Plants and People in the African Past : Progress in African Archaeobotany.
| 1. Verfasser: |
Mercuri, Anna Maria, 1961-
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
D'Andrea, A. Catherine.
Fornaciari, Rita. Höhn, Alexa 1968- |
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Cham :
Springer,
2018.
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| Umfang/Format: |
1 online resource (577 pages). |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Plants and People in the African Past : Progress in African Archaeobotany (Print version:) |
| Online Zugang: |
Available online |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro -- Contents -- Plants and People in the African Past: Themes and Objectives of Archaeobotany -- IWAA Workshops -- Published Volumes from Previous IWAA Workshops -- The Organization and Themes of This Book -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Mediterranean Africa -- Archaeobotanical Study at the Early Dynastic Cemetery in Helwan (3100-2600 BC), Egypt: Plant Diversity at Early Dynastic Memphis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Study Area -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Crop Plants -- Cereals -- Flax -- Pulses -- Wild/Weedy Plants -- Wild Fruits -- Field Weeds -- Plants of Moist Habitats -- Plants of Dry Habitats -- Indeterminate Taxa -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Study of Plant Remains from the Embalming Cache KV63 at Luxor, Egypt -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Floral Collars in Ancient Egypt -- Materials and Methods -- Results and Discussion -- The Plant Remains Arranged in KV63: Floral Collars and Other Plant Remains -- Floral Collars -- Other Plant Remains -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Farming and Trade in Amheida/Trimithis (Dakhla Oasis, Egypt): New Insights from Archaeobotanical Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Context of Study -- Ecological Setting -- The Archaeological Context -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Discussion -- Semi-desert Vegetation -- Acacia nilotica (Nile Acacia) -- Ziziphus spina-Christi (Christ's Thorn) -- Phoenix dactylifera (Date Palm) -- Mediterranean Plants -- Olea europaea (Olive Tree) -- Ceratonia siliqua (Carob) -- Asian and Rare Plants -- Prunus persica (Peach) -- Terminalia chebula (Black Myrobalan) -- Conclusion -- References -- Archaeobotanical Studies from Hierakonpolis: Evidence for Food Processing During the Predynastic Period in Egypt -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Materials and Methods -- Results. | |
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| 505 | 8 | |a Dry-Sieved Samples from Squares C3-4 and C10-11 -- Charred Residue Samples from the Vats in Operation B -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Grapes, Raisins and Wine? Archaeobotanical Finds from an Egyptian Monastery -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Monastic Settlement of Saint John the Little -- Charred Grape-Pressing Remains -- Grape Pressing Remains: Evidence of Wine Production? -- Grape-Pressing Remains: Uses and Disposal -- Wine Production in the Coptic Church -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- The Role of Morphometry to Delineate Changes in the Spikelet Shape of Wild Cereals: The Case Study of Takarkori (Holocene, Central Sahara, SW Libya) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Study Area -- Materials and Methods -- Sample Selection -- Morphometrical Analysis -- Statistical Analysis -- Results -- Morphometrical Analysis -- Statistical Analysis -- Discussion -- Cereals as Key to Understanding Plant Resources in Central Sahara -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Web Sites -- The Holocene Flora and Vegetation of Ti-n Hanakaten (Tassili n'Ajjer, Algerian Sahara) -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Study Area and the Present Vegetation -- Materials and Methods -- Archaeobotanical Sampling and Laboratory Procedures -- Results -- State of Preservation of Archaeobotanical Remains -- Pollen Flora and Charcoal Species of Ti-n Hanakaten -- The Pollen and Charcoal Spectra -- Discussion -- Floristic Elements of Ti-n Hanakaten -- Vegetation Cover of Ti-n Hanakaten -- Wood Exploitation -- Conclusion -- References -- The Use of Wild Plants in the Palaeolithic and Neolithic of Northwestern Africa: Preliminary Results from the PALEOPLANT Project -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Study Area -- Materials and Methods -- Seeds and Fruits -- Wood Charcoal -- Phytoliths and Calcitic Microfossils -- Results. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Seeds and Fruits -- Wood Charcoal -- Phytoliths and Calcitic Microfossils -- Discussion -- Exploring Vegetation Dynamics -- Evidence of Food Plants -- Indirect Evidence of Basketry -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Archaeology and Palaeoecology: Integrated Methods -- The Translocation of Useful Trees in African Prehistory -- Abstract -- Introduction: The 'Domesticated' Rainforest -- The Principles of Translocation -- Overview of Translocated Species -- General -- Translocated Trees in Semi-arid Regions -- Tree Translocation in the Modern Era -- Open Niches and Continuing Transformation -- The Example of the Wild Date-Palm, Phoenix reclinata (Arecaceae) -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Middle Holocene Environmental Change at Mtwapa Creek, Kenya: Distinguishing Human Activity from Regional Ecological Processes -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Local Environment and Sedimentary Context -- Pre-Swahili Archaeological Research -- Methods -- Results -- Radiocarbon Dates -- Pollen -- Fungi -- Discussion -- Zone 1: c. 7500-6300 cal yr BP -- Zone 2: c. 6200-4000 BP -- Middle Holocene Landscape Use in the Coastal Hinter -- Conclusion -- References -- Multiscalar Perspectives on Holocene Climatic and Environmental Changes in the Sahara and Nile Corridor, with Special Consideration of Archaeological Sites on Sai Island, Sudan -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Environmental Setting: Modern Climate, Vegetation, and Land Use -- Modern Vegetation of the Sahara and Sahel -- The Nile and Its Exceptional Environments -- Paleoclimate and Paleovegetation -- Regional Context: Environmental Changes Across the Sahara -- The Eastern Sahara -- The Nile Corridor -- Implications for Human Behavior and Resource Access Issues -- Holocene Plant Use Along the Nile -- Plant Use Along the Nile During Peak Moisture Delivery. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Plant Use Along the Nile During the Onset of Food Production -- Pollen Records from Archaeological Sites on Sai Island -- Site 8-B-10C -- Site 8-B-76 -- Site 8-B-81 -- Site 8-B-10A -- Relations Between Environmental and Economic Changes -- Local Environmental Changes -- Push and Pull: Hinterland and Refugium -- Final Remarks -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Archaeological Deposit in Motako, Southwest Nigeria, Investigated by Pollen Analysis -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Environmental Setting, Economic Activity and Land Use in Motako -- Materials and Methods -- Results -- Lithology and Chemical Properties of Sediments -- Radiocarbon Date -- Palynomorph Types -- Phyto-Ecological Groups -- Local Pollen Zones -- Zone I (110-85 cm: 3 Samples -- 126.5 ± 0.3 pMC) -- Zone II (85-70 cm: 1 Sample) -- Zone III (70-45 cm: 3 Samples) -- Zone IV (45-25 cm: 2 Samples) -- Zone V (25-0 cm: 3 Samples) -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Pits at Pangwari: Charcoal Taphonomy at a Multi-phased Nok Site, Central Nigeria -- Abstract -- Introduction -- The Nok Culture -- Environmental Settings -- Archaeology of the Site -- Charcoal Analyses-Material and Method -- Results -- Charcoal Types -- Chrysobalanaceae I -- Anogeissus leiocarpa, Combretaceae -- Combretum glutinosum, Combretaceae -- Terminalia spp., Combretaceae -- Caesalpinioideae I, Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae -- Detarieae I, Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae -- Pericopsis spp., Fabaceae, Faboideae -- Parkia spp., Fabaceae, Mimosoideae -- Khaya spp., Meliaceae -- Syzygium spp., Myrtaceae -- Lophira spp., Ochnaceae -- Phyllanthaceae I -- Flueggea/Hymenocardia, Phyllanthaceae -- Uapaca spp., Phyllanthaceae -- Rubiaceae I -- Sapindaceae I -- Sapotaceae -- Charcoal Assemblage -- The Features and Their Charcoal Assemblages -- Discussion -- Site History. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a Feature History. Can We Rely on the Dates? -- Sample History. How Representative Are the in situ Assemblages? -- The Function of the Pits -- The Environment -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Plant Use, Agricultural History and Ethnoarchaeology: Foods and Fields -- Mapping Global Agricultural History: A Map and Gazetteer for Sub-Saharan Africa, c.1800 AD -- Abstract -- Introduction -- PART I: Previous Research -- Mapping Global Agricultural History -- Global Categories -- Sources and Methods -- PART II: Agricultural Systems by AD 1800 -- Pastoralism and Ranching -- Husbandry of Non-domesticated Plants -- Extensive or Undifferentiated Agriculture -- Permanent Fields on Dry Lands -- Flood Retreat and Other Wetland Cultivation -- Mixed Farming -- Mixed Farming: Infield-Outfield Systems -- Mixed Farming, General -- Mixed Farming with Terracing -- Intensive Systems -- Intensive Systems: Banana Gardens -- Intensive Systems: Canal Irrigation -- Irrigated Rice -- Summary and Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Agriculture and Wild Plant Use in the Middle Senegal River Valley, c. 800 BC-1000 AD -- Abstract -- Introduction -- Agroecology of the Middle Senegal Valley -- Archaeological Research in the Middle Senegal Valley -- Archaeobotanical Research in the MSV -- Characterizing the Archaeobotanical Assemblage -- Staple grains (N = 16,390, 64.4% of assemblage) -- Wild grasses (N = 2677, 10.5% of assemblage) -- Trees and Shrubs (N = 4720, 18.6% of assemblage) -- Other Taxa (N = 1544, 6.1% of assemblage) -- Temporal Patterns -- Site Variability -- Human Use of Wild Plants in the Middle Senegal Valley -- Trees and Shrubs -- Wild grasses -- Other Taxa -- Discussion -- Agriculture in the Middle Senegal Valley -- Discussion -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- References. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a The Archaeobotany of the Later Stone Age (LSA) in Nigeria: A Review. | |
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