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competitive feasting: a standalone construct

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competitivefeasting1 CONSTRUCTCompetitive feastingHAYDEN · ARCHAEOLOGY

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the use of lavish feasts by ambitious individuals to gain status, proposed here as a driver of food production.

In archaeology, competitive feasting refers to the use of lavish feasts by ambitious individuals to gain status, proposed here as a driver of food production. This meaning comes from Hayden (1990) in Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.[1]

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References

  1. Hayden, B. (1990). Nimrods, piscators, pluckers, and planters: The emergence of food production. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 9(1), 31-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/0278-4165(90)90005-x

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