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The Future is Long‐term: past and current directions in environmental archaeology
Author(s) -
Murphy Charlene,
Fuller Dorian Q.
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
general anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1939-3466
pISSN - 1537-1727
DOI - 10.1111/gena.12020
Subject(s) - citation , archaeology , history , library science , sociology , art history , computer science
A few years ago the popularization of the Paleodiet (or ‘Caveman Diet’ or ‘Stone Age diet’) created a great deal of public interest in eating like our hunter-gatherer ancestors. The media buzz shone light on one aspect of Environmental Archaeology, which provided among other things evidence for both diversity within and amongst the diets of past hunter-gatherers. As a network of sub-disciplines, Environmental Archaeology is poised to not only enrich archaeological interpretation but contribute archaeology’s important perspective on the long-term legacy of human and environment interactions that have relevance for the future of our planet.