Correspondence to: Dana N. Bardolph, Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. E-mail:
Dana N. Bardolph is a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She conducts archaeological research in the Southeastern United States and the Peruvian Andes. She uses multiple methods to examine prehistoric domestic foodways, to assess how cooking practices, agricultural production, and the spatial dimensions of foodways shape identity construction and social life. She also researches ethical issues in contemporary practice, including gender equity in academic representation and publication.
Amber M. VanDerwarker (Ph.D. 2003, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) is a Professor of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She has been involved in field and laboratory work in Mexico, eastern North America, and Peru. Her research encompasses a variety of methods, regions, and themes that revolve around the relationship between humans and food in the New World, especially in the periods bracketing the shift to agriculture.