CLAS 2P32 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Paleoethnobotany, Paleobotany, Robert John Braidwood
5 Jul 2016
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Study of relationship between plants and both living and prehistoric peoples. Pictorial representations: ex. models that people made, and put them in tombs with them because in the after life they would need these types of things (such as servants making bread- which you need bread) Historical sources: wrote about what they were eating- they could be lying (but usually telling the truth) Plants remains (seeds)- carbonized seeds stay around longer than seeds. You can see with the naked eye. Prompted by study of origins of agriculture in ne: robery braidwood of u. chicago. As your excavating a site, your observe a part of the soil (1/5) then you wash the soil, anything organic will float to the top which can be skimmed and sorted through after. Impressions or voids in pots (usually in pottery) Collect all sorts of plants materials, so you can compare an ancient seed to a modern seed to see if that"s what it is.
