Melanie J Miller
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3644064 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Melanie J Miller |
| PRENOMES | Melanie J |
| SOBRENOME | Miller |
| ASSINATURA | MILLER M J |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of California, Berkeley |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7189-1109 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 12 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 57 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 12 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Gender across Generations
Food is a biological imperative as well as a core material that humans use in socializing ourselves, and the things we choose to consume are infused with cultural meanings. Children, especially very young children, have little agency in subsistence decisions, and therefore the foods that caretakers feed to children may hold profound information about cultural value systems and reveal social processes and idealized identities. Here we focus on rel…
Heavenly Meals and Humble Hearts
This research explores how bone isotopic data (δ13C, δ15N), in combination with analyses of dental pathology, dental calculus, and archival research, can illustrate relationships between food, colonization, social identities, and the norms of religious life in Colonial and Republican Bogotá, Colombia. We analyze skeletal remains from the San Ignacio Jesuit Church, an important colonial landmark that has served as a space of sacred burial for 400 …
Stable isotopes of archaeological and modern semi-terrestrial crabs (Potamon potamios) provide paleoecological insights into brachyuran ecology and human resource acquisition in late Holocene Jordan
Archaeological remains of brachyurans (e.g. crabs) are often overlooked as potential paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatical proxies in contrast to other marine and terrestrial invertebrates such as mollusks and landsnails. The potential for fine-scale regional paleoclimate reconstruction based upon these organisms' behavioral ecology has yet to be examined. We present novel isotopic analyses of the remains of a semiterrestrial freshwater crab (Po…
Evaluating Dietary Diversity among Andean Central Altiplano Early Camelid Pastoralists Using Stable Isotope Analysis
Stable isotope studies have revolutionised our understanding of food webs, subsistence, mobility and their change through time. In the Andes, dietary stable isotopic studies have often focused on timing the adoption of maize as a staple food and identifying camelid pastoralism in selected valleys of the Pacific coast. Few studies have focused on highland societies and understanding pastoralist communities in particular, but the underlying assumpt…
Growing up different in Neolithic China
This paper presents a case study of a young adult from the late Neolithic Yangshao cultural period site (∼3300–2900 years BC) of Guanjia (关家) located in Henan Province on the Central Plains of China, who has evidence for skeletal dysplasia characterised by proportional stunting of the long bones and a small axial skeleton, generalised osteopenia, and non-fusion of epiphyses. We provide a detailed differential diagnosis of skeletal dysplasia with …
Raising girls and boys in early China
Objectives Using stable isotope analysis of incremental dentin segments, we reconstruct breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood dietary patterns of Eastern Zhou period (771–221 BC) individuals from the Central Plains of China. Previous isotopic research on the Eastern Zhou demonstrated dietary difference between male and female diets in adulthood via bone collagen analysis. To understand the development of gendered dietary patterns we must examine …
The daily grind
Objectives Daily activities involve biomechanical strains acting on skeletal structures. This study identifies differences in activity patterns between males and females, and between young, middle, and older aged individuals within an excavated Muisca skeletal sample from the Eastern Andes region of Northern South America. Materials and methods The Tibanica archaeological site (AD 1000‐1400) is located at 2600 masl on the Sabana de Bogotá, Colomb…
Stable isotope analysis of Pacific rat ( Rattus exulans) from archaeological sites in Mangareva (French Polynesia)
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis was applied to archaeological specimens of the commensal Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) to investigate nutrient fluxes in prehistoric socio-ecosystems on Mangareva (Gambier Islands) and their implications for anthropogenic environmental change. The Pacific rat – ubiquitous in Polynesian archaeological sites – is characterised by low dietary selectivity and a limited home range, making it an ideal candidat…
Nutrition and Bone Loss in Antiquity
Human diet and nutrition have been the focus of decades of archaeological research, with studies increasingly investigating the multiple variables affecting bone maintenance - diet, genetics, sex, age, physical activity, pregnancy and lactation. Patterns of severe bone loss in modern populations have prompted scholars to investigate how skeletal systems may have responded under different biocultural contexts in the past. Here we review literature…
Isotopic evidence for the trade and production of exotic marine mammal bone artifacts at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
Transformations in ritual practice and social interaction on the Tiwanaku periphery
Ritual practices and their associated material paraphernalia played a key role in extending the reach and ideological impact of early states. The discovery of a leather bag containing snuffing tablets and traces of psychoactive substances at Cueva del Chileno in the southern Andes testifies to the adoption of Tiwanaku practices by emergent local elites. Tiwanaku control spread over the whole of the south-central Andes during the Middle Horizon (A…
The fish of Lake Titicaca
The fish of Lake Titicaca
Isotopic evidence for the trade and production of exotic marine mammal bone artifacts at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
Transformations in ritual practice and social interaction on the Tiwanaku periphery
Ritual practices and their associated material paraphernalia played a key role in extending the reach and ideological impact of early states. The discovery of a leather bag containing snuffing tablets and traces of psychoactive substances at Cueva del Chileno in the southern Andes testifies to the adoption of Tiwanaku practices by emergent local elites. Tiwanaku control spread over the whole of the south-central Andes during the Middle Horizon (A…
Raising girls and boys in early China
Objectives Using stable isotope analysis of incremental dentin segments, we reconstruct breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood dietary patterns of Eastern Zhou period (771–221 BC) individuals from the Central Plains of China. Previous isotopic research on the Eastern Zhou demonstrated dietary difference between male and female diets in adulthood via bone collagen analysis. To understand the development of gendered dietary patterns we must examine …
The daily grind
Objectives Daily activities involve biomechanical strains acting on skeletal structures. This study identifies differences in activity patterns between males and females, and between young, middle, and older aged individuals within an excavated Muisca skeletal sample from the Eastern Andes region of Northern South America. Materials and methods The Tibanica archaeological site (AD 1000‐1400) is located at 2600 masl on the Sabana de Bogotá, Colomb…
Evaluating Dietary Diversity among Andean Central Altiplano Early Camelid Pastoralists Using Stable Isotope Analysis
Stable isotope studies have revolutionised our understanding of food webs, subsistence, mobility and their change through time. In the Andes, dietary stable isotopic studies have often focused on timing the adoption of maize as a staple food and identifying camelid pastoralism in selected valleys of the Pacific coast. Few studies have focused on highland societies and understanding pastoralist communities in particular, but the underlying assumpt…
The fish of Lake Titicaca
Transformations in ritual practice and social interaction on the Tiwanaku periphery
Ritual practices and their associated material paraphernalia played a key role in extending the reach and ideological impact of early states. The discovery of a leather bag containing snuffing tablets and traces of psychoactive substances at Cueva del Chileno in the southern Andes testifies to the adoption of Tiwanaku practices by emergent local elites. Tiwanaku control spread over the whole of the south-central Andes during the Middle Horizon (A…
Nutrition and Bone Loss in Antiquity
Human diet and nutrition have been the focus of decades of archaeological research, with studies increasingly investigating the multiple variables affecting bone maintenance - diet, genetics, sex, age, physical activity, pregnancy and lactation. Patterns of severe bone loss in modern populations have prompted scholars to investigate how skeletal systems may have responded under different biocultural contexts in the past. Here we review literature…
Isotopic evidence for the trade and production of exotic marine mammal bone artifacts at Chavín de Huántar, Peru
Stable isotope analysis of Pacific rat ( Rattus exulans) from archaeological sites in Mangareva (French Polynesia)
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis was applied to archaeological specimens of the commensal Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) to investigate nutrient fluxes in prehistoric socio-ecosystems on Mangareva (Gambier Islands) and their implications for anthropogenic environmental change. The Pacific rat – ubiquitous in Polynesian archaeological sites – is characterised by low dietary selectivity and a limited home range, making it an ideal candidat…
The daily grind
Objectives Daily activities involve biomechanical strains acting on skeletal structures. This study identifies differences in activity patterns between males and females, and between young, middle, and older aged individuals within an excavated Muisca skeletal sample from the Eastern Andes region of Northern South America. Materials and methods The Tibanica archaeological site (AD 1000‐1400) is located at 2600 masl on the Sabana de Bogotá, Colomb…
Growing up different in Neolithic China
This paper presents a case study of a young adult from the late Neolithic Yangshao cultural period site (∼3300–2900 years BC) of Guanjia (关家) located in Henan Province on the Central Plains of China, who has evidence for skeletal dysplasia characterised by proportional stunting of the long bones and a small axial skeleton, generalised osteopenia, and non-fusion of epiphyses. We provide a detailed differential diagnosis of skeletal dysplasia with …
Raising girls and boys in early China
Objectives Using stable isotope analysis of incremental dentin segments, we reconstruct breastfeeding, weaning, and childhood dietary patterns of Eastern Zhou period (771–221 BC) individuals from the Central Plains of China. Previous isotopic research on the Eastern Zhou demonstrated dietary difference between male and female diets in adulthood via bone collagen analysis. To understand the development of gendered dietary patterns we must examine …
Evaluating Dietary Diversity among Andean Central Altiplano Early Camelid Pastoralists Using Stable Isotope Analysis
Stable isotope studies have revolutionised our understanding of food webs, subsistence, mobility and their change through time. In the Andes, dietary stable isotopic studies have often focused on timing the adoption of maize as a staple food and identifying camelid pastoralism in selected valleys of the Pacific coast. Few studies have focused on highland societies and understanding pastoralist communities in particular, but the underlying assumpt…
Gender across Generations
Food is a biological imperative as well as a core material that humans use in socializing ourselves, and the things we choose to consume are infused with cultural meanings. Children, especially very young children, have little agency in subsistence decisions, and therefore the foods that caretakers feed to children may hold profound information about cultural value systems and reveal social processes and idealized identities. Here we focus on rel…
Heavenly Meals and Humble Hearts
This research explores how bone isotopic data (δ13C, δ15N), in combination with analyses of dental pathology, dental calculus, and archival research, can illustrate relationships between food, colonization, social identities, and the norms of religious life in Colonial and Republican Bogotá, Colombia. We analyze skeletal remains from the San Ignacio Jesuit Church, an important colonial landmark that has served as a space of sacred burial for 400 …
Stable isotopes of archaeological and modern semi-terrestrial crabs (Potamon potamios) provide paleoecological insights into brachyuran ecology and human resource acquisition in late Holocene Jordan
Archaeological remains of brachyurans (e.g. crabs) are often overlooked as potential paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatical proxies in contrast to other marine and terrestrial invertebrates such as mollusks and landsnails. The potential for fine-scale regional paleoclimate reconstruction based upon these organisms' behavioral ecology has yet to be examined. We present novel isotopic analyses of the remains of a semiterrestrial freshwater crab (Po…
Geography (11 obras) · Archaeology (8 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 obras) · Biology (8 obras) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (7 obras) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (6 obras) · Ecology (5 obras) · Isotope analysis (5 obras) · Demography (4 obras) · Population (4 obras)