Tropical Archaeobotany: Applications and New DevelopmentsJon G. Hather Psychology Press, 1994 - 270 páginas Tropical Archaeobotany fills the need for a substantial reference work on plant remains from the tropics. It covers the examination, identification and interpretation of plant remains in tropical archaeology, whilst also the origins, spread, investigating the origins, spread, distribution and past use of tropical plants for food and other purposes. Recent technological developments in electron microscopy and biochemical and genetic research, as well as increased interest in tropical environments and ecosystems, are now beginning to realise the great potential for archaeobotanical research in the tropics. With the use of case studies from a wide range of areas, this volume details the latest macroscopic, microscopic and chemical techniques for the analysis of plant remains, from seeds, roots and tubers to epidermal fragments, pollen and phytoliths. Each chapter of Tropical Archaeobotany focuses on a different aspect of archaeobotanical research, using detailed examples from a varieety of tropical areas, though with its emphasis on techniques and methodology the book has a relevance beyond the regional scope of each chapter. |
Contenido
References | 7 |
Results | 20 |
Nature of the botanical findings | 39 |
Acknowledgements | 47 |
Gut contents as archaeological assemblages | 67 |
Archaeological samples from northern Chile | 74 |
Conclusions | 80 |
Starch grains and their diagnostic properties | 88 |
The prospects and problems of using palynology to trace the origins | 139 |
The Southeast Asian fossil pollen record | 146 |
Cultivar pollen types which might be recognized with | 153 |
Conclusions | 163 |
problems | 172 |
Anthropogenic indicators in Quaternary sediments | 185 |
Phytolith and diatom analysis | 195 |
the use of palynology to detect human activity | 202 |
Reference collections contamination and caveats | 95 |
Methods of morphological analysis | 101 |
Conclusions | 107 |
contributions from | 115 |
Conclusions | 133 |
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Observations | 254 |
Conclusions | 260 |
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Tropical Archaeobotany: Applications and New Developments Jon G. Hather Sin vista previa disponible - 1994 |
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agriculture amino acid ancient anthropogenic Archaeobotany archaeological areas Asian assemblages Australia carbonized cells Chalcolithic charcoal charred chemical chromatogram climatic Colocasia esculenta coprolites cultivars cultivated deposits diagnostic Dioscorea Ecuador environment Esmeraldas Province evidence excavations extinction cross extract fatty acids Flenley forest fragments Golson grass Haberle Hather highlands Holocene Hope hyacinth bean identified Indian indicators Ipomoea Island Journal Kajale Khok Phanom layers Linn lipids London lowland maize Maloney mangrove methods microscope modern morphology occur Pacific palynology Papua New Guinea Pearsall phytolith phytolith analysis Piperno plant remains Pleistocene pollen analysis pollen diagrams pollen grains pollen record pollen types prehistoric preservation proteins Quaternary radiocarbon raphides region Research residues rice root and tuber root crops samples sediments seed soil Southeast Asia species starch grains subsistence Sumatra swamp sweet potato taro taxa techniques Thailand tissues tool Tropical Archaeobotany University valley vegetation wild
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Página 248 - Amino acid analysis and enzymatic sequence determination of peptides by an improved o-phthaldialdehyde precolumn labeling procedure.
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The Origins and Spread of Agriculture and Pastoralism in Eurasia David R. Harris Sin vista previa disponible - 1996 |