Contents
List of illustrations
List of tables
Preface
The Processes of Plant Food Production in Prehistoric North America / Richard I. Ford
Adaptive Strategies of Archaic Cultures of the West Gulf Coastal Plain / Dee Ann Story
Some Botanical Considerations of the Early Domesticated Plants North of Mexico / Charles B. Heiser, Jr
Early Cultivated Cucurbits in Eastern North America / Frances B. King
The Impact of Early Horticulture in the Upland Drainages of the Midwest and Midsouth / Patty Jo Watson
Prehistoric Plant Cultivation in West-Central Illinois / David L. Asch and Nancy E. Asch
Understanding the Evolution of Plant Husbandry in Eastern North America: Lessons from Botany, Ethnography and Archaeology / C. Wesley Cowan
Domestication and Diffusion of Maize / Walton C. Galinat
The Age of Maize in the Greater Southwest: A Critical Review / Michael S. Berry
Domesticating People and Plants in the Greater Southwest / Paul E. Minnis
Patterns of Prehistoric Food Production in North America / Richard I. Ford
Bibliography