Paleoecology of an archaeological site near Snowflake, Arizona

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New Life from Ashes: The Tale of the Burnt Rush (Rhus trilobata)

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New Life from Ashes II: A Tale of Burnt Brush

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Arizona State Museum Archaeological Series No. 199

Many plant fragments recovered from two pre-ceramic rock shelters occupied some 3000 or more years ago look no different from modem plants. When plant material preserves so well, the contribution of ethnobotany to archaeological research can be enormous. Volney Jones (1941: 220) defined ethnobotany as the study of the interrelationship of pre-industrial people and plants. In archaeological sites ethnobotanists, through attention to taxonomic peculiarities, can identify plant fragments primarily at the generic level, but also to races and varieties in some cultivated plants. Existing traditions of utilization, the context of recovery (such as a burned seed in a hearth), and other indirect lines of evidence serve to categorize plant remains according to use: foods, fuels, basketry, sandals, cordage, medicinal, or ceremonial items. This study attempts to identify and interpret food usage when cultivated crops were initially available in south-central New Mexico. (excerpted from Introduction)Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Environmental and cultural -- pt. I. The environment of the Tularosa basin and the Sacramento mountains -- pt. II. Sources of evidence of post pleistocene climate and vegetation -- pt. III. Cultural activity in the Tularosa basin and the Sacramento mountains -- Ch. 3. nature of the rockshelter deposits, related problems and ethnobotanical procedures -- pt. I. Influences of the rockshelter deposits, related problems and ethnobotanical procedures -- pt. II. Ethnobotanical procedures in the two rock shelters -- Ch. 4. Distribution of plant taxa in the rock shelters with notes pertaining to their nature and potential significance to humans and rodents -- Ch. 5. Fresnal shelter -- Ch. 6. High rolls cave -- Ch. 7. Behavioral ecology, optimal foraging, and the diet breadth model -- Ch. 8. Fresnal shelter and high rolls cave -- App. A. Fresnal shelter: content of excavation units and features -- App. B. High rolls cave: content of excavation units and features.This title from the ASM Archaeological Series is made available by the Arizona State Museum and University of Arizona Libraries. If you have questions about this title, please contact Jannelle Weakly at the Arizona State Museum, (520) 621-6311, [email protected]

Deciphering Prehistoric Plant Use at the Mazatzal Rest Area in the Upper Tonto Basin of Eastern Arizona

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Paleoecology of the Hay Hollow site, Arizona /

v.63:no.1 (1972