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"I have eaten nearly everything imaginable": pioneer diet

Nearly everything imaginable : the everyday life of Utah's Mormon pioneersProvoPublished In 1999 • Pages: 223-248

By: Derr, Jill Mulvay.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document covers the food procurement strategies and diet of early Mormon settlers, primarily farmers, who survived by supplementing agriculture and animal husbandry with hunting, fishing, and foraging for berries. It notes the types of grain, vegetables, fruit and animals produced and consumed, in some cases after having been preserved.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Flora
Food quest
Domesticated animals
Dairying
Tillage
Cereal agriculture
Gratification and control of hunger
Diet
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Mormons
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2018
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Southwest and Basin
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Historian
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Ian Skoggard; 2012
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
not applicable
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1846-1858
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Utah, United States
NotesAdditional notes
Jill Mulvay Derr
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
98058057
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Mormons