Ancient Starch Research
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analysis
Ancient Starch
Ancient Starch Research
archaeobotany
archaeological plant resource analysis
Bracken Fern
Caesium Chloride
Category=NK
Cross-polarised Light
Cuddie Springs
Cultural Formation Processes
Dioscorea Bulbifera
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
ESEM Micrograph
food production origins
grain
granules
human evolution diet
Judith Field
microremains identification
Native Starch
organs
paleoethnobotany
plant domestication
Plant Microfossils
Post-depositional Movement
Reference Collection
residue
RS2
SEM Micrographs
Sodium Polytungstate
Starch Analysis
Starch Granule Morphologies
Starch Granules
Starch Pathways
Starch Research
Starch Residues
starchy
Starchy Plants
Starchy Residues
stone
storage
tools
underground
Product details
- ISBN 9780367605780
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 210 x 280mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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What role did plant resources have in the evolution of the human species? Why and how have plants been managed and transported to new environments? Where, how, and why were plants domesticated, and why do the patterns vary in different parts of the world? What is the relationship between the intensification of food production and the rise of complex societies? Numerous new studies are using starch granules discovered in archaeological contexts to answer these questions and improve our knowledge of past human behavior and environmental variation. Given the substantial body of successful research, the time has clearly come for a comprehensive description of ancient starch research and its potential for archaeologists. This book fills these roles by describing the fundamental principles underlying starch research, guiding researchers through the methodology, reviewing the results of significant case studies, and pointing the way to future avenues for research. The joint product of over two dozen archaeological scientists, Ancient Starch Research aims to bring the important new field of ancient starch analysis to the attention of a wider range of scholars and to provide them with the information needed to embark on their own research.
Robin Torrence, Huw Barton
