Anthropology 2229F/G Lecture Notes - Palynology, Frontier Closed Area
18 Jul 2012
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Lecture 21 part 2 subsistence-settlement patterns: floral remains. How to separate pollen: strong acids. Gets rid of the sediment, leaving the pollen: can be found in harsh environment vs. other artifacts like bone, mounted on slides, can determine species. Count the number of species you find. Why use pollen analysis: not always from human activity, more for environmental reconstruction. Exception: track down earliest evidence of maize. Need to know what is available to see what the people were selecting for food. E. g. if there are few edible resources, population density was low, people would have to travel to have enough food to make a living, etc. Evidence consistent with the archaeological record: types of vegetation coverage (coniferous, boreal, deciduous, etc. , can be used to date sites. Pollen assemblages can be used to cross date with the. What we need to be wary of archaeological record.
