Mexico's Culinary Roots: Archaeology of Food and Culture

Harvard FAS

How have ancient food practices shaped the ways we eat today, and how can lessons from the past help us address challenges facing the future of food?GenEd 1178 focuses on the archaeology and history of the last 10,000 years of Mexican cuisine as a case study to explore these questions. We examine Mexico’s diverse foods, drinks, and cultures across time and space, drawing on evidence from archaeology, anthropology, climatology, botany, genetics, history, and more to investigate how and why…