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This module provides an 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 is explored as well as 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 and the evolution of food technologies and dietary reconstruction are also covered.
Module information
- Code: ARCL0019
- Credits: 15
- Coordinator: Dorian Fuller
- Handbook:
For registered students
- Reading list:
Availability
- Running in 2023-24
