Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures - Hardcover

Pearsall, Deborah M.

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9780125480406: Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures

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ISBN 10: 0125480407 ISBN 13: 9780125480406

Publisher: Academic Press, 1989

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Paleoethnobotany is the study of human-plant interactions throughout history. This edition presents the diverse approaches and techniques used by anthropologists and botanists in the study of human-plant interactions. It shows why anthropologists must identify plant remains and understand the ecology of human-plant interactions. Additionally, it demonstrates why botanists need to view the plant world from a cultural perspective and understand the strengths and weaknesses of the archaeological record. This edition of the definitive work on "doing paleoethnobotany" follows the steady growth in the quantity and sophistication of paleoethnobotanical research. It features a rewritten chapters on phytolith analysis and a new chapter "Integrating Biological Data." It also includes new technqiues, such as residue analysis, and new applciations of old indicators, such as starch grains. An expanded examination of pollen analysis, more examples of environmental reconstruction, and a better balance of international examples increase the versatility of this holistic view of palaeoethnobotany. 4

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Praise for the First Edition "Pearsall is to be commended for producing a volume that will do much to positively affect future research in paleoethnobotany." -Reviews In Anthropology -- Reviews In Anthropology

About the Author:

Deborah Pearsall earned a PhD in anthropology from the University of Illinois and is professor of archaeology at University of Missouri. She is an archaeologist whose interests center on the origins of agriculture in the New World tropics. Books include Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures, Plants and People in Ancient Ecuador, and Origins of Agriculture in the Neotropics (co-authored with D. Piperno). She was awarded the 2002 Fryxell Award for Exceptional Interdisciplinary Research by the Society for American Archaeology and served as president of the Society of Ethnobiology and the Society for Phytolith Research.

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