{"product_id":"ancient-plants-and-people-marco-madella-9780816533602","title":"Ancient Plants and People: Contemporary Trends in Archaeobotany","description":"Mangroves and rice, six-row brittle barley and einkorn wheat. Ancient crops for prehistoric people. What do they have in common? All tell us about the lives and cultures of long ago, as humans cultivated or collected these plants for food. Exploring these and other important plants used for millennia by humans, \u003ci\u003eAncient Plants and People\u003c\/i\u003e presents a wide-angle view of the current state of archaeobotanical research, methods, and theories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Food has both a public and a private role, and it permeates the life of all people in a society. Food choice, production, and distribution probably represent the most complex indicators of social life, and thus a study of foods consumed by ancient peoples reveals many clues about their lifestyles. But in addition to yielding information about food production, distribution, preparation, and consumption, plant remains recovered from archaeological sites offer precious insights on past landscapes, human adaptation to climate change, and the relationship between human groups and their environment. Revealing important aspects of past human societies, these plant-driven insights widen the spectrum of information available to archaeologists as we seek to understand our history as a biological and cultural species. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Often answers raise more questions. As a result, archaeobotanists are constantly pushed to reflect on the methodological and theoretical aspects of their discipline. The contributors discuss timely methodological issues and engage in debates on a wide range of topics from plant utilization by hunter-gatherers and agriculturalists, to uses of ancient DNA. \u003ci\u003eAncient Plants and People\u003c\/i\u003e provides a global perspective on archaeobotanical research, particularly on the sophisticated interplay between the use of plants and their social or environmental context.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Marco Madella\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816533601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816533602\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Arizona Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Marco Madella","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44072817033471,"sku":"9780816533602","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_75f2b356-e0b9-4595-a7dc-96ef4ec03e9c.jpg?v=1685444100","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ancient-plants-and-people-marco-madella-9780816533602","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}