People and plants in ancient eastern North America

Publication/Creation:

Washington : Smithsonian Books, [2003]

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

People and plants in ancient eastern North America / edited by Paul E. Minnis

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Additional Author/Creators:

Minnis, Paul E.

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Ethnobotany--East (U.S.)
Ethnobotany--Canada, Eastern
Paleoethnobotany--East (U.S.)
Paleoethnobotany--Canada, Eastern
Plant remains (Archaeology)--East (U.S.)
Plant remains (Archaeology)--Canada, Eastern

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Prehistoric ethnobotany in eastern North America: an introduction / Paul E. Minnis -- Eastern woodlands overview / Kristen J. Gremillion -- Patterns of wild plant utilization in the prehistoric eastern woodlands / C. Margaret Scarry -- Domesticated crop plants and the evolution of food production economies in eastern North America / Bruce D. Smith and C. Wesley Cowan -- Eastern woodlands anthropogenic ecology / Gail E. Wagner -- Paleoethnobotany in the northeast / Gary W. Crawford and David G. Smith -- Great Plains paleoethnobotany / Mary J. Adair -- Trends in Caribbean island archaeobotany / Lee A. Newsom and Deborah M. Pearsall.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

xvi, 423 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

990001869980302486

ISBN:

158834133X
1588341089 (pbk.)
9781588341334
9781588341082 (pbk.)

OCLC Number:

50479269

Barcode:

010000793459