A pioneering cross-disciplinary study that examines plants in archaeology. Examples from every continent are used to suggest further subjects for research.
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Synopsis:
The first book to focus on the overlap between archaeology and the study of vegetation as an emerging separate discipline. Surveys such current and potential uses of plants as tracing ancient trade routes, finding certain kinds of remains, indicating ancient environments, and outlining now-vanished structures. Well illustrated; many plates are in c
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- PublisherDioscorides Press,U.S.
- Publication date1990
- ISBN 10 093114616X
- ISBN 13 9780931146169
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages268