Dying to eat : cross-cultural perspectives on food, death, and the afterlife / edited by Candi K. Cann.

Food has played a major role in funerary and memorial practices since the dawn of the human race. In the ancient Roman world, for example, it was common practice to build channels from the tops of graves into the crypts themselves, and mourners would regularly pour offerings of food and drink into t...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors:	Cann, Candi K. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, [2018]
Subjects:	Food habits > Cross-cultural studies. Death > Cross-cultural studies. Death. Food habits. Cross-cultural studies.