How Urbanism Changes Foodways

Name: How Urbanism Changes Foodways
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ISBN: 9781009564922

Monica L. Smith (University of California, Los Angeles)

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Cambridge University Press
08 January 2026

Environmental archaeology; Urban communities; Sustainability; National & regional cuisine

Series: Elements in the Archaeology of Food

The advent of urbanism had profound impacts on landscape management, agricultural production, food preservation, and cuisine. This Element examines the 6,000-year history of urbanism through the archaeological perspective of food, using the analysis of cooking and eating vessels, botanical remains, and animal bones along with texts and iconographic evidence to understand the foodways that spurred and accompanied the growth of cities. Human-environmental changes took place as farmers became fewer in number but increasingly essential as providers of food for city-based consumers. The Element also examines the ways in which cities today share patterns of food production and consumption with the first urban settlements, and that we can address questions of sustainability, nutritional improvement, and other desired outcomes by recognizing how the growth of cities has resulted in distinct constraints and opportunities related to food.

By: Monica L. Smith (University of California Los Angeles)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 127g
ISBN: 9781009564922
ISBN 10: 1009564927
Series: Elements in the Archaeology of Food
Pages: 78
Publication Date: 08 January 2026
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction: what's different about urban food?; 2. Preference, preservation, and the sociobiology of urban foods; 3. The economics of urban foods; 4. The sociability of urban cuisine; 5. The past, present, and future of urban food; References.