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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"archaeobotany"”.
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The archaeobotany of Mutamba, a thirteenth century Mapungubwe settlement in northern South Africa
The focus of this research is on Mutamba, a 13th century Middle Iron Age (MIA) settlement situated in the Soutpansberg, South Africa and is the first archaeobotanical study of a MIA settlement. Many communities of this time were agro-pastoralists cultivating crops such as sorghum, millets and …
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A History of Transplants: A Study of Entryway Gardens at Amache
… radar, excavation, oral history, soil chemistry, archaeobotany, and palynology. The thorough investigation of landscaping efforts of internees builds upon knowledge of expression within Japanese American relocation centers, as well as the understanding of a lineage of gardening as Japanese …
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Archaeobotanical Analyses of the Winterville Mounds Site (22ws500) and Other Southeastern Ceremonial Complexes
… a need to broaden the analytical perspective of archaeobotany beyond simply economic and environmental interpretations by considering other plants’ associations with ceremonial and medicinal uses; and calls for professionals to include the Indigenous voice in their research.</p>
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An environmental history of the Navan area of Co. Armagh
Palynology, archaeobotany and a study of lake-level fluctuations were used in a study of the environmental history of the Navan area, Co. Armagh the site of the ancient 'capital' of Ulster. A tranect of five cores a analyzed from the edge of Loughnashade for pollen and loss-on-ignition . Submerged …
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An Archaeobotanical Contribution to Foodways, Wood Collecting Strategies, and Niche Construction at the Late and Terminal Archaic Site of Côte Rouge in Southern Québec
… thesis illustrates the varied contributions of archaeobotany to our understanding of precontact groups in southern Québec, using the site of Côte Rouge (CeEt-481 and CeEt-211) as a case study. This location has been known to First Nations since at least the Late Paleoindian period (11 200-9500 …
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Origin of cultural plants in Lithuania in the context of Eastern Baltic (based on archaeobotanical material dated up to 14th century AD) /
Dispersal of domesticated plants is among the most widely studied archaeological topics in the world. However, these processes have been poorly studied in Lithuania, Eastern Baltic and Northeastern Europe. This dissertation is based on new archaeobotanical material from 13 settlements in Lithuania …
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Kultūrinių augalų kilmė Lietuvoje Rytų Baltijos regiono kontekste (archeobotanikos duomenimis iki XIV a.) /
Dispersal of domesticated plants is among the most widely studied archaeological topics in the world. However, these processes have been poorly studied in Lithuania, Eastern Baltic and Northeastern Europe. This dissertation is based on new archaeobotanical material from 13 settlements in Lithuania …
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An Archaeobotanical History of Arable Agriculture in Yorkshire (4000 BCE - 1100 CE)
The extensive reports produced by commercial and research excavations provide valuable, though under-exploited, data for investigating macro-scale changes in the archaeobotanical record. In this thesis, I undertake a comprehensive synthesis of archaeobotanical evidence to critically analyse the …
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Feeding the Etruscans - An Archaeobotanical study of Etruscan Agriculture
The 1st millennium BCE marks the era in which the central and western Mediterranean was increasingly integrated into the seaborne interaction sphere that was established in the east already during the Bronze Age. Commodities, technologies, people, and ideas moved throughout the region and enabled …
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Ancestral Pharmacopeias: A Paleoethnobotanical Assessment of Plant Use in the Western Free State, South Africa
Excavations of Early Later Stone Age sites at Erfkroon in the Western Free State, South Africa, yielded several partial grinding stones, possibly indicating an increase in the reliance on plant resources and signifying the economic, technological, and social shift from the Middle Stone Age to Later …
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Early Agricultural Communities in Lejja Southeastern Nigeria: An Archaeobotanical Investigation
This thesis investigates food production and subsistence practices among early iron using communities in southeastern Nigeria. Lejja is a cluster of villages in Igboland, southeastern Nigeria where iron smelting flourished on an industrial scale from around the late first millennium BC. The huge …
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Agriculture in Tongan Prehistory: An Archaeobotanical Perspective
This thesis presents the results of an archaeobotanical study of agricultural development in the Kingdom of Tonga. Prior to this study, there has been no direct archaeological evidence for agriculture in Tongan prehistory. Through the implementation of systematic archaeobotanical techniques, this …
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Agriculture in Tongan Prehistory: An Archaeobotanical Perspective
This thesis presents the results of an archaeobotanical study of agricultural development in the Kingdom of Tonga. Prior to this study, there has been no direct archaeological evidence for agriculture in Tongan prehistory. Through the implementation of systematic archaeobotanical techniques, this …
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Origini e diffusione dell’agricoltura in Sardegna: studio dei resti vegetali della preistoria
The main goal of this work is fill in gaps in the existing knowledge on the origins and spread of agriculture in Sardinia through the analyses of archaeological plant remains. Plant use (both domesticated and wild) have allowed exploring the subsistence system of the first farming communities in …
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The architecture of food: Consumption and society in the Iron Age of Atlantic Scotland, with special reference to the site of Old Scatness, Shetland.
Food is the foundation upon which societies are built. It is a means of survival, a source of wealth and prosperity and can be used as a means of social display. In Iron Age Atlantic Scotland, a wide range of food resources were open to exploitation. Among these, barley is likely to have been an …
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Archaeological seeds and local varieties of edible fruits: morphology through time
This research is divided in five chapters: [CHAPTER 1] describes the research carried out on waterlogged plant remains from a Late Bronze Age well found near Cabras, in Sa Osa area (Central-West Sardinia). The combination of macro-remain and pollen analyses in this unique context provided important …
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People, Places, and Plants: An Appraisal of Subsistence, Technology and Sedentism in the Eastern Woodlands
The transition from foraging to farming has cross-culturally been associated with major changes in human technology, settlement patterns and social organization. This research project tests these relationships among prehistoric human populations inhabiting the Eastern Woodlands by considering how …