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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Subsistence Strategy"”.
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THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE AND THE ENVIRONMENT ON HUMAN SKELETAL MORPHOLOGY DURING THE HOLOCENE IN NORTH CHINA A
… skeletal morphology to the changes in climate, subsistence strategy and socio-political development has been well-documented in various geographical areas. Although a general pattern has been observed among different populations, it is evident that local factors have played an equally important …
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An archaeological investigation of the Koichab River region of the south-western Namib Desert centred on the activities of Holocene hunter-gatherers
… were subjected to opportunistic utilization, a subsistence strategy which may have been more extensively resorted to in all of southern Africa than has so far suspected.
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Fine screen faunal analysis from the Hartley Site (FaNp-19)
… what information could be acquired regarding subsistence strategy, seasonality and the paleoecology at the site? There were two amphibians, one reptile, six varieties of gastropods and a number of small and micro-mammals that were identified. It is interesting to note: that there was also a …
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A cross-cultural investigation of learning among Hadza and BaYaka hunter- gatherer children and adolescents from Tanzania and Congo
… hunting and gathering is the oldest human subsistence strategy. Thus, hunter- gatherers can shed light on the cultural variability in, and evolution of, learning in humans. This dissertation sought to explore how teaching, play, and participation contribute to knowledge acquisition using an …
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Effects Of Diet And Parasites On The Gut Microbiota Of Diverse Sub-Saharan Africans
… multiple countries, it may be possible to trace subsistence transition with changes in settlement and diet, and interrogate how these are shaped by industrialization. In this dissertation, I describe the gut microbiomes of populations practicing agropastoralism, hunting and gathering, and …
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From Subsistence to Dependence: The Legacy of Reclamation and Allotment on Quechan Indian Lands, 1700-1940
… through the adoption of a multifaceted subsistence strategy that incorporated cultivated agriculture, the semi-cultivation of wild plants, and the gathering of wild-grown foods. To support their agricultural endeavors, the Quechans relied on the annual flooding of the Colorado River to …
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From Subsistence to Dependence: The Legacy of Reclamation and Allotment on Quechan Indian Lands, 1700-1940
… through the adoption of a multifaceted subsistence strategy that incorporated cultivated agriculture, the semi-cultivation of wild plants, and the gathering of wild-grown foods. To support their agricultural endeavors, the Quechans relied on the annual flooding of the Colorado River to …
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Continuity and change : a biological history of Ancient Egypt.
The change in subsistence strategy, from hunting and gathering to agriculture, and the associated development of social hierarchy form a series of changes of particular biological interest. There are two main aspects to these changes, which interact and modify each other; the first relates to human …
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Ecological niche models of early rice agriculture in prehistoric Japan
… areas showing limited to no reliance on the new subsistence strategy and potentially unsuccessful adoption events. The geographically diverse response is generally assumed to reflect the underlying variation in the environmental and climatic settings of the islands. However, this assumption has …
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In the human past, is the perennial consumption of starch a deep or shallow phenomenon?
… 81 kya) at Blombos Cave represent a consistent subsistence strategy through climatic change, one hearth dating to a warm interglacial cycle and the other to a very cold glacial cycle; thirdly, that cooking and processing roots and tubers represent a dietary mainstay for MSA hunter-gatherers in …
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Functional adaptation of mandibular trabecular bone and its association with diet: Inter- and intra-specific comparisons among Homo sapiens, papionins, and mice.
… to changes in feeding behaviour related to diet, subsistence and food mechanical properties (FMPs), including the shift from hunter-gathering to agriculture within humans during the Neolithic. Trabecular bone is the internal structure that resides within most bones in the mammalian skeleton, and …
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The Agricultural Transition in Upper Nubia: An Analysis of Mandibular Morphology and Oral Health
… ideal region to study the relationship between subsistence strategy, mandibular morphology and oral health. This study analysed the mandibles and dentition from 102 adult individuals from ancient Nubian populations. The sample contained a Late Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer population from Lower …
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Archaeobotanical and palaeoecological assessment of three freshwater shell middens dating to the early Holocene, Yongjiang River, Guangxi, southern China
… provide significant data on pre-agricultural subsistence status in southern China. Multiple archaeobotanical methods were applied in this study, including the analyses of macrobotanical remains, archaeological parenchyma, microcharcoal, starch grains, and phytoliths, as well as radiocarbon …
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Archaeobotanical and palaeoecological assessment of three freshwater shell middens dating to the early Holocene, Yongjiang River, Guangxi, southern China
… provide significant data on pre-agricultural subsistence status in southern China. Multiple archaeobotanical methods were applied in this study, including the analyses of macrobotanical remains, archaeological parenchyma, microcharcoal, starch grains, and phytoliths, as well as radiocarbon …
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STABLE ISOTOPIC INSIGHTS INTO THE SUBSISTENCE PATTERNS OF PREHISTORIC DOGS (CANIS FAMILIARIS) AND THEIR HUMAN COUNTERPARTS IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH AMERICA
… in prehistoric populations who focused their subsistence practices on maize. Dogs were chosen as the focus of this study because related research suggests that their diet tends to mimic human diet. Prehistoric dogs were scavengers, but they were also intentionally fed companions. The …