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Food production in the Early Woodland: macrobotanical remains as evidence for farming along the riverbank in eastern Tennessee

Southeastern Archaeology, 2019
Open riverbanks and disturbed floodplains are targeted by archaeologists as optimal habitats for the growth of many of the weedy indigenous seed crops in eastern North America, but there is still l...
Jessie L. Johanson   +2 more
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MACROBOTANICAL REMAINS FROM THE ROMAN FORT OF BANNA (BIRDOSWALD, CUMBRIA)

1991
Two hundred and eighty nine bulk samples from, predominantly, the Granaries and Ditches of this Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall were analysed. Disappointingly few seeds in total were recovered from the Granaries indicating that no catastrophic fires had occurred.
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Mano size, stable carbon isotope ratios, and macrobotanical remains as multiple lines of evidence of maize dependence in the American southwest

Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory, 1996
While the level of agricultural dependence affects many aspects of human adaptation, estimating levels of dependence on maize through traditional archaeological techniques is problematic. Here we compare various measurements of manos (e.g., grinding surface area), macrobotanical evidence of maize use, and human collagen stable carbon isotope values ...
Robert J. Hard   +2 more
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Macrobotanical Remains of Wild Rice During the Late Holocene in the Southernmost Region of the La Plata Basin (Argentina)

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
This paper presents the archaeobotanical analysis from four archaeological sites located in the southern sector of the La Plata Basin, specifically within the lower stretch of the Paraná River (Argentina). The sites Los Tres Cerros 1 and 2, Cerro de las Pajas Blancas 1 and La Calavera have been culturally assigned to the Goya-Malabrigo archaeological ...
Marco A. Loperfido, Mariano Bonomo
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Ancient Paria, Bolivia: Macrobotanical Remains Recovered from an Administrative Site on the Royal Inca Highway

2020
Tawantinsuyu was the great Inca Empire estimated to have encompassed 3,000 miles of western South America, including parts of present-day Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. Many studies have focused on various aspects of Inca culture, on the major sites of the Empire, and on mapping the extensive Inca road system.
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WHAT CARBONISED PLANT REMAINS?-A MACROBOTANICAL INVESTIGATION OF MATERIAL FROM EXCAVATIONS ALONG THE A66

1991
The area of Stainmore, Co. Durham, through which the improved section of the A66 is to run, is desolate, wind-swept and bleak. It has, nonetheless, had a long association with humans and this has been particularly in evidence since the Roman times. Excavations were undertaken at several sites and a detailed environmental programme was undertaken.
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Sweet, weedy and wild: macrobotanical remains from a Late Classic (8th century ad) feasting deposit discovered at La Corona, an ancient Maya settlement

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2017
Ritual feasting was an integral part of ancient societies; the Maya were no exception. Archaeologists working in this region have used various lines of evidence, including the study of scenes depicted on painted polychrome drinking vases and ethnohistoric sources written by Spanish colonists, to attempt the reconstruction of ancient Maya feasts ...
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