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Diet, nutrition, and foodways on the north coast of Peru : bioarchaeological perspectives on adaptive transitions

Title

Diet, nutrition, and foodways on the north coast of Peru : bioarchaeological perspectives on adaptive transitions / Bethany L. Turner, Haagen D. Klaus.

Author

Turner, Bethany L. (Anthropologist)

Publication

Cham : Springer, [2020]
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Additional Authors

Klaus, Haagen D.

Description

xviii, 227 pages : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet, subsistence regimes, and nutrition--and corresponding insights into adaptation, suffering, and resilience--among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European colonial periods. The Spanish invasion and colonization of Andean South America left millions dead, landscapes transformed, and traditional ways of life annihilated. However, the nature and magnitude of these changes were far from uniform. By the time the Spanish arrived, over four millennia of complex societies had emerged and fallen, and in the 16th century, the region was home to the largest and most expansive indigenous empire in the western hemisphere. Decades of Andean archaeological and ethnohistorical research have explored the incredible sophistication of regional agropastoral traditions, the importance of food and feasting as mechanisms of control, and the significance of maritime economies in the consolidation of complex polities. Bioarchaeology is particularly useful in studying these processes. Beyond identifying what resources were available and how they were prepared, bioarchaeological methods provide unique opportunities and humanized perspectives to reconstruct what individuals actually ate, and whether their diets changed within their own lifespans." --

Series Statement

Bioarchaeology and social theory, 2567-6776

Uniform Title

Bioarchaeology and social theory.

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-222) and index.

Contents

Introduction -- Theorizing food and power in the ancient Andes -- Ecological and archaeological contexts -- Pre-Hispanic north coast cultures and foodways -- Spanish colonization and subsistence of the colonized -- The Lambayeque Biohistory Project : contexts and analysis -- Results : paleopathological and stable isotope findings -- Lambayeque paleodiet and nutrition : a diachronic analysis -- The Lambayeque Valley complex : food and culture in context.

Call Number

JFE 21-5853

ISBN

9783030426132
3030426130

OCLC

1138679413

Author

Turner, Bethany L. (Anthropologist), author.

Title

Diet, nutrition, and foodways on the north coast of Peru : bioarchaeological perspectives on adaptive transitions / Bethany L. Turner, Haagen D. Klaus.

Publisher

Cham : Springer, [2020]

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text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Bioarchaeology and social theory, 2567-6776

Bioarchaeology and social theory.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-222) and index.

Added Author

Klaus, Haagen D., author.

Other Form:

Online version: Turner, Bethany L. Diet, nutrition, and foodways on the North Coast of Peru. Cham : Springer, 2020 9783030426149

Research Call Number

JFE 21-5853

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