GEO 509 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Time 100, Neanderthal, Meat Extract
22 Nov 2017
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Major paper assignment: demonstrate in the beginning paragraph your chosen topic. Last class: rewind: role of food from the point of identity -> how it affects identity individually and collectively, example: religion, we all belong to different groups, including unrelated cultures, culture differs from nationality and religion, romani aka. Unless you belong to this group, most refer to them as gypsies (misconceptions exist) Religion: close to catholicism, but likely originated from india. Call some foods auspicious: (cid:862)(cid:448)a(cid:454)talo(cid:863) t(cid:396)a(cid:374)slates to lu(cid:272)k(cid:455) -> they have a belief that some foods are lucky (usually foods that are strong in flavor and powerful in taste (i. e. lemon, garlic, tomato, peppers)) Sacred food: bread: prominent in rights and ritual celebrations they have, bread dropped on the ground must be apologized to, while stepping on bread is considered a sin. Geo509: earliest ancestors did not give food much though. Ate what they could access more (lowest hanging fruits and most tamable animals)
