Ancient plants and people: contemporary trends in archaeobotany

"Ancient Plants and People is a timely discussion of the global perspectives on archaeobotany and the rich harvest of knowledge it yields. Contributors examine the importance of plants to human culture over time and geographic regions and what it teaches of humans, their culture, and their land...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Tucson Univ. of Arizona Press 2014
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Zusammenfassung:"Ancient Plants and People is a timely discussion of the global perspectives on archaeobotany and the rich harvest of knowledge it yields. Contributors examine the importance of plants to human culture over time and geographic regions and what it teaches of humans, their culture, and their landscapes"--Provided by publisher
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Preface / Martin K. Jones -- Introduction / Manon Savard, Marco Madella, and Carla Lancelotti -- Part I. Methodologies in Archaeobotany. Sample-size estimation and interassemblage quantification in archaeobotany / Gyoung-Ah Lee ; Regional exchanges in southeastern Arabia during the late pre-Islamic period : phytolith analysis of ceramic thin sections from ed-Dur (Umm al-Qaiwain, UAE) / Luc Vrydaghs, Paul De Paepe, Katrien Rutten, and Ernie Haerinck ; Examining agriculture and climate change in antiquity : practical and theoretical considerations / Alexia Smith -- Part II. Case Studies in Archaeobotany and Vegetation History. Swahili urban food production : archaeotanical evidence from Pemba Island, Tanzania / Sarah C. Walshaw ; Plant food subsistence in context : an example from Epipaleolithic southwest Anatolia / Danièle Martinoli ; Vegetation proxy data and climate reconstruction : examples from West Asia / Naomi F. Miller ; Significance of prehistoric weed floras for the reconstruction of relations between environment and crop husbandry practices in the Near East / Simone Riehl -- Part III. Social Archaeobotany. Historical aspects of early plant cultivation in the uplands of eastern North America / Kristen J. Gremillion ; Routine activities, tertiary refuse, and labor organisation : social inferences from everyday archaeobotany / Dorian Q. Fuller, Chris Stevens, and Meriel McClatchie ; Of crops and food : a social perspective on rice in the Indus civilization / Marco Madella ; Anthracological research on the Brazilian coast : paleoenvironment and plant exploitation of sambaqui moundbuilders / Rita Scheel-Ybert and Maria Dulce Gaspar -- Part IV. Genetics in Archaeobotany. Rice of Asian origin / Yo-Ichiro Sato ; A review on the research on the origin of six-row barley / Ken-ichi Tanno ; Maize cob phytoliths as indicators of genetics and environmental conditions / Linda Scott Cummings
Beschreibung:XII, 316 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. 24 cm

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