ANTHROP 1AA3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nutrient, Scurvy, Pastoralism
10 Jun 2016
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Micronutrients: carbohydrates, fats, proteins (amino acids) Essential nutrients: nutrients that are essential to human survival, but humans do not biologically produce, so must consume through diet. Vitamin c is an essential nutrient lack of vitamin c = scurvy. Leonardo da vinci"s painting: the last supper: conversion of the substance of the eucharistic elements into the body and blood of christ at consecration, only the appearances of bread and wine still remaining. Algonquin feast of the dead : ossuary: a container or room into which the bones of dead people are placed. Aztec cannibalism: sun god needed to be fed by sacrifice on a regular basis, aztec"s believed that the end of the world could only be stopped by them by feeding the sun god blood and flesh. Mexico day of the dead & feast of the dead: to celebrate children and the dead, a time when mexican families remember the dead and celebrate the continuity of life.
