Tropical Archaeobotany
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Tropical Archaeobotany
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Author : Jon G. Hather
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2013-10-28
Tropical Archaeobotany written by Jon G. Hather and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-28 with Social Science categories.
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.
Plants And People In The African Past
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Author : Anna Maria Mercuri
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-07-31
Plants And People In The African Past written by Anna Maria Mercuri and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-31 with Science categories.
There is an essential connection between humans and plants, cultures and environments, and this is especially evident looking at the long history of the African continent. This book, comprising current research in archaeobotany on Africa, elucidates human adaptation and innovation with respect to the exploitation of plant resources. In the long-term perspective climatic changes of the environment as well as human impact have posed constant challenges to the interaction between peoples and the plants growing in different countries and latitudes. This book provides an insight into/overview of the manifold routes people have taken in various parts Africa in order to make a decent living from the provisions of their environment by bringing together the analyses of macroscopic and microscopic plant remains with ethnographic, botanical, geographical and linguistic research. The numerous chapters cover almost all the continent countries, and were prepared by most of the scholars who study African archaeobotany, i.e. the complex and composite history of plant uses and environmental transformations during the Holocene.
Early Inhabitants Of The Amazonian Tropical Rain Forest
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Author : Santiago Mora Camargo
language : en
Publisher: Center for Comparative Arch
Release Date : 2003
Early Inhabitants Of The Amazonian Tropical Rain Forest written by Santiago Mora Camargo and has been published by Center for Comparative Arch this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Amazonas (Colombia : Department)) categories.
Based on empirical data obtained from the site of Peña Roja, Colombia, the author evaluates from an archaeological perspective the hypotheses related to cultural development in Amazonia. This book is also a contribution to the understanding of the relationships between humans and nature within tropical rain forests in general. Complete text in English and Spanish.
Food Fuel And Fields
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Author : Katharina Neumann
language : en
Publisher: Heinrich-Barth-Institut
Release Date : 2003-01-01
Food Fuel And Fields written by Katharina Neumann and has been published by Heinrich-Barth-Institut this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-01-01 with categories.
Based on papers from the 3rd International Workshop on African Archaeobotany, Frankfurt, Germany, July 5-7, 2000
Human Activities And The Tropical Rainforest
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Author : Bernard K. Maloney
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2013-11-11
Human Activities And The Tropical Rainforest written by Bernard K. Maloney and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-11 with Science categories.
Arising initially from a conference, the papers published here have been integrated into book form to provide information on human activities and the tropical rainforest in the past and present, and on the possible future of the rainforest, in a unique way. Other books have considered some, but not all, of these themes; however, none has stressed the continuity of change over time and its possible outcome for the people of the forest as well as for the forest itself. Because of the approach taken, this book should appeal across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Indeed a prime aim has been to suggest that rainforest, because of its complexity and the complexity of people-rainforest relationships throughout time, deserves study from a broad perspective. This book poses more questions than answers about the rainforest and it is hoped that it will encourage readers to think about the rainforest in a wider way than hitherto. This book is aimed at geographers (physical and human), social anthropologists, archaeologists, pedologists, foresters and tropical botanists and will be of value to graduates of various disciplines setting out to research the rainforest.
The Tropical Turn
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Author : Sureshkumar Muthukumaran
language : en
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Release Date : 2023
The Tropical Turn written by Sureshkumar Muthukumaran and has been published by Univ of California Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Agricultural innovations categories.
This book chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeological materials and textual sources in over seven ancient languages, The Tropical Turn unravels the breathtaking anthropogenic peregrinations of these familiar crops from their homelands in tropical and subtropical Asia to the Middle East and the Mediterranean, showing the significant impact South Asia had on the ecologies, dietary habits, and cultural identities of peoples across the ancient world. In the process, Sureshkumar Muthukumaran offers a fresh narrative history of human connectivity across Afro-Eurasia from the Bronze Age to the late centuries BCE.
Hunter Gatherer Archaeobotany
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Author : Sarah L.R. Mason
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-09-17
Hunter Gatherer Archaeobotany written by Sarah L.R. Mason and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-17 with Social Science categories.
Hunter-Gatherer Archaeobotany shows how archaeobotanical investigations can broaden our understanding of the much wider range of plants that have been of use to people in the recent and more distant past. The book compromises sixteen papers covering aspects of the archaeobotany of wild plants ranging across the northern hemisphere from Japan, across America, Europe and into the Near East. Sites examined span the Upper Palaeolithic to the recent past and demonstrate how such studies can extend our understanding of human interaction with plants throughout our history.
Archaeology Of African Plant Use
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Author : Chris J Stevens
language : en
Publisher: Left Coast Press
Release Date : 2014
Archaeology Of African Plant Use written by Chris J Stevens and has been published by Left Coast Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Science categories.
The first major synthesis of African archaeobotany in decades, this book significantly advances our knowledge of relationship between agriculture and social complexity.
Rethinking Agriculture
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Author : Timothy P Denham
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-07
Rethinking Agriculture written by Timothy P Denham and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07 with Gardening categories.
Although the need to study agriculture in different parts of the world on its “own terms” has long been recognized and re-affirmed, a tendency persists to evaluate agriculture across the globe using concepts, lines of evidence and methods derived from Eurasian research. However, researchers working in different regions are becoming increasingly aware of fundamental differences in the nature of, and methods employed to study, agriculture and plant exploitation practices in the past. Contributions to this volume rethink agriculture, whether in terms of existing regional chronologies, in terms of techniques employed, or in terms of the concepts that frame our interpretations. This volume highlights new archaeological and ethnoarchaeological research on early agriculture in understudied non-Eurasian regions, including Island Southeast Asia and the Pacific, the Americas and Africa, to present a more balanced view of the origins and development of agricultural practices around the globe.
Fields Of Change
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Author : René T. J. Cappers
language : en
Publisher: Barkhuis
Release Date : 2007
Fields Of Change written by René T. J. Cappers and has been published by Barkhuis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with History categories.
This volume contains fifteen papers given at the International Workshop on African Archaeobotany in Groningen in 2003. Several papers deal with the domestication history and related aspects of specific plants, including wheat (Triticum), rice (Oryza), pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum), fig (Ficus), cotton (Gossypium), silk-cotton (Ceiba pentandra) and baobab (Adansonia digitata). Other contributions discuss the exploitation of woody vegetations, members of the sedge family (Cyperaceae) and the botanical composition of mummy garlands. Three papers present the subfossil plant remains from Egyptian sites: Pharaonic caravan routes through the Theban Desert, Predynastic Adaïma and Napatan to Islamic Qasr Ibrim. The last contribution presents an update inventory of the ancient plant remains present in the Agricultural Museum (Dokki, Cairo). The book covers a wide range of countries and includes Namibia, Burkina Faso, Mali, Senegal, Mauritania, Canary Isles, Libya and Egypt.