Coastal Estuarine Biocultural Adaptation

沿海河口生物文化适应

• 批准号: 9707921
• 负责人: Dale Hutchinson
• 金额: $ 12.4万
• 依托单位: East Carolina University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-08-15 至 2001-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9707921&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Coastal; Estuarine; Biocultural; Adaptation

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.

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。 本研究的目的是研究11个史前晚期沿海河口人口居住在美国东部的适应。 我们将记录营养和健康的几个指标，以解释沿海适应的生物相关性，特别是关于觅食和海洋食品的消费。 这些人群居住在两个河口区和两个时间段，这将使我们能够调查营养和健康的相似性和差异，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。这项研究的结果是非常重要的整合沿海觅食适应猎人和采集者的研究，并了解沿海生存战略的重要过渡到农业在北美史前晚期的作用。