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UNINA9910781063303321 |
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Blake Leonard W |
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Plants from the past / / Leonard W. Blake and Hugh C. Cutler; with an introduction by Gayle J. Fritz and Patty Jo Watson |
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Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , 2001 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (197 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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CutlerHugh C. <1912-1998.> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Plant remains (Archaeology) |
Excavations (Archaeology) - United States |
Paleoethnobotany |
Indians of North America - Antiquities |
Corn - United States - History |
Plants, Cultivated - United States - History |
United States Antiquities |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-164) and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Map of Site Locations; 1. North American Indian Corn; 2. Cultivated Plants from Picuris; 3. Corn in the Province of Aminoya; 4. Corn from Three North Carolina Sites, 31Gs55, 56, and 30; 5. Cultivated Plant Remains from Historic Missouri and Osage Indian Sites; 6. Corn for the Voyageurs; 7. Corn from Fort Michilimackinac, a.d. 1770-1780; 8. Corn from the Waterman Site (11R122), Illinois; 9. Plant Remains from the Rhoads Site (11Lo8), Illinois; 10. Plants from Archaeological Sites East of the Rockies |
11. Published Works of Cutler and Blake; Works Cited; Index of Latin Names for Plant Taxa; Index of Corn Races and Varieties; General Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Plants from the Past is a fascinating, comprehensive record of the work of two dedicated plant scientists who were instrumental in the establishment of archaeobotany and paleoethnobotany as vigorous subdisciplines within American archaeology. Hugh Carson Cutler and Leonard Watson Blake worked together for many decades at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, identifying and interpreting |
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