Population, Sex, and Diet

Summary

This is an abstract from the "The Socioecological Dynamics of Holocene Foragers and Farmers" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

This poster presents comparative data on human bone chemistry to infer sex differences in prehistoric diets. We collected a global sample of human bone isotope data. Next, we joined these data with the global radiocarbon data set developed by the People 3000 Research Network, as well as paleoclimate models and data. Finally, we analyzed the data focusing on issues related to population and sex. Specifically, we test the hypothesis that sex differences in diet are strongest during periods of high population pressure for resources and that females bear a disproportionate vulnerability during periods of population pressure via decreases in protein consumption. We discuss the importance of our results for understanding the socioecology of subsistence change.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• The Socioecological Dynamics of Holocene Foragers and Farmers   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 36819.0