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Ancient Plants and People : Contemporary Trends in Archaeobotany.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (329 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780816598687
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ancient Plants and PeopleDDC classification:
  • 930.1028/2
LOC classification:
  • CC79
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface / Martin K. Jones -- Introduction / Manon Savard, Marco Madella, and Carla Lancelotti -- I. Methodologies in Archaeobotany -- 1. Sample-Size Estimation and Interassemblage Quantification in Archaeobotany / Gyoung-Ah Lee -- 2. Regional Exchanges in Southeastern Arabia during the Late Pre-Islamic Period: Phytolith Analysis of Ceramic Thin Sections from ed-Dur (UAE) / Luc Vrydaghs, Paul De Paepe, Katrien Rutten, and Ernie Haerinck -- 3. Examining Agriculture and Climate Change in Antiquity: Practical and Theoretical Considerations / Alexia Smith -- II. Case Studies in Archaeobotany and Vegetation History -- 4. Swahili Urban Food Production: Archaeobotanical Evidence from Pemba Island, Tanzania / Sarah C. Walshaw -- 5. Plant Food Subsistence in Context: An Example from Epipaleolithic Southwest Anatolia / Danièle Martinoli -- 6. Vegetation Proxy Data and Climate Reconstruction: Examples from West Asia / Naomi F. Miller -- 7. Significance of Prehistoric Weed Floras for the Reconstruction of Relations between Environment and Crop Husbandry Practices in the Near East / Simone Riehl -- III. Social Archaeobotany -- 8. Historical Aspects of Early Plant Cultivation in the Uplands of Eastern North America / Kristen J. Gremillion -- 9. Routine Activities, Tertiary Refuse, and Labor Organization: Social Inferences from Everyday Archaeobotany / Dorian Q Fuller, Chris Stevens, and Meriel McClatchie -- 10. Of Crops and Food: A Social Perspective on Rice in the Indus Civilization / Marco Madella -- 11. Anthracological Research on the Brazilian Coast: Paleoenvironment and Plant Exploitation of Sambaqui Moundbuilders / Rita Scheel-Ybert and Maria Dulce Gaspar -- IV. Genetics in Archaeobotany -- 12. Rice of Asian Origin / Yo-Ichiro Sato -- 13. A Review of the Research on the Origin of Six-Row Barley / Ken-ichi Tanno.
14. Maize Cob Phytoliths as Indicators of Genetics and Environmental Conditions / Linda Scott Cummings -- Editors and Contributors -- Index.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface / Martin K. Jones -- Introduction / Manon Savard, Marco Madella, and Carla Lancelotti -- I. Methodologies in Archaeobotany -- 1. Sample-Size Estimation and Interassemblage Quantification in Archaeobotany / Gyoung-Ah Lee -- 2. Regional Exchanges in Southeastern Arabia during the Late Pre-Islamic Period: Phytolith Analysis of Ceramic Thin Sections from ed-Dur (UAE) / Luc Vrydaghs, Paul De Paepe, Katrien Rutten, and Ernie Haerinck -- 3. Examining Agriculture and Climate Change in Antiquity: Practical and Theoretical Considerations / Alexia Smith -- II. Case Studies in Archaeobotany and Vegetation History -- 4. Swahili Urban Food Production: Archaeobotanical Evidence from Pemba Island, Tanzania / Sarah C. Walshaw -- 5. Plant Food Subsistence in Context: An Example from Epipaleolithic Southwest Anatolia / Danièle Martinoli -- 6. Vegetation Proxy Data and Climate Reconstruction: Examples from West Asia / Naomi F. Miller -- 7. Significance of Prehistoric Weed Floras for the Reconstruction of Relations between Environment and Crop Husbandry Practices in the Near East / Simone Riehl -- III. Social Archaeobotany -- 8. Historical Aspects of Early Plant Cultivation in the Uplands of Eastern North America / Kristen J. Gremillion -- 9. Routine Activities, Tertiary Refuse, and Labor Organization: Social Inferences from Everyday Archaeobotany / Dorian Q Fuller, Chris Stevens, and Meriel McClatchie -- 10. Of Crops and Food: A Social Perspective on Rice in the Indus Civilization / Marco Madella -- 11. Anthracological Research on the Brazilian Coast: Paleoenvironment and Plant Exploitation of Sambaqui Moundbuilders / Rita Scheel-Ybert and Maria Dulce Gaspar -- IV. Genetics in Archaeobotany -- 12. Rice of Asian Origin / Yo-Ichiro Sato -- 13. A Review of the Research on the Origin of Six-Row Barley / Ken-ichi Tanno.

14. Maize Cob Phytoliths as Indicators of Genetics and Environmental Conditions / Linda Scott Cummings -- Editors and Contributors -- Index.

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