Food Research Nutritional Anthropology and Archaeological Methods [Hardcover]

Biocultural and archaeological research on food, past and present, often relies on very specific, precise, methods for data collection and analysis. These are presented here in a broad-based review. Individual chapters provide opportunities to think through the adoption of methods by reviewing the history of their use along with a discussion of research conducted using those methods. A case study from the author's own work is included in each chapter to illustrate why the methods were adopted in that particular case along with abundant additional resources to further develop and explore those methods.

Published in Association with the Society for the Anthropology of Food and Nutrition (SAFN) and in Collaboration with Rachel Black and Leslie Carlin

John Brettis Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver with a research focus on global and local food systems, food security and food justice.

Janet Chrzanis Adjunct Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research explores the connections between social activities, dietary intake and maternal and child health outcomes.

INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH ETHICS

Introduction and Research Design
Janet Chrzan

Research Ethics in Food Studies
Sharon Devine and John Brett

PART I: NUTRITIONAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Chapter 1.Design in Biocultural Studies of Food and Nutritional Anthropology
Darna Dufour and Barbara Piperata

Chapter 2.Nutritional Anthropometry and Body Composition
Leslie Sue Lieberman

Chapter 3.Measuring energy expenditure in daily living: Established methods and new directions
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