Description
Book SynopsisThis new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall organization and approach of the book to facilitate its use as a textbook. In addition to updates on the comprehensive discussions of macroremains, pollen, and phytoliths, this edition includes a chapter on starch analysis, the newest tool in the paleoethnobotanist's research kit. Other highlights include updated case studies; expanded discussions of deposition and preservation of archaeobotanical remains; updated historical overviews; new and updated techniques and approaches, including insights from experimental and ethnoarchaeological studies; and a current listing of electronic resources. Extensively illustrated, this will be the standard work on paleoethnobotany for a generation.
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations, Preface to the Third Edition, Preface to the Second Edition, Preface to the First Edition, Chapter 1. The Paleoethnobotanical Approach, Chapter 2. Deposition, Preservation, and Recovery of Macroremains, Chapter 3. Identification and Interpretation of Macroremains, Chapter 4. Pollen Analysis, Chapter 5. Phytolith Analysis, Chapter 6. Starch Analysis, Chapter 7. Integrating Biological Data, References, Index, About the Author
