A regional approach to the study of diet during the first century of the Hudson's Bay Company fur trade in Rupert's Land

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dc.contributor.authorBalcom, Rebecca J.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-01T20:18:57Z
dc.date.available2009-12-01T20:18:57Z
dc.date.issued1981en_US
dc.degree.disciplineAnthropologyen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Arts (M.A.)en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis presents techniques for examining diet during the first century of the Hudson's Bay Company fur trade in Rupert's Land. The techniques that have been developed from the regional historical documents in order to study diet in this new environment are a food chronology, two food classification schemes, and a flow diagram which illustrates the flow of food through the Hudson's Bay Company subsistence system. These analytic techniques are then applied at the site-specific 1eve1 to the historical and archaeological data from New Severn (1685-1690). This research illustrates the usefulness of a regional approach. Due to the gaps in the historical record for this time period, particularly at the site-specific level, a broader understanding of diet at individual posts is possible by utilising documents pertaining to the entire Bayside region. Furthermore, this study illustrates the utility of combining historical and archaeological data bases in order to obtain a more detailed inventory of foods available for consumption. The archaeoloqical data base lacks information pertaining to imported foods and the historical data base lacks information pertaining to local resource utilisation. By integrating these two data bases in the manner suggested by the previously mentioned techniques, it is concluded that, barring calamity, the diet of the Hudson's Bay Company fur traders at New Severn was nutritionally adequate providing there was sufficient intake of the available foods.en_US
dc.format.extentix, 107 leaves :en_US
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dc.identifierocm72738488en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/3470
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.rightsThe reproduction of this thesis has been made available by authority of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private study and research, and may only be reproduced and copied as permitted by copyright laws or with express written authorization from the copyright owner.en_US
dc.titleA regional approach to the study of diet during the first century of the Hudson's Bay Company fur trade in Rupert's Landen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
local.subject.manitobayesen_US
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