Ethnobotany and cultural ecology of prehistoric man in southwest Texas /.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Williams-Dean, Glenna Joyce
Other Authors:	Cox, Elenor R. (degree committee member.), Shafer, Harry J. (degree committee member.), Sweet, Merrill H. (degree committee member.)
Format:	Thesis Book
Language:	English
Published:	[College Station, Tex.] : Williams-Dean, 1978.
Subjects:	Coprolites. Ethnobotany > Texas > Hinds Cave. Indians of North America > Food > Texas > Hinds Cave. Paleontology > Texas > Hinds Cave. Major botany. Academic theses.
Online Access:	Link to ProQuest copy Link to OAKTrust copy

Description
Abstract:	Archeological excavations at Hinds Cave during the summer of 1975 yielded many hundreds of coprolites (desiccated human feces) from stratified lenses in this southwest Texas rockshelter. Radiocarbon dating established the formation of one of the lenses at about 6000 years ago. A subsample of 100 coprolites was chosen from this lens in 1976 for paleoethnobotanical and other studies, including palynological, plant and animal macrofossil, algal, invertebrate, parasitological and viral identifications and evaluations. These data are presented here against a detailed background of laboratory techniques and work by previous investigators. Simultaneously concerned with the largest and oldest study sample of coprolites from Texas, this study reveals a nomadic hunting and gathering population adapted to a semiarid environment unlike that present in the area today, living principally on rodents and two or three species of cacti.
Item Description:	"Major subject: Botany." Vita.
Physical Description:	xiv, 287 leaves : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (leaves 265-284).