3-96929-478-9 (PDF)
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02/25/2026

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Jonathan Ethier

Cooking Food - Creating Culture?

Food Culture as a Concept for Archaeology. A case study from Early Neolithic Southeast Europe

Examining the food culture of the early Neolithic period in Southeast Europe, this book uses the examples of dairy farming and subsistence farming in the northern Balkans and the Carpathian Basin. Through organic residue analysis, faunal data and cultural-theoretical approaches, it illustrates how eating habits are negotiated between tradition and innovation. Moving beyond functionalist explanations, the author also emphasizes the symbolic, social, and ecological dimensions of food, questioning how encounters, adaptation, and identity shaped dietary strategies. Together, these factors create a nuanced picture of the transition to the Neolithic period.

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Jonathan Ethier studied Anthropology at the Université de Montréal and completed both a master’s degree and a doctorate in Pre- and Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology at Heidelberg University. His professional path has taken him, among other places, to Bristol, Mongolia, and Rwanda. He works, conducts research, and teaches at the intersection of archaeology, anthropology, and knowledge and technology transfer.

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Table of Contents
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Content
v-vi
List of Figures
vii-viii
List of Tables
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
Introduction
1-6
Chapter 1 Food Culture: Concepts, Theories, and Methods
7-52
Chapter 2 Neolithization Process and the Beginning of Farming in Southeast Europe
53-86
Chapter 3 Residue Analysis and Faunal Remains as Data for Food Culture
87-131
Chapter 4 Food Culture in North Balkans / SE Europe Early Neolithic
133-157
Chapter 5 Conclusion
159-166
References
167-232

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