本文通过对印度东北部的部落民的饮食考察,以比较的眼光研究史前社会从采集狩猎经济到农业经济的饮食变化。考察的对象包括一定数量的农业社区和采集狩猎部落。两者都集中在西孟加拉(West Bengal)、比哈尔(Bihar)和欧里沙(Orissa)地区,不过前者更偏重于山塔尔斯(Santals)、孟达斯(Mundas)和欧雷斯(Oraons);而后者则偏重于哈雷斯(Kharias)、比哈斯 This article studies the diet of tribe people in Northeast India and compares the changes of prehistoric society diet from hunting economy to agricultural economy. Visits include a number of agricultural communities and hunting tribes. Both are concentrated in West Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, but the former are more focused on Santals, Mundas and Oresse Oraons), while the latter focus on Kharias, Bihac