[Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science] Biogeochemical Approaches to Paleodietary Analysis Volume 5 || The Use and Abuse of Trace Elements for Paleodietary Research
✍ Scribed by Ambrose, Stanley H.; Katzenberg, M. Anne
- Book ID
- 120303443
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 690 KB
- Edition
- 2002
- Category
- Article
- ISBN-13
- 9780306464577
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✦ Synopsis
The study of human diet brings together researchers from diverse backgrounds ranging from modern human nutrition and biochemistry to the geochemistry of fossilized bones and teeth. The contributions to this volume grow out of the Fourth Advanced Seminar on Paleodiet and provide a forum for scholars with common interests to discuss the latest advances and interpretations and chart future directions for paleodietry research.
Booknews
The 12 contributions in this volume arose from a September 1994 advanced seminar held in Banff that presented advances in studying past diet through bone chemistry. Most of the authors apply various principles of stable isotope and trace element analyses to questions of reconstructing past diet and subsistence. The papers reflect the increasing use of bone and tooth carbonate as a source of stable carbon isotopes, an emphasis on ecological considerations as they relate to diet reconstruction, and attempts to model the course of ingested nutrients and their resulting chemical signatures. Topics include a case study from 19th century upper Canada, diet and animal husbandry of the preclassic Maya in Belize, and controlled diet and climate experiments on nitrogen isotope ratios of rats. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)