{"product_id":"food-storage-in-michigans-late-kathryn-m-frederick-9780817362768","title":"Food Storage in Michigan's Late Woodland: The Work of Indigenous Women","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncorporates experimental archaeology to understand the food-caching strategies led by Indigenous women in Late Woodland Michigan.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis experimental archaeology book centers on the decision of Indigenous women in Michigan's Late Woodland to store food in cache pits for later use, to ensure a stable food supply. These food storage techniques were efforts to increase communal chances of survival in direct responses to sociopolitical changes. Kathryn M. Frederick highlights the importance of food storage in these communities and the decision-making and behaviors behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo discover why food storage became a popular practice at that period, Frederick considered the efficacy of subterranean food storage and constructed experiments to understand the timing and use of cache pits and to test their reliability and efficiency. She also compiled ethnographic data on location, environmental conditions, movement strategies, and types of foodstuffs stored for dozens of hunter-gatherer groups. Two distinct patterns of food storage emerged: \"reliant\" and \"redundant.\" Frederick argues that the Indigenous women utilized a system of reliant storage during times of abundance but could switch to a redundant system as the socioeconomic climate shifted. This book will interest a wide swath of archaeologists and others interested in Indigenous foodways and women's key roles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn M. Frederick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817362762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817362768\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Kathryn M. Frederick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440580374783,"sku":"9780817362768","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_098087b7-8ad6-4a4b-a136-9d12abe67a60.jpg?v=1777183391","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/food-storage-in-michigans-late-kathryn-m-frederick-9780817362768","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}