Research Catalog

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