infant care, teeth, Great Lakes, group conflict (Other Keyword)
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Patterns of weaning and childhood diets among ancestral Huron-Wendat communities, determined from stable isotopes of teeth (2017)
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We report here on the study of ancestral teeth retained after repatriation, with the permission and engagement of the Huron-Wendat Nation. We have documented temporal patterns in reliance on maize, as well as decisions about infant feeding. Significant differences between time periods before and after European incursions suggest concrete ways in which disruptions altered daily lives. Study of horizontal dentine slices from 74 teeth (35 deciduous molars, 39 permanent M1) from five communities,...