Evidence for the Paleoethnobotany of the Neanderthal: A Review of the Literature [PDF]
Scientifica, 2016 Our perception of our closest human relatives, the Neanderthals, has evolved in the last few decades from brutish ape-men to intelligent archaic human peoples. Our understanding and appreciation of their cultural sophistication has only recently extended
Gerhard P. Shipley, Kelly Kindscher
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Paleoethnobotany and Ancient Alcohol Production: A Mini-Review
Ethnobiology Letters, 2015 The production and consumption of alcoholic beverages in the past is an important consideration when addressing issues involving ancient food. However, successfully demonstrating that alcoholic beverages were produced in prehistoric contexts is ...
Matthew E Biwer, Amber M VanDerwarker
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Paleoethnobotany as Ethnobotany as Paleoethnobotany [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology, 2023 Paleoethnobotany and ethnobotany are closely intertwined. Ethnobotany provides a key interpretive framework for understanding past plant–people interrelationships through the archaeological record, and this understanding of the past provides the ...
Deborah M. Pearsall
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Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases
Ethnobiology Letters, 2010 Review of Integrating Zooarchaeology and Paleoethnobotany: A Consideration of Issues, Methods, and Cases. Amber M. VanDerwarker and Tanya M. Peres, eds. 2010. Springer, New York. Pp. 317, 13 color illustrations, 13 black-and-white illustrations. $129.00 (
Virginia L. Butler
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A Landscape Context for Paleoethnobotany: The Contribution of Aerial and Satellite Remote Sensing
, 2015 Jesse Casana
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Expanding Paleoindian Diet Breadth: Paleoethnobotany of Connley Cave 5, Oregon, USA [PDF]
American Antiquity, 2022 Paleoethnobotanical perspectives are essential for understanding past lifeways yet continue to be underrepresented in Paleoindian research. We present new archaeobotanical and radiocarbon data from combustion features within stratified cultural ...
Katelyn N. McDonough +5 more
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The Millet of the Matter: Archeobotanical Evidence for Farming Strategies of Western Han Dynasty Core Area Inhabitants [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Despite decades of investigation, consensus has yet to be reached on when and where wheat replaced millet as the primary crop in the core regions of early Imperial China.
Jingwen Liao +7 more
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Ethnobiology Letters, 2023 Food consumption is one of the primary activities of all cultural groups around the globe. The procurement of plants, their transformation, and consumption are some steps in which we can identify social repercussions such as identity, gender roles, labor
Esteban Moisés Herrera-Parra
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Surface phytolith and pollen assemblages of a low-latitude subtropical region in Southwest China and their implications for vegetation and climate [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Phytoliths, as a newly developing plant proxy, have broad application prospects in paleoclimate and paleoethnobotany. However, the shortage of studies regarding tropical-subtropical plants and topsoil phytoliths interferes with the research progress on ...
Min Wang +9 more
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Physical and genetic structure of the maize genome reflects its complex evolutionary history. [PDF]
PLoS Genetics, 2007 Maize (Zea mays L.) is one of the most important cereal crops and a model for the study of genetics, evolution, and domestication. To better understand maize genome organization and to build a framework for genome sequencing, we constructed a sequence ...
Fusheng Wei +23 more
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