Ethnohistoric analogues for storage as an adaptive strategy in northeastern subarctic prehistory

摘要: Abstract Frozen meat, “stinking meat,” powdered eggs, and storage caches were means of nutritional insurance among early historic Innu Inuit the Labrador–Quebec peninsula Beothuk island Newfoundland. This paper suggests that food was compatible with mobile societies in form strategically placed a seasonally revisited landscape as well transportable processed foods. The ethnohistoric evidence provides reasonable analogy for understanding adaptation prehistoric forager groups northeastern subarctic. Current models are limited by singular focus on procurement; however, resources is an equally critical component subarctic cultural continuity warrants greater consideration discussion adaptation.