CLCV 1008 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Zooarchaeology, Rachis, Paleoethnobotany
18 Oct 2014
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Wild vegetable foods were a staple in ancient diets until people began to cultivate land about 12,000 years ago. Our knowledge of gatherers" diets is incomplete, because most remains haven"t been preserved. material. The absence of moisture and/or fresh air prevents decomposition of plant. Sometimes, impressions of grains or seeds can be found in pots. Midden deposits: a deposit of debris or rubbish from human activity. Wadi kubbaniya and the nutgrass in egypt (p. 278-79) Tehuacan, puerto rico richard macneish dug over 100 pits and caves that. Paleoethnobotany: the study of human use of plants in the past yielded thousands of wild plant remains and domestic corn (maize). This exemplifies the transition from gathering to cultivation. Teosinthe the ancestor of maize; earliest specimens were only three quarters of an inch long. Butser experimental iron age farm (p. 282-83) Archaeozoology (zooarchaeology): the study of animal (faunal) remains found in the archaeological record.
