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Using Coculture to Detect Chemically Mediated Interspecies Interactions
Published on: October 31, 2013
[Environmental history as an anthropologic topic. Contribution to "chemical anthropology"]
1Institut für Anthropologie, Universität Göttingen.
Abstract:
Human population history is firmly connected with temporal and regional changes of the environment. Whether natural or anthropogene, alteration of environmental features lead to changes of human life-style and to the development of adaptive strategies. The demand of resources for his subsistence has led man to diverse impacts on his environment since ever. Thus, environmental history is a scientific topic for anthropologists. The research potential of trace element studies of excavated human skeletons for the reconstruction of natural and socio-cultural environments as well as for distribution patterns of hazardous substances is outlined for the European Middle Ages. The scientific value of unravelling past man/environment-interrelationships for both the historical and applied sciences and the place of any "chemical anthropology" within this context is discussed.
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