A QUALITATIVE STUDY ON THE CONNECTION BETWEEN FOOD AND CULTURE IN PREHISTORIC

This research aims to determine the type of relationship that existed between food and culture in prehistoric times and which needs for food created which cultural reactions based on Malinowski's theory of culture.Within the scope of the research, the biological and cultural aspects of the food are tried to be discussed with their relation to each other without making the biological side ordinary and exaggerate the cultural aspect.Qualitative methods were used in the research since its topic is handled within the prehistoric period scope and is for discovering state of affairs.In this framework, document analysis was used as a data collection technique, content analysis was used as a data analysis method, and 91 documents were examined.Research findings indicate that the determinants of the relationship between food and culture in the prehistoric period consisted of five main themes.They are namely, supply and consumption of food-temporary living spaces, consumption of food (raw)-development of food technology, consumption of food (cooked)-use of fire, long-term storage need of food-storage, agriculture/domestication-settlement need.Each theme is handled within the framework of Malinowski's theory of culture in the research's context, and it is tried to be understood and explained which cultural reactions are created by the basic needs of people regarding food.