Palaeodietary Reconstruction

Topics

• Course introduction
• Lecture & Tutorial Seminar – Nutrition, but more
• Tutorial Seminar – Food and human biology
• Tutorial Seminar – Food and identity
• Lecture & Tutorial Seminar – stable isotopes
• Lecture & Tutorial Seminar – skeletal pathology
• Food remains and utensils I: faunal remains
• Food remains and utensils II: plant remains
• Food remains and utensils III: ceramics
• Human remains: Information from dental pathology
• Human remains: stable isotopes and C3/C4 plants
• Human remains: stable isotopes and weaning
• Human remains: skeletal indicators of malnutrition
• Human remains: calculus contents and composition
• Human remains: beyond skeletal tissues
• CAPA conference – no seminar
• Treats (luxury foods)
• Early hominin diets
• Neanderthal diets
• Marine resources