Paleoethnobotany : a handbook of procedures /
This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall organization and approach of the book to facilitate its use as a textbook. In addition to updates on the comprehensive disc...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Walnut Creek, California :
Left Coast Press, Inc.,
[2015]
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| Edition: | Third edition. |
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| Summary: | This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall organization and approach of the book to facilitate its use as a textbook. In addition to updates on the comprehensive discussions of macroremains, pollen and phytoliths, this edition includes a chapter on starch analysis, the newest tool in the paleoethnobotanist's research kit. Other highlights include updated case studies, expanded discussions of deposition and preservation of archaeobotanical remains, updated historical overviews, new and updated techniques and approaches, including insights from experimental and ethnoarchaeological studies and a current listing of electronic resources. Extensively illustrated, this will be the standard work on paleoethnobotany for a generation. |
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| Physical Description: | 513 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-506) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611322989 1611322987 9781611322996 1611322995 |