The Role of Avifauna in Paleodiet Reconstruction : An Arctic Case Study

• Main Author: Edwards, Tu-Kim
• Other Authors: Katzenberg, Mary Anne, Dawson, Peter C., Wilson, Warren M., Walls, Matthew D., Darwent, Christyann Marie
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: Arts 2018
• Subjects: avifauna; Archaeology; stable isotope analysis; paleodiet; biological anthropology; Paleo-Inuit; Arctic; Ellesmere Island; Knud Peninsula; inuit
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/108699; https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/33052

This thesis explores the importance of birds in paleodietary reconstruction based on stable isotope analysis, using faunal remains from Arctic contexts as a case study. In the Arctic, migratory birds and their eggs have been important seasonal resources for hunter-gatherer populations, and while evi...