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1 online resource (293 pages)
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9780817384647
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People, Plants, and Landscapes showcases the potential of modern paleoethnobotany, an interdisciplinary field that explores the interactions between human beings and plants by examining archaeological evidence. Using different methods and theoretical approaches, the essays in this work apply botanical knowledge to studies of archaeological plant remains and apply paleoethnobotany to nonarchaeological sources of evidence. The resulting techniques often lie beyond the traditional boundaries of either archaeology or botany. With this ground-breaking work, the technically and methodologically enhanced paleoethnobotany of the 1990s has joined forces with ecological and evolutionary theory to forge explanations of changing relationships between human and plant populations. Contents and Contributors: The Shaping of Modern Paleoethnobotany, Patty Jo Watson New Perspectives on the Paleoethnobotany of the Newt Kash Shelter, Kristen J. Gremillion A 3,000-Year-Old Cache of Crop Seeds from Marble Bluff, Arkansas, Gayle J. Fritz Evolutionary Changes Associated with the Domestication of Cucurbita pepo: Evidence from Eastern Kentucky, C. Wesley Cowan Anthropogenesis in Prehistoric Northeastern Japan, Gary W. Crawford Between Farmstead and Center: The Natural and Social Landscape of Moundville, C. Margaret Scarry and Vincas P. Steponaitis An Evolutionary Ecology Perspective on Diet Choice, Risk, and Plant Domestication, Bruce Winterhalder and Carol Goland The Ecological Structure and Behavioral Implications of Mast Exploitation Strategies, Paul S. Gardner Changing Strategies of Indian Field Location in the Early Historic Southeast, Gregory A. Waselkov Interregional Patterns of Land Use and Plant Management in Native North America, Julia E. Hammett.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Foreword by Bruce D. Smith -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Archaeological Record of Plant Domestication and Utilization -- 1. The Shaping of Modern Paleoethnobotany by Patty Jo Watson -- 2. New Perspectives on the Paleoethnobotany of the Newt Kash Shelter by Kristen J. Gremillion -- 3. A Three-Thousand-Year-Old Cache of Crop Seeds from Marble Bluff, Arkansas by Gayle J. Fritz -- 4. Evolutionary Changes Associated with the Domestication of Cucurbita pepo: Evidence from Eastern Kentucky by C. Wesley Cowan -- 5. Anthropogenesis in Prehistoric Northeastern Japan by Gary W. Crawford -- Part II: Plant Resources, Human Communities, and Anthropogenic Landscapes -- 6. Between Farmstead and Center: The Natural and Social Landscape of Moundville by C. Margaret Scarry and Vincas P. Steponaitis -- 7. An Evolutionary Ecology Perspective on Djet Choice, Risk, and Plant Domestication by Bruce Winterhalder and Carol Goland -- 8. The Ecological Structure and Behavioral Implications of Mast Exploitation Strategies by Paul S. Gardner -- 9. Changing Strategies of Indian Field Location in the Early Historic Southeast by Gregory A. Waselkov -- 10. Interregional Patterns of Land Use and Plant Management in Native North America by Julia E. Hammett -- References Cited -- Contributors -- Index.
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ISBN 9780817308278
Additional Edition:
Print version People, Plants, and Landscapes : Studies in Paleoethnobotany
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe People, plants, and landscapes Tuscaloosa [u.a.] : Univ. of Alabama Press, 1997 ISBN 081730827X
Language:
English
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