Overview

Plant-centred issues are fundamental in the definitions and explanations of the Neolithic as a phenomenon.The meeting of the Neolithic Studies Group from which this volume developed aimed to provide a forum for the wide range of approaches now applied to Neolithic archaeobotany at site and landscape scales of resolution.

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Author:   Andrew S. Fairbairn
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   0.476kg
ISBN:  

9781842170274

ISBN 10:   1842170279
Pages:   210
Publication Date:   01 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Bringing plants into the taskscape (A Whittle) High resolution maping of landscapes and landuse (M J Allen) Coleopteran evidence for the elm decline (M Robinson) Plant rescources on a crannog (C Warsop) Floodplain vegetation history (A G Brown) Woodland, trees and people in southern Britain (P Austin) The importance of cultivation and collecting in Britain (G Jones) Charred cereals, fruits and nuts (Mark Robinson) Wheat crops of Britain (F McLaren) Neolithization of the Netherlands (C Bakels) Spread of plant crops across Britain (A Fairbairn) Human consumption of plant foods in the British Neolithic (M P Richards) Neolithic ale (M Dineley & G Dineley) Plant as the raw material for crafts (L Hurcombe) Reconstructing archaeobotany (J Swogger)

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