Dietary Adaptation in Coastal Virginia and North Carolina during the Late Woodland Period
Author(s): Dane Magoon; Dale Hutchinson; John Krigbaum
Year: 2016
Summary
According to early historic accounts that depict coastal Virginia and North Carolina, maize was a component of Native American diet by the late 16th and early 17th centuries. There remain questions, however, regarding the introduction of maize into the region and how it was incorporated into local subsistence regimes, especially within a coastal setting. Previous stable isotope studies have focused upon the presence or absence of maize as a component of diet at the population level. This study will explore potential gender-based and aged-based differences in dietary adaptation within the coastal plain of Virginia and North Carolina during the Late Woodland period, and focus on individual cases as examples of the cultural transformations which took place during this period.
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Dietary Adaptation in Coastal Virginia and North Carolina during the Late Woodland Period. Dane Magoon, Dale Hutchinson, John Krigbaum. Presented at The 81st Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Orlando, Florida. 2016 ( tDAR id: 405228)
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Keywords
General
bioarchaeology
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Stable Isotope Analaysis
Geographic Keywords
North America - Mid-Atlantic
Spatial Coverage
min long: -84.067; min lat: 36.031 ; max long: -72.026; max lat: 43.325 ;