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Archaeology of plants: current research in archaeobotany.
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Archaeology of plants: current research in archaeobotany.
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Proceedings of the 12th IWGP Symposium, Sheffield 2001
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Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
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11
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Journal
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Felix Bittmann
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Stefanie Jacomet
Glynis Jones
Michael Charles
Felix Bittmann
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Springer
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2002
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30 Jul 2007
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Archaeology of plants: current research in archaeobotany.; Proceedings of the 12th IWGP Symposium, Sheffield ...
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Special issue of papers presented at the twelfth International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP) in Sheffield on 17--24 June 2001, covering four themes: consumption (food, fodder and cuisine); collecting and cultivation; historical archaeobotany; and analytical archaeobotany. Contributions include
Investigations of pod characters in the Vicieae
Ann Butler
127 - 132
a study of the fruits of modern members of the Vicieae (vetch tribe) was undertaken to seek morphological, micromorphological and anatomical criteria which may assist in the identification of the archaeological remains of pods and in particular ones that may be useful for the diagnosis of their wild or domesticated status. The study included wild and domesticated Pisum (peas), Lens (lentils) and Vicia (common vetch) and some of their wild relatives found in the Old World. The results show that the micromorphological features of the pod surface tend to be highly variable, and do not distinguish the taxa. Most importantly, the pods of less-developed domesticated taxa show no reduction in the number of fibrous layers in the pod wall compared with those of their closest wild relatives, and no morphological or anatomical evidence has been found to indicate the dehiscent or indehiscent status of a pod. This appears to challenge some of our accepted wisdom on the mechanics of legume dehiscence
An experimental approach to Neolithic shifting cultivation
Manfred Rösch
Otto Ehrmann
Ludger Herrmann
Erhard Schulz
Arno Bogenrieder
Johann Peter Godammer
Matthias Hall
Hans Page
Wolfram Schier
143 - 154
to test certain hypotheses concerning archaeobotanical data from Late Neolithic lake-shore dwellings (4300-3500 cal B.C.) in the northern Pre-alpine lowlands, the authors have conducted tests since 1994 in a slightly south-exposed experimental area of approximately 4.5 ha on a loess soil covered by mixed deciduous forest. A procedure of clearing, burning the dry small timber and then growing winter cereals (bread wheat) for one season provided yields of between 2000 and 4000 kg grains per ha. The harvest was more or less free from weeds. First attempts with summer crops gave much lower yields of about 1100 kg grains per ha. Continuous cereal growing on the same place in the following years resulted in minimal to zero yields, mainly due to vigorous weed growth of forest perennials native of clearings and forest fringes. Ploughing to remove the weeds was not possible, because of the presence of roots and tree-stumps, most of them still living. Weed regulation by hoeing, burning or cattle grazing remains to be tested. Protection of the crop from game and birds was by fences and nets, but protection from mice seems difficult. In the spectra from the pollen traps, clearing and burning were strongly indicated, but cereal growing only slightly
A new archaeobotanical database program
Angela Kreuz
Eva Schäfer
177 - 179
it is argued that the available quantity of archaeobotanical data derived from the identification of macroremains has expanded considerably over the last few decades, and that in order to obtain a supraregional or even regional overview for a particular period of time, or of the distribution of a single species, a database is needed. At the Archaeobotanical Department of the Kommission für Archäologische Landesforschung in Hessen e.V. (KAL), such a database has been developed in the last few years. It is suitable for the handling of large quantities of archaeobotanical results, including a whole range of background information comprising archaeological, ecological and other related data, and offers various possibilities for the evaluation of these data