Contents
Introduction
Part I: Theoretical Overview
1. An Overview of Trends in Dietary Variation from Hunter-Gatherer to Modern Capitalist Societies
2. Foodways: Historical Overview and Theoretical Prolegomenon
Part II: Bioevolutionary Antecedents and Constraints
3. Primate Diets and Cut Morphology: Implications for Hominid Evolution
4. Omnivorous Primate Diets and Human Overconsumption of Meat
5. Fava Bean Consumption: A Case for the Co-Evolution of Genes and Culture
Part III: Nutritional and Biopsychological Constraints
6. Problems and Pitfalls in the Assessment of Human Nutritional Status
7. Psychobiological Perspectives on Food Preferences and Avoidances
8. The Preference for Animal Protein and Fat: A Cross-Cultural Survey
9. Biocultural Consequences of Animals Versus Plants as Sources of Fats, Proteins, and Other Nutrients
Part IV: Pre-State Foodways: Past and Present
10. The Significance of Long-Term Changes in Human Diet and Food Economy
11. Life in the "Garden of Eden": Causes and Consequences of the Adoption of Marine Diets by Human Societies
12. The Analysis of Hunter-Gatherer Diets: Stalking an Optimal Foraging Model
13. How Much Food Do Foragers Need?
14. Aborginal Subsistence in a Tropical Rain Forest Environment: Food Procurement, Cannibalism, and Population Regulation in Northeastern Australia
15. Ecological and Structural Influences on the Proportions of Wild Foods in the Diets of Two Machiguenga Communities
16. Limiting Factors in Amazonian Ecology
Part V: The Political Economy and the Political Ecology of Contemporary Foodways
17. Loaves and Fishes in Bangladesh
18. Animal Protein Consumption and the Sacred Cow Complex in India
19. The Effects of Colonialism and Neocolonialism on the Gastronomic Patterns of the Third World
20. Stability and Change in Highland Andean Dietary Patterns
21. Social Class and Diet in Contemporary Mexico
22. From Costa Rican Pasture to North American Hamburger
Part VI: Discussion and Conclusion
23. The Evolution of Human Subsistence
24. Biocultural Aspects of Food Choice
Afterword
About the Contributors
Glossary
Name Index
Subject Index