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Childhood Diet and Western Basin Tradition Foodways at the Krieger Site, Southwestern Ontario, Canada

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Christopher M. Watts ,
Christine D. White  and
Fred J. Longstaffe
Christopher M. Watts
Affiliation:
Department of World Cultures, Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queen's Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C6 ([email protected])
Christine D. White
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5C2
Fred J. Longstaffe
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 5B7
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Abstract

In this article, we discuss new stable isotope data obtained from human dental tissue at the Krieger site, a Late Woodland Western Basin Tradition occupation from southwestern Ontario, Canada. These data point to significant maize consumption within an otherwise diffuse subsistence economy and settlement pattern geared toward the occupation of short-term campsites. The degree of maize consumption at Krieger implies the necessity for storage and year-round use. We suggest that maize horticultural practices during this time were as intensive as those suggested for contemporary and more sedentary Iroquoian groups to the east yet were accommodated without major changes to other aspects of the subsistence-settlement regime. Furthermore, the absence of a breastfeeding signal in the dental tissue not only implicates women in the role of maize production but might also imply demographic consequences. Accordingly, and with reference to comparative data, we suggest that notions of food production be recast and decoupled from the advent of sedentary lifeways in the lower Great Lakes region.

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Resumen

Dans cet article, nous discutons de nouvelles données d'isotopes stables obtenues par l'entremise de tissus dentaires humains retrouvés au site Krieger. Ce site, au Sud-ouest de l'Ontario au Canada, est d'ancienne occupation du Sylvicole supérieur de la Tradition Western Basin. Ces données démontrent une consommation significative de maïs au sein, par ailleurs, d'une économie diffuse de subsistance et au sein de types de peuplement couplés à une occupation de campements à court terme. Ce niveau de consommation de maïs au site Krieger suppose qu'un entreposage était nécessaire et que le maïs était utilisé pendant toute l'année. Nous suggérons que les pratiques horticoles du maïs pendant cette période étaient aussi intensives que celles suggérées pour les groupes iroquoiens contemporains et plus sédentaires situés plus à l'est. Par contre, elles ont su répondre aux besoins sans apporter de changements majeurs quant à d'autres aspects du régime de peuplements de subsistance. De plus, l'absence de signe d"allaitement dans le tissu dentaire ne signifie pas seulement l'implication des femmes dans la production du maïs mais implique possiblement des conséquences démographiques. Par conséquent, et en se référant à des données comparatives, nous suggérons que les notions de la production de la nourriture soient remodelées et dissociées de Vavènement du style de vie nomade dans la région des Grands lacs inférieurs.

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American Antiquity , Volume 76 , Issue 3 , July 2011 , pp. 446 - 472
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 2011

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