Biogeochemical Approaches to Paleodietary Analysis (Advances in Archaeological and Museum Science)
Contributors: Stanley H. Ambrose (Editor); M. Anne Katzenberg (Editor)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: May 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780306464577
Subjects: Archaeological methodology & techniques; Archaeological Chemistry; Prehistoric Archaeology; Social Science; Archaeology / Anthropology; Science/Mathematics; Anthropology - General; Archaeology; Social Science / Anthropology / General; Social Science / Archaeology; Social Science : Archaeology; Teeth; Penology; Analysis; Bones; Food; Human remains (Archaeology); Prehistoric peoples
First sentence: Most paleodiet studies based on bone chemistry have been directed toward one of two approaches: reconstructing the diet of prehistoric peoples (reviewed by Katzenberg 1992; Pate 1994; Schoeninger and Moore 1992; Schwarcz and Schoeninger 1991), or carrying out experiments on laboratory or free-ranging animals, to determine how diet leaves a chemical signature in human tissues that might be preserved in the archaeological record (Ambrose and Norr 1993; Tieszen and Fagre 1993; Lambert and Weydert-Homeyer 1993a, 1993b).