Coastal Estuarine Biocultural Adaptation

在史前的大部分时间里，狩猎和采集是世界各地谋生的主要手段。这项研究的目的是调查居住在美国东部的11个史前晚期沿海河口种群的适应情况。我们将记录营养和健康的几个指标，以便解释沿海适应的生物相关性，特别是与海洋食物的觅食和消费有关的相关性。这些人口居住在两个河口地带和两个时间段，这将使我们能够调查营养和健康方面的相似和不同之处，以及以海洋为重点的经济在向玉米农业过渡中的作用。还将根据年龄和性别进行比较。这项研究的结果对于将沿海觅食适应纳入狩猎者和采集者研究的更广泛的范围，以及理解沿海生存战略在北美史前晚期向农业的重要转变中的作用具有重要意义。

For much of prehistory, hunting and gathering was the primary means of making a living throughout the world. The purpose of this study is to examine the adaptation of eleven late prehistoric coastal estuarine populations inhabiting the eastern United States. We will document several indicators of nutrition and health in order to interpret the biological correlates of coastal adaptation, particularly with reference to the foraging and consumption of marine foods. These populations inhabited two estuarine zones and two chronological periods which will allow us to investigate similarities and differences in nutrition and health, and the role of a marine-focused economy in the transition to maize agriculture. Comparisons also will be made according to age and sex. The results of this study are important for integrating coastal forager adaptation within the broader context of hunters and gatherer studies and for understanding the role of coastal subsistence strategies in the important transition to agriculture in late North American prehistory.