Paleoethnobotany

A Handbook of Procedures

Deborah M. Pearsall (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

470 Seiten

1989
Academic Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-12-548040-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This book describes the approaches and techniques of paleoethnobotany--the study of the interrelationships between human populations and the plant world through the archaeological record. Its purpose is twofold. First, it assembles in one volume the three major methods of paleoethnobotany, the analysis of macroremains, pollen analysis, and phytolith analysis, for the student or professional interested in the field. Second, it presents on paleoethnobotanist's view of the discipline: its past, present, and future, its strengths and weaknesses, and its role in modern archaeology.

Autor

Deborah Pearsall earned a PhD in anthropology from the University of Illinois. 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).

Inhalt

The Paleoethnobotanical Approach. Techniques for Recovering Macroremains. Identification and Interpretation of Macroremains. Archaeological Palynology. Phytolith Analysis. Integrating Paleoethnobotanical Data. Each chapter includes references. Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.5.1989
• Verlagsort: San Diego
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 151 x 229 mm
• Gewicht: 1110 g
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
• ISBN-10: 0-12-548040-7 / 0125480407
• ISBN-13: 978-0-12-548040-6 / 9780125480406
• Zustand: Neuware