Plants and People in Ancient Ecuador The Ethnobotany of the Jama River Valley

Name: Plants and People in Ancient Ecuador The Ethnobotany of the Jama River Valley
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ISBN: 9780534613211

ISBN-10: 0534613217

ISBN-13: 9780534613211

Edition: 2004

Authors: Deborah M. Pearsall

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This case study illustrates the contemporary archaeological field of ethnobotany, and explores the interrelationships between the prehistoric residents of a small valley in coastal Ecuador and the dry tropical forest habitat in which they lived. The work has three related objectives: 1. it is an ethnobotany ? a work that explores how, through the medium of culture, people shape and are shaped by the environment in which they live, 2. it is a work that synthesizes results of some 10 years of research done by Pearsall during the Jama Archaeological-Paleoethnobotanical project, and 3. it is a work that provides Pearsall with the opportunity to illustrate paleoethnobotanical research methods,…

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List price: $65.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 2/6/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 200
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594



List of Figures and Tables


Foreword


Preface



Ethnobotany: the Study of Human-Plant Interrelationships



The Research Process: An Overview of the Jama Project



Living and Working in the Jama Valley



Recovering the Archaeobotanical Data



Modern Flora and Agricultural Studies: Goals and Methods



Plants Used by the Jama-Coaque People



Plant-People Interrelationships in Early Jama-Coaque II



Producing Food in the Jama River Valley



Staying in Balance in the Jama River Valley



The Evolution of Tropical Forest Agriculture



Ethnobotany in Archaeology



Macroremains from the Pechichal Site, Excluding Unkowns


Bibliography


Index