Diet, nutrition, and foodways on the north coast of Peru : bioarchaeological perspectives on adaptive transitions / Bethany L. Turner, Haagen D. Klaus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Bethany L. (Anthropologist), author.

Klaus, Haagen D., author.

Series:

Bioarchaeology and social theory 2567-6776

Bioarchaeology and social theory, 2567-6776

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Peru--Lambayeque (Department)--Antiquities.

Indians of South America.

Indians of South America--Food--Peru--Lambayeque (Department).

Indians of South America--Food.

Antiquities.

Peru--Lambayeque (Department).

Indians of South America--Nutrition--Peru--Lambayeque (Department).

Indians of South America--Nutrition.

Indians of South America--Agriculture--Peru--Lambayeque (Department).

Indians of South America--Agriculture.

Indians of South America--Colonization--Peru--Lambayeque (Department).

Indians of South America--Colonization.

Indians of South America--First contact with other peoples--Peru--Lambayeque (Department).

Peru.

Indians of South America--First contact with other peoples.

Human remains (Archaeology)--Peru--Lambayeque (Department).

Human remains (Archaeology).

Excavations (Archaeology)--Peru--Lambayeque (Department).

Excavations (Archaeology).

Lambayeque (Peru : Department)--Antiquities.

Lambayeque (Peru : Department).

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

xviii, 227 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer, [2020]

Summary:

"This book synthesizes in-depth bioarchaeological research into diet, subsistence regimes, and nutrition--and corresponding insights into adaptation, suffering, and resilience--among indigenous north-coastal Peruvian communities from early agricultural through European colonial periods. The Spanish invasion and colonization of Andean South America left millions dead, landscapes transformed, and traditional ways of life annihilated. However, the nature and magnitude of these changes were far from uniform. By the time the Spanish arrived, over four millennia of complex societies had emerged and fallen, and in the 16th century, the region was home to the largest and most expansive indigenous empire in the western hemisphere. Decades of Andean archaeological and ethnohistorical research have explored the incredible sophistication of regional agropastoral traditions, the importance of food and feasting as mechanisms of control, and the significance of maritime economies in the consolidation of complex polities. Bioarchaeology is particularly useful in studying these processes. Beyond identifying what resources were available and how they were prepared, bioarchaeological methods provide unique opportunities and humanized perspectives to reconstruct what individuals actually ate, and whether their diets changed within their own lifespans."--Publisher's description.

Contents:

Introduction

Theorizing food and power in the ancient Andes

Ecological and archaeological contexts

Pre-Hispanic north coast cultures and foodways

Spanish colonization and subsistence of the colonized

The Lambayeque Biohistory Project : contexts and analysis

Results : paleopathological and stable isotope findings

Lambayeque paleodiet and nutrition : a diachronic analysis

The Lambayeque Valley complex : food and culture in context.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Turner, Bethany L. Diet, nutrition, and foodways on the North Coast of Peru.

ISBN:

9783030426132

3030426130

OCLC:

1138679413