Minnis, Paul E.

Reports. Seeds in archaeological sites: sources and some interpretive problems. Paul E. Minnis - Estados Unidos-US : Society for American Archaeology, 1981. - páginas 143-152: ilustraciones blanco y negro - Trimestral - vol.46; n.1 (Jan. 1981) - American Antiquity. Journal of the Society for American Archaeology ; no.1 . - Soociety for American Archaeology. .

Mocroplant remains recovered during excavation and by flotation are an ambiguous record of prehistoric human plant interactions. This paper attempts to clarity the relationship by considering natural and cultural processes affecting the archaeological survival of seeds recovered from sites. Also outlined are some characteristics of these botanical artifacts useful in distinguishing their source. In adition, brief comments are directed toward the problem of biases in the paleothnobotanical record.

BOTANICA ARQUEOLOGIA