Protein metabolism and the archaeological record: Implications for ancient subsistence strategies

Anna Marie Prentiss

doi:10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101415

Protein metabolism and the archaeological record: Implications for ancient subsistence strategies

Anna Marie Prentiss

Anthropology

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Abstract

John Speth and Katherine Spielmann's 1983 article “Energy Source, Protein Metabolism, and Hunter-Gatherer Subsistence Strategies” has provoked substantial research and debate during the past four decades. Their study has led to new insights concerning hunting and fishing, plant foraging and management, land tenure, and human health. In so doing, it has helped us challenge a number of orthodoxies in anthropological archaeology. In this paper I re-introduce the original article and then follow with a discussion of archaeological cases that reflect some of its wider impacts.

Original language	English
Article number	101415
Journal	Journal of Anthropological Archaeology
Volume	66
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2022.101415
State	Published - Jun 2022

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I thank the editors, George Milner and Meghan Howey for inviting this contribution and for their comments and edits on the manuscript. I thank Ashley Hampton, Tanja Hoffmann, and Matt Walsh for their comments on earlier drafts.

UN SDGs

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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

Archaeology
Food producers
Hunter-gatherers
Land tenure
Obesity
Protein metabolism

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Protein metabolism and the archaeological record: Implications for ancient subsistence strategies

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