"This 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"--
This 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.
This new edition of this definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date by incorporating new methods and examples of research, and preserves the overall organization and approach of the book to facilitate its use as a textbook.
Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition Preface to the First Edition List of Tables List of Figures
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1. The Paleoethnobotanical Approach Introduction Historical Overview Nature and Status of Ethnobotany
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2. Deposition, Preservation, and Recovery of Macroremains Introduction Deposition and Preservation of Macroremains In Situ Collection of Macroremains Screening Techniques Water Recovery: Flotation Techniques Building and Operating Flotation Systems: Sample Designs Sampling for Macroremains Issues and Directions in Recovery of Macroremains
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3. Identification and Interpretation of Macroremains Introduction Initial Processing of Samples Building a Comparative Collection Basic Identification Techniques Specialized Identification Techniques Presenting and Interpreting Results Issues and Directions in Macroremain Analysis
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4. Pollen Analysis Introduction Nature and Production of Pollen History of Pollen Analysis Pollen Deposition and Preservation Field Sampling Laboratory Analysis Presenting and Interpreting Results Issues and Directions in Archaeological Pollen Analysis
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5. Phytolith Analysis Introduction Nature and Occurrence of Phytoliths Laboratory Analysis Issues and Directions in Phytolith Analysis
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6. Starch Analysis Introduction Nature and Production of Starch History of Starch Analysis Starch Deposition and Preservation Field Sampling Laboratory Analysis Presenting and Interpreting Results Issues and Directions in Archaeological Starch Analysis
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7. Integrating Biological Data Part I: Indicators of Diet and Health Introduction Indirect Dietary Indicators Direct Indicators Part II: The Interplay of Dietary Indicators Predictions from Dietary Indicators Combined Indicators for Eight Neotropical Diets From Model to Reality: Two Archaeological Case Studies References Index
Deborah M. Pearsall , Professor Emerita, University of Missouri, USA Department of Anthropology. Recently retired from MU after 35 years, Debby Pearsall holds a BA from the University of Michigan and MA and PhD from the University of Illinois, all degrees in anthropology. Her interests within this discipline center on South American archaeology and paleoethnobotany--the study of people-plant interrelationships through the archaeological record. She has conducted paleoethnobotanical research in numerous locations in the Americas. Her research has two broad themes: the origins and spread of agriculture in the lowland Neotropics, and methods and approaches in paleoethnobotany. She is the author of three books, Paleoethnobotany. A Handbook of Procedures ; Plants and People in Ancient Ecuador: The Ethnobotany of the Jama River Valley; and Piperno and Pearsall , The Origins of Agriculture in the Lowland Neotropics , and was the general editor of Academic Press's 2008 Encyclopedia of Archaeology . She has published in numerous professional journals and edited books.
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