On Thu, 7 Feb 2002 13:46:01 -0500, Peter Borden <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Without
>refrigeration or preservatives it would seem difficult to have a constant
>supply of animal protein.

But paleolithic (stone age technology) people apparently did have this.
Also, even Neanderthal was thought to have smoked fish for preservation.

  http://www.insticeagestudies.com/library/darkcavesbrightvision/g3.html
  http://www.umich.edu/~urecord/9495/May08_95/storage.htm

Philip Thrift
http://www.geocities.com/paleofitness