Nutritional Analysis (Other Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Cristie Boone.

While behavioral ecology approaches to human subsistence in archaeology often focus on calories, nutritional content is another aspect that can influence a resource’s desirability. In particular, fats are an important dietary source of easily digestible calories for hunter-gatherers. Proximate composition (fat, protein, moisture, and ash) is presented here for several fish species commonly found in archaeological sites along the central California coast, and combined with data drawn from the...

DOCUMENT Citation Only M. Pamela Bumsted.

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