Plants and People


Book Description

This first monograph in the EARTH series, The dynamics of non-industrial agriculture: 8,000 years of resilience and innovation, approaches the great variety of agricultural practices in human terms. It focuses on the relationship between plants and people, the complexity of agricultural processes and their organisation within particular communities and societies. Collaborative European research among archaeologists, archaeobotanists, ethnographers, historians and agronomists using a broad analytical scale of investigation seeks to establish new common ground for integrating different approaches. By means of interdisciplinary examples, this book showcases the relationship between people and plants across wide ranging and diverse spatial and temporal milieus, including crop diversity, the use of wild foodstuffs, social context, status and choices of food plants.




Advances in Chromatography


Book Description

For more than five decades, scientists and researchers have relied on the Advances in Chromatography series for the most up-to-date information on a wide range of developments in chromatographic methods and applications. For Volume 55, established, well-known chemists offer cutting-edge reviews of chromatographic methods to pay tribute to the late Eli Grushka, beloved series editor, who inspired and mentored many in the field of separation science. The clear presentation of topics and vivid illustrations for which this series has become known makes the material accessible and engaging to analytical, biochemical, organic, polymer, and pharmaceutical chemists at all levels of technical skill.




A Research Annual


Book Description

Presents two articles on Adam Smith, one on his use of the concept of the invisible hand, and another on his use of Isaac Newton's methodology. This book also includes an article on rival conceptions of distribution in the 20th century and introductory notes to the study of the history of economic thought.




Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy


Book Description

The protean nature of the applications of NMR is regularly reflected in Annual Reports on NMR Spectroscopy. Volume 37 is no exception, and it is an ineluctable fact that all areas of science appear to benefit upon submission to the blandishments of NMR. The examples provided here encompass solid state NMR, solid state NMR imaging, NMR studies of interfaces, NMR investigations of cells and organisms, 199 Mercury NMR, and some applications of NMR to the area of coal science.




Prehistory of Agriculture


Book Description

The twenty-eight contributors to this book show how experimental and ethnographic approaches are being used to shed new light on the process of domestication, and harvesting techniques, tools and technology in the period just before and just after the appearance of agriculture. The book takes an explicitly comparative approach, with chapters on SW Asia, Europe, Australia and Africa.




Prehistoric Agriculture in Southern Spain During the Neolithic and the Bronze Age


Book Description

A general absence of studies on prehistoric crops and flora, and a lack of samples suitable for analysis, makes this an important contribution to research on prehistoric Spain.




Current Paleoethnobotany


Book Description

A full discussion of the major stages and problems of paleoethnobotanical research, from designing and testing equipment to quantification and interpretation. Combining case studies and theoretical discussions, the volume explores a wide range of issues relevant to collecting, analyzing, and interpreting plant remains to provide accurate information about past human societies. Contributors offer data on specific regions as well as more general background information on the basic techniques of paleoethnobotany for the nonspecialist. Cloth ed. ($24.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR




Iron-age Farm


Book Description




A Breton Landscape


Book Description

First Published in 1997. This is a case study of changing land-use patterns in Brittany over nearly 2000 years.




Beyond the Site


Book Description

This book assesses the state-of-the-art in contemporary Greek archeology. It contains a series of papers by specialists that demonstrate many of the innovative techniques and perspectives that scholars bring to bear on the examination of Aegean social dynamics and how these draw from and contribute to the mainstream of archeology. Contents: Environmental Studies, Tjeerd H. van Andel, Sytze Bottema, George Rapp, Jr. and John C. Kraft; Archeological Survey and Excavation: The Use Of Regional Scale Data John F. Cherry, Daniel J. Pullen, Timothy E. Gregory, Curtis N. Runnels; Specialized Studies On Diet And Population Structure Julie Hansen, David S. Reese, Joseph L. Rife and Myra J. Giesen; Remote Sensing And Computer Modelling Michael G. Stys, Mark A. Dann and Richard W. Yerkes; The Modern Setting: Ethnographic And Ethnoarchelogical Studies Susan B. Sutton, Mark T. Shutes, Claudia Chang; Doing Archeology In Greece; P. Nick Kardulias and Jack L. Davis.