Theoretical goals and methodological realities
Problems in the reconstruction of prehistoric subsistence economies
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| ID | 3918801 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Elsie B Begler (Columbia University), Richard W Keatinge (Columbia University) |
| Ano | 1979 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Fascículo | 2 |
| Páginas | 208-226 |
| Data de publicação | 1979-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sim |
| Open Access | Não |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Periódico | World Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores do periódico | ISSN: 0043-8243 • E-ISSN: 1470-1375 |
| Editora | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00438243.1979.9979761 |
| OpenAlex | W2057383790 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citações recebidas | 8 |
| Referências citadas | 25 |
This paper addresses the utility of quantifying plant remains excavated from midden deposits of fully‐fledged agricultural settlements. Through an examination of subsistence data excavated from two single‐component sites on the Peruvian north coast, the authors consider the usefulness of such quantification in the analysis of seasonal patterns of resource utilization, cropping patterns and general dietary reconstruction. In a detailed discussion of methodological problems, several factors are identified which call into question both the reliability and the validity of the quantification of prehistoric plant remains. Foremost among these are the random nature of midden accumulation processes and problems of differential preservation due either to patterns of preparation and utilization or to differences in refuse durability. It is concluded that until a number of theoretical and methodological problems are resolved, the quantification of prehistoric plant remains will yield little additional information to that obtainable through traditional presence‐absence analysis
Agriculture · Archaeology · Cropping · Geography · Human settlement · Midden · Prehistory · Reliability (semiconductor · Resource (disambiguation · Settlement (finance · Subsistence agriculture · Subsistence economy · Taphonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
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The archaeology of public health at York, England
Human-Plant Mutualism and Niche Expression in the Paleoethnobotanical Record
The Maritime Foundations of Andean Civilization
Papers in Economic Prehistory
A Hunters' Village in Neolithic Turkey
Population growth
The conditions of agricultural growth
Population Growth
Some Problems in the Quantitative Analysis of Vegetable Refuse Illustrated by a Late Horizon Site on the Peruvian Coast
Prehistoric carrying capacity
The Prehistory of the Tehuacan Valley. Vol. I
Urban Settlement Systems and Rural Sustaining Communities
Determining Site Function
Archaeological Evidence for Population Pressure in Pre-Agricultural Societies
The Relative Value of Fragmentary Mammalian Remains
History and Distribution of the Cultivated Cucurbits in the Americas
Carrying Capacity and Dynamic Equilibrium in the Prehistoric Southwest
Subsistence Ecology of Scovill, a Terminal Middle Woodland Village
Ethnobotanical Aspects of Snaketown, a Hohokam Village in Southern Arizona
Approaches to Faunal Analysis in Archaeology
Plant Material from a Cave on the Rio Zape, Durango, Mexico
Implications of Vegetal Remains from an Illinois Hopewell Site
Quantitative Analysis of Shells from a Site in Goleta, California
A Method of Calculating the Dietary Percentage of Various Food Animals Utilized by Aboriginal Peoples
Archaeology and Proteins
On the Interpretation of Faunal Remains
Cultivated Plant Remains from Waterfall Cave, Chihuahua
| Obras citantes distintas | 8 |
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| Citações por ano | 0,18 |
| Intervalo de citações | 1981 - 2021 (41) |
| Velocidade de citação | historical |
| Altamente citado | Não |
| Tipos de citação | Neutras: 8 |