Teagan,

you will be interested in my dissertation titled "The Interpretation of Late 19th Century Faunal Remains Through the Analysis of Written Texts" available from UMI (proquest).  the work addresses issues of archaeological faunal analysis by examining historic documents, especially an analysis of menus.  the theoretical basis includes anthropological work by Mary Douglas and others and includes feasting theory ala Dietler and Hayden (Food & the Status Quest).   you will find some useful references in the bibliography.

by the way, the work questions the validity of some of the interpretations commonly presented in archaeological faunal analyses.

Edward Otter

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> I am trying to pull together a bibliography for food in historical
> archaeology both site reports that deal with ways in which historical
> archaeologists look at foodways in the past and books that talk about the
> archaeology of food.
>
> I would greatly appreciate any help people could offer in terms of
> reference suggestions. Thanks for your help.
>
> Teagan Schweitzer
>
> PhD candidate in Anthropology
> University of Pennsylvania