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Discerning Palates of the Past : an Ethnoarchaeological Study of Crop Cultivation and Plant Usage in India /
This book analyzes the agricultural and pastoral infrastructure of the Mature and Late Harappan cultures (ca. 2500-1700 BC) of northwest India. The economic role of drought-resistant millet crops is reconstructed using ethnographic studies of crop processing, palaeoethnobotany, and carbon isotope an...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA :
International Monographs on Prehistory,
[2003]
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| Colección: | Ethnoarchaeological series ;
5. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Plants, Past and Present: An Introduction; Chapter 2. Archaeological Context and the Scope of Inquiry; Chapter 3. The Living Past: Ethnographic Crop Processing Studies; Chapter 4. The Search for Patterns: Ethnographic Modeling and Archaeological Relevance; Chapter 5. Going Beyond Carbonized Seed Lists: Paleoethnobotanical Research; Chapter 6. If the Threshing Floor Could Talk: Testing the Ethnographic Models; Chapter 7. Modeling Animal Diet and Fodder Acquisition; Chapter 8. Conclusion: Discerning Palates, Plant Usage and Subsistence Glossary; References