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Contents
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Preface
1. Paleoethnobotanical Method and Theory in theTwenty-First Century
Part I: Formation Processes
2. Formation Processes of the Macrobotanical Record
3. Formation and Taphonomic Processes Affecting Starch Granules
4. Formation Processes of Pollen and Phytoliths
Part II: Recovery, Identification, and Data Management
5. Sampling Strategies in Paleoethnobotanical Analysis
6. Recovering Macrobotanical Remains: Current Methods and Techniques
7. Laboratory Analysis and Identification of Plant Macroremains
8. Digitizing the Archaeobotanical Record
Part III: Quantification and Analysis
9. Ratios and Simple Statistics in Paleoethnobotanical Analysis: Data Exploration and Hypothesis Testing
10. The Use of Multivariate Statistics within Archaeobotany
11. Analysis and Interpretation of Intrasite Variability in Paleoethnobotanical Remains: A Consideration and Application of Methods at the Ravensford Site, North Carolina
12. Intersite Variation within Archaeobotanical Charred Assemblages: A Case Study Exploring the Social Organization of Agricultural Husbandry in Iron Age and Roman Britain
Part IV: Integration of Paleoethnobotanical Data
13. Peopling the Environment: Interdisciplinary Inquiries into Socioecological Systems Incorporating Paleoclimatology and Geoarchaeology
14. From the Ground Up: Advances in Stable Isotope-Based Paleodietary Inference
15. Ancient Biomolecules from Archaeobotanical Remains
16. A Landscape Context for Paleoethnobotany: The Contribution of Aerial and Satellite Remote Sensing
Part V: Interpretation
17. Human Behavioral Ecology and Paleoethnobotany
18. Documenting Human Niche Construction in the Archaeological Record
19. Paleoethnobotanical Analysis, Post-Processing
References Cited
About the Contributors
Index