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The archaeology of alcohol and drinking / Frederick H. Smith ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.
- Title
- The archaeology of alcohol and drinking / Frederick H. Smith ; foreword by Michael S. Nassaney.
- Author
- Smith, Frederick H. (Frederick Harold), 1966-
- Publication
- Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2008.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 195 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Summary
- From the Publisher: Through its complex history, alcohol has served many cultural functions, often constructive ones. For centuries it has been used as a valuable economic commodity, a medicinal tool, a focus of social gatherings, and a mechanism for psychological escape.
- Series Statement
- American experience in archaeological perspective
- Uniform Title
- American experience in archaeological perspective
- Subject
- Geschichte
- Drinking of alcoholic beverages > Barbados > Saint Philip > History
- Alcohol industry > Barbados > Saint Philip > History
- Sugar plantations > Barbados > Saint Philip > History
- Distilleries > Barbados > Saint Philip > History
- Maroons > Alcohol use > Barbados > Saint Philip
- Enslaved persons > Alcohol use > Barbados > Saint Philip
- Excavations (Archaeology) > Barbados > Saint Philip > History
- Saint Philip (Barbados) > History
- Saint Philip (Barbados) > Antiquities
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-179) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction -- Alcohol-related material culture -- The historical archaeology of alcohol production -- The historical archaeology of alcohol trade and transport -- The historical archaeology of alcohol consumption -- Mapps Cave : the archaeology of alcohol, marronage, and slave revolt in Barbados -- Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 9780813032900 (alk. paper)
- 0813032903 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008025848
- OCLC
- 226356623
- SCSB-12690042
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library