The paleoanthropology and archaeology of big-game hunting [electronic resource] : protein, fat, or politics? / John D. Speth.

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...

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Online Access:	Full Text (via Springer)
Main Author:	Speth, John D.
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Springer, ©2010.
Series:	Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.
Subjects:	Big game hunting. Hunting, Prehistoric. Paleoanthropology. Hunting and gathering societies. Hunting and gathering societies > Nutrition. Prehistoric peoples > Nutrition. Human ecology. Archaeology.