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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825608603321

Titolo

People, plants, and landscapes : studies in paleoethnobotany / / editor, Kristen J. Gremillion

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa : , : University of Alabama Press, , 1997

©1997

ISBN

0-8173-8464-2

0-585-34193-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xviii, 271 pages) : illustrations, maps

Altri autori (Persone)

GremillionKristen J. <1958->

Disciplina

581.6

Soggetti

Paleoethnobotany

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The archaeological record of plant domestication and utilization -- pt. 2. Plant resources, human communities, and anthropogenic landscapes.

Sommario/riassunto

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.