Biogeochemical Approaches to Paleodietary Analysis

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxv

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2. Bone Chemistry, Food and History: A Case Study from 19th Century Upper Canada

   • M. Anne Katzenberg, Shelley R. Saunders, Sylvia Abonyi

   Pages 1-22

3. Diet and Animal Husbandry of the Preclassic Maya at Cuello, Belize: Isotopic and Zooarchaeological Evidence

   • Nikolaas J. Van Der Merwe, Robert H. Tykot, Norman Hammond, Kim Oakberg

   Pages 23-38

4. An Overview of Causes for Stable Isotopic Variations in Past European Human Populations: Environmental, Ecophysiological, and Cultural Effects

   • Gert J. Van Klinken, Mike P. Richards, Bert E. M. Hedges

   Pages 39-63

5. Preservation of Isotopic Signals (13C, 15N)_in Pleistocene Mammals

   • Hervé Bocherens

   Pages 65-88

6. Preservation of Biogenic Carbon Isotopic Signals in Plio-Pleistocene Bone and Tooth Mineral

   • Julia A. Lee-Thorp

   Pages 89-115

7. Tooth Oxygen Isotope Ratios As Paleoclimate Monitors In Arid Ecosystems

   • Margaret J. Schoeninger, Matthew J. Kohn, John W. Valley

   Pages 117-140

8. Quantifying Histological and Chemical Preservation in Archaeological Bone

   • Susan Pfeiffer, Tamara L. Varney

   Pages 141-158

9. The Use and Abuse of Trace Elements for Paleodietary Research

   • James H. Burton, T. Douglas Price

   Pages 159-171

10. Modeling Protein Diagenesis in Ancient Bone: Towards a Validation of Stable Isotope Data

    • Gisela Grupe, Astrid Balzer, Susanne Turban-Just

    Pages 173-187

11. Some Biochemical Aspects of Carbon Isotopic Paleodiet Studies

    • Henry P. Schwarcz

    Pages 189-209

12. “Consider a Spherical Cow ⋯” — on Modeling and Diet

    • Robert E. M. Hedges, Gert J. Van Klinken

    Pages 211-241

13. Controlled Diet and Climate Experiments on Nitrogen Isotope Ratios of Rats

    • Stanley H. Ambrose

    Pages 243-259

14. Back Matter

    Pages 261-269

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• Maya
• biogeochemistry
• geochemistry
• human diet
• human nutrition
• paleodiet
• paleodietary analysis
• pleistocene

`This edited volume makes several significant contributions to the area of paleodietary studies through bio-geographical techniques and is a "must have" for individuals who study paleodiet. '
American Antiquity, 67:1 (2002)
'[...] this book is a welcome addition to the growing corpus of edited volumes on the subject. [..]collected here are solid, timely contributions by experts in the field. It is therefore highly recommended to students of paleodiet and bone chemistry and absolutely to any library worth its salt.'
Journal of Anthropological Research 58, (2002)

• University of Illinois, Urbana, USA

  Stanley H. Ambrose

• University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada

  M. Anne Katzenberg

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