Case studies in paleoethnobotany
understanding ancient lifeways through the study of phytoliths, starch, macroremains, and pollen
Bände/Inhalt:
- Paleoethnobotanical remains -- Deposition and preservation of paleoethnobotanical remains -- Field sampling and recovery -- Approaches to paleoethnobotanical interpretation -- Investigating neanderthal lifeways through paleoethnobotany -- The paleoethnobotany of maize: understanding domestication and agriculture -- Archaeobotany and insights into social relationships at Cahokia -- An individual's relationship to the natural world : Ötzi, the Tyrlean Iceman -- Plants and healing/health -- Conclusion: investigating ancient lifeways through paleoethnobotany