Ancient Starch Remains and Prehistoric Human Subsistence
Author : Ying Guan
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2023-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832520030
Author : Ying Guan
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 35,32 MB
Release : 2023-04-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832520030
Author :
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 24,9 MB
Release : 2023-11-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832521584
In the last two decades, plant biology has developed rapidly, ranging from molecular genetics, cell biology, and physiology to ecology and evolutionary issues, both for economic species and species unrelated to humans. These topics have received intensive attention, however, there is still a large gap in the study of plant biology in prehistoric times, especially those closely related to humans. The identification of plant species in archaeological sites plays an important role in exploring the paleoenvironment, the origin and spread of agriculture, and the relationship between humans and nature. In this research topic, we welcome progress in all aspects of ancient plant fossil research, especially phytoliths, starches, pollen and carbonized seeds, from the mechanisms of plant fossil formation to their phytosystematics, and the associated paleoecology and paleoenvironment.
Author : Guanghui Dong
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 15,5 MB
Release : 2022-05-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 2889762556
Author : Timothy K. Earle
Publisher :
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 13,61 MB
Release : 1980
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Application of formal economic approaches and ecological concepts to problems of prehistoric dietary adaptation; non-Aboriginal material.
Author : Alan K. Outram
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 21,44 MB
Release : 2019-10-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1107128773
Explains how recent scientific advances have revolutionised our understanding of prehistoric diet, economy and society.
Author : Katheryn C. Twiss
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 2019-11-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1108474292
Surveys the archaeology of food: its methods and its themes (economics, politics, status, identity, gender, ethnicity, ritual, religion).
Author : Deborah Pearsall
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 30,44 MB
Release : 2018-07-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1351009664
Case Studies in Paleoethnobotany focuses on interpretation in paleoethnobotany. In it the reader is guided through the process of analyzing archaeobotanical data and of using that data to address research questions. Part I introduces archaeobotanical remains and how they are deposited, preserved, sampled, recovered, and analyzed. Five issue-oriented case studies make up Part II and illustrate paleoethnobotanical inference and applications. A recurrent theme is the strength of using multiple lines of evidence to address issues of significance. This book is unique in its explicit focus on interpretation for "consumers" of paleoethnobotanical knowledge. Paleoethnobotanical inference is increasingly sophisticated and contributes to our understanding of the past in ways that may not be apparent outside the field or to all practitioners. The case study format allows in-depth exploration of the process of interpretation in the context of significant issues that will engage readers. No other work introduces paleoethnobotany and illustrates its application in this way. This book will appeal to students interested in ancient plant–people interrelationships, as well as archaeologists, paleoethnobotanists, and paleoecologists. The short methods chapters and topical case studies are ideal for instructors of classes in archaeological methods, environmental archaeology, and ethnobiology.
Author : Fionnuala Rhonda Rose
Publisher :
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 37,58 MB
Release : 2003
Category :
ISBN :
Author : Xinyi Liu
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 11,68 MB
Release : 2023-03-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 2832519407
Author : Patrick Roberts
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 40,81 MB
Release : 2019-01-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0192550551
In popular discourse, tropical forests are synonymous with 'nature' and 'wilderness'; battlegrounds between apparently pristine floral, faunal, and human communities, and the unrelenting industrial and urban powers of the modern world. It is rarely publicly understood that the extent of human adaptation to, and alteration of, tropical forest environments extends across archaeological, historical, and anthropological timescales. This book is the first attempt to bring together evidence for the nature of human interactions with tropical forests on a global scale, from the emergence of hominins in the tropical forests of Africa to modern conservation issues. Following a review of the natural history and variability of tropical forest ecosystems, this book takes a tour of human, and human ancestor, occupation and use of tropical forest environments through time. Far from being pristine, primordial ecosystems, this book illustrates how our species has inhabited and modified tropical forests from the earliest stages of its evolution. While agricultural strategies and vast urban networks emerged in tropical forests long prior to the arrival of European colonial powers and later industrialization, this should not be taken as justification for the massive deforestation and biodiversity threats imposed on tropical forest ecosystems in the 21st century. Rather, such a long-term perspective highlights the ongoing challenges of sustainability faced by forager, agricultural, and urban societies in these environments, setting the stage for more integrated approaches to conservation and policy-making, and the protection of millennia of ecological and cultural heritage bound up in these habitats.