Plants and Archaeology
Introductory outline of the types of plant remains which survive in different archaeological settings; their sampling and recovery, and the archaeological questions that can be addressed. The use of pollen and wood charcoal in reconstructing environments and human impacts. Seasonality of occupation of hunter-gatherer sites, their diet and the role of ethno-ecological modelling. The problems of detecting domestication and the start of pre-domestication cultivation and subsequent dispersals. The evolution of food technologies and dietary reconstruction.
- Code: ARCL2009
- Course unit value: 0.5
- Coordinator: Dorian Fuller
- Prerequisite:
- Handbook: open»
For registered students
- Moodle page: open»
- Turnitin id: 434714
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Availability: Not running in 2013-14
