Nutrition, modernity and the archaeological record: Coastal resources and nutrition among Middle Stone Age hunter-gatherers on the western Cape coast of South Africa

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 77, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-73

  Kyriacou, Katharine ^a   Parkington, John E ^a   Marais, Adrian D ^b   Braun, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Encephalization; Iron; Limpet; Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids; Marine and terrestrial resources; Mollusc; Pleistocene; Protein; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DIET; FATTY ACID; HUMAN EVOLUTION; HUNTER-GATHERER; IRON; MARINE RESOURCE; MESOLITHIC; MODERNITY; MOLLUSC; NUTRITION; PLEISTOCENE; PROTEIN;

SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA;

PROTEIN INTAKE;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; BIRD; DIET; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEA FOOD; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BIRDS; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; HUMANS; MAMMALS; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEAFOOD; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84920487352     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.02.024     Document Type: Article

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