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ANTH 3888: Calendar Spring 2026

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THE TRUTH ABOUT: Afslides | History Defined



to Sweet Treats around the World

What FoodAnthro is Reading Now . . .
 
World Food and Water Clock
OWL logo, Online Writing Lab, Purdue University.    
 
     
Sicilian ice-cream in a bread bun. A good solution to a local problem: the Mediterranean heat quickly melts the ice-cream, which is absorbed by the bread.
"Palermo, Sicily
Italy
A Fistful of Rice.
A Fistfull of Rice
Nepal
Claire Kathleen Roufs eating first food at 5 months.
Claire Kathleen Roufs
U.S.A.
Eating rat.
"Eating Rat At The New Year"
Vietnam
National Geographic
Desert People, boy eating "grub worm"
Desert People
Australia

Search the troufs Site
(all TR courses and web pages)
Anthroplogy of Food

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Slides Schedule
for Anthropology of Food su2026

 readings schedule

 video schedule

  main due dates
Today is Wednesday, 13 May 2026, 19:56 (07:56 PM) CDT, day 133 of 2026
  
May 2026
  S M T W T F S
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wk 1  10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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wk 4 31            
 
June 2026
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July 2026
  S M T W T F S
wk 8       1 2 3 4
wk 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
wk 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
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weeks
 
first/last days of classes
 
holidays
 
     
     

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A-Z index

Week 1
11-16 May 2026
     

Introduction / Orientation:
Introduction to Anthropology / Orientation to the Course
(.pptx)


Meet Your Professor
(WebPage)
slides: (.pptx)
     
 
Week 2
17-23 May 2026
     

(optional) A Very Brief Outline of the Course Structure

(.pptx)


Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)

(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
 


(optional) Finding Information on Food of Different Countries and Cultures

(.pptx)
     
 
Week 3
24-30 May 2026
   

Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)

(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
 



Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)

(.pptx)
 
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
 
     
 
Week 4
31 May-7 June 2026
   
Human Nutrient Needs


(.pptx)
 
  • TERMS:
    
  • Nutritional Status
  
(.pptx)
 
  • Biological Makeup (.pptx)
      
  • Human Nutritient Needs
  
(.pptx)
 
     
     
  • The Environments (.pptx)
    • Physical
    • Sociocultural
    • Economic and Political
      
     



Food Systems
(.pptx)



Food Pyramid -- MyPlate
(.pptx)
  WebPage


Diet and Human Evolution


(.pptx)
 
  • Diets of Extinct Humans / Paleontology (.pptx)

    • Teeth
    • Skulls and Jaws
    • The Postcranial Skeleton

If you want to have a closer look at the primate chart in the slides: "Prehistoric and Contemporary Primates"
    • Adaptation (.pptx)
    • Using Chemistry to Infer the Diets of Extinct Hominini (.pptx)
    • Our Place in Nature (.pptx)
    • A Brief Who's Who of the Early Hominines (.pptx)
    • What Did Early Hominines Eat? (.pptx)
    • What Can We Say About the Diets of Fossil Homo (.pptx)
    • Highlight: Lactose Intolerance (.pptx)

      • Federal Agencies Regulating Food (.pptx)
      • USDA Food Guide Pyramid (.pptx [updated in 2005, then replaced by MyPlate in 2011]


A-Z Index
(.pptx)
     
 
Week 5
8-14 June 2026
     


Food Revolutions: A Little Background

  • A Little Background

(WebPage)
         
 


Food Revolutions: Neolithic / "Agricultural"

  • The Neolithic "Agricultural" Revolution

(.pptx)
  • Domestication
(.pptx)
    ° Tehuacán Valley, Mexico
(.pptx)
  • A Protein Primer
(.pptx)
  • Nutritional Consequences: Foragers and Agriculturalists
(.pptx)
  • Social and Political Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution
(.pptx)
         
See also Neolithic, Plant Domestication, Animal Domestication, Early Agriculture,  Hunting / Gathering / Foraging, and Prehistoric Dentistry


Was the "invention" of agriculture all a huge mistake?

Nutritional Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution:
A Comparison of Foragers and Agriculturalists
 (Indian Knoll and Hardin Village)
(.pptx)


Social and Political Consequences of the Agricultural Revolution
(.pptx)

based on The Cultural Feast: An Introduction to Food and Society, Second Edition.
Bryant, Carol A., Kathleen M. DeWalt, Anita Courtney, and Jeffery Schwartz.
(Belmont, CA: Wadsworth/Thompson, 2003).




Food Revolutions: Spices

  • The Search for Spices

(.pptx)
         
   See also Spices


Food Revolutions: Industrial

  • The Industrial Revolution

(.pptx)
  • Early Technology: Transportation, Refrigeration, Canning
(.pptx)
         
See also The Scientific Revolution, Food Science, Food Transportation, and Cf., Fernández-Armesto (2003)


Food Revolutions: Scientific

  • The Scientific Revolution

(.pptx)
  • Modern-Day Adaptations
(.pptx)
  • Highlight: Vegetarian Diets: Then and Now
(.pptx)
         
See also The Industrial Revolution, Food Science, Food Chemistry, Bio-Physical Anthropology and Food, Genetically Modified (GM) Foods, Nanofoods, Food Safety, and Food Transportation

     
 
Week 6
15-21 June 2026
     
  su2026 Wk 6 the Anthropology of Food Midterm Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m.Monday, 15 June 2026 to 11:59 p.m. (10:00 p.m. starting time),Tuesday, 16 June 2026

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos from Weeks 1-5, so be sure not to miss watching them.

Video Listings
 
   

Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
 
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
   
week 6:

4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
             


Main Characteristics of Anthropology
WebPage Summary

   
week 2:
1
The four fields of anthropology
(.pptx)
   
week 3:
2
culture as a primary concept
  • How about a little game of Jeopardy?
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
   
week 3:
3
comparative method as major approach

(.pptx)
   
week 6:

4
holism as a primary theoretical goal
(.pptx)


(.pptx)
   
week 6:
5
fieldwork as a primary research technique
(.pptx)
             

     
 
Week 7
22-28 June 2026
     


Sherri A. Inness,
Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
and friends
Ch. 8

Two Fat Ladies slides
(.pptx)


Sherri A. Inness,
Secret Ingredients: Race, Gender, and Class at the Dinner Table
and friends
Chs. 1-7

Secret Ingredients slides
(.pptx)
     
 
Week 8
29 June-4 July 2026
     

Obesity and Eating Disorders . . .

The "Obesity Epidemic"
(.pptx)
Optional:
  • Body Image and Eating Behaviors (.pptx)
  • Eating Disorders (.pptx)
  • Causes of Eating Disorders (.pptx)
  • Obesity, Eating Disorders: Applications (.pptx)

     
 
Week 9
5-11 July 2026
     

   
 
  "Other Important Terms"
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Units of Analysis
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Three Major Perennial Debates
(.pptx)
 
    (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)  


   
 
  "Other Important Terms"
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Units of Analysis
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Three Major Perennial Debates
(.pptx)
 
    (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)  


   
 
  "Other Important Terms"
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Units of Analysis
(.pptx)
 
   
 
  Three Major Perennial Debates
(.pptx)
 
    (NOTE: These are long slide decks as they cover more than 2000+ years. Please bear with it to the end. And it will take a little longer to load, so please bear with that also. Also see note on slide formats.)  
     
 
Week 10
29 June-4 July 2026
   

EU Chocolate Wars: A Run-up to Scaling
(.pptx)



See Student Presentations in Your Canvas folder

     

su2026 Wk 10 The Anthropology of Food Final Exam will be available from 12:01 a.m. Thursday, 16 July 2026, until 11:59 p.m., Friday, 17 July 2026.

NOTE: There will be at least one question in the pool from each of the assigned videos since the Midterm Exam, so be sure not to miss watching them.

Video Listings
top of page/\A-Z index
 


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