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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: Paleoanthropology and Archaeology of Big-Game Hunting
    sub title: Protein, Fat, or Politics?
  name:
    name part: Speth, John D.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2010
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XXXIII, 233 p. 20 illus. online resource.
  abstract: Since its inception, paleoanthropology has been closely wedded to the idea that big-game hunting by our hominin ancestors arose, first and foremost, as a means for acquiring energy and vital nutrients. This assumption has rarely been questioned, and seems intuitively obvious—meat is a nutrient-rich food with the ideal array of amino acids, and big animals provide meat in large, convenient packages. Through new research, the author of this volume provides a strong argument that the primary goals of big-game hunting were actually social and political—increasing hunter’s prestige and standing—and that the nutritional component was just an added bonus. Through a comprehensive, interdisciplinary research approach, the author examines the historical and current perceptions of protein as an important nutrient source, the biological impact of a high-protein diet and the evidence of this in the archaeological record, and provides a compelling reexamination of this long-held conclusion. This volume will be of interest to researchers in Archaeology, Evolutionary Biology, and Paleoanthropology, particularly those studying diet and nutrition.
  table of contents: How Do We Reconstruct Hunting Patterns in the Past? -- Big-Game Hunting in Human Evolution: The Traditional View -- The Other Side of Protein -- Were Big-Game Hunters Targeting Fat? -- Protein and Pregnancy -- Other Problems with High-Protein Intakes -- Protein and Taste -- Protein and Breast Milk -- Fat in Infancy -- DHA and the Developing Brain -- Big-Game Hunting: Protein, Fat, or Politics?.
  note: by John D. Speth.
  subject:
    topic: Social sciences
  subject:
    topic: Nutrition
  subject:
    topic: Evolutionary biology
  subject:
    topic: Archaeology
  subject:
    topic: Social Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Archaeology
  subject:
    topic: Evolutionary Biology
  subject:
    topic: Nutrition
  classification: CC1-960
  classification: 930.1
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    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
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    title info:
      title: Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology
  identifier: 9781441967336
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6733-6
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    record creation date: 100907
    record change date: 20151030031055.0
    record identifier: 978-1-4419-6733-6