Cover -- Beer -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- 1. Introduction: Beer Is Food -- 2. The Diversity of Beer Production -- 3. The Near East and East Asia: Funerary Stone Pits, Red-​Crowned Crane Flutes, Ancient Hymns, and Bear-​Hunting Rituals -- 4. Africa: Where Beer Feeds the Living and the Ancestors -- 5. Europe: Ancient Henge Rituals, Beer Beakers, Celtic Funerary Urns, Vikings, and Witchcraft -- 6. Meso-​ and South America: Beer Fuels Runners, Roads, and Feasts -- 7. Tapped Out -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix: Ancient and Contemporary Beer Ingredient Tables -- Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index.