ANTH315 study guide- chapters 1-3
The Cultural Feast – Ch.1
• Key concepts/Defining Terms
• Biocultural framework (e.g., Diet, Cuisine, Environment)
• Population-level differences (e.g., lactose intolerance)
• Essential nutrients (see table 1.1)
• Food systems
• Nutritional status
• Mutation
The Cultural Feast – Ch.2
• Key concepts/Defining Terms
• Paleontology
• Fossilization
• Bone basics (what we learn from teeth, skull, post-cranial skeleton, etc.)
• Locomotion (bipedalism vs. brachiation)
• Adaptation
• Determining Diet [BEWARE the GEEK section on chemistry – you will not be required to
know all about isotopes and ?13C values; just this is one way estimating prehistoric
nutrition is done]
• Hominid to Homo
• Modern understanding of Human Evolution (tree vs. bush)
• Natural Selection
The Cultural Feast – Ch.3
• Key concepts/Defining Terms
• Agricultural Revolution
• Corn/Pellagra
• Ethnography
• Protein complementation
• Indigenous American foods
• National cuisines
• Industrial Revolution (transportation, refrigeration, canning, etc.)
• Scientific Revolution (from adulteration, hybrids, & GMOs to preservation/processing)
• Modern issues