Archaeobotamy Flashcards
1
Q
What is archeaobotanical science
A
Study of how people in past used plants
2
Q
How is this stuff found
A
Charred remains of food + fuel plants
3
Q
Archaeobotanical assemblage formation (4++)
A
Pre-chatting = fuel use, cooking, waste, accidental loss
Charring = differential destruction
Depositional = movement from fire to send matrix
Post dispositional = mixing, trampling, breakage
4
Q
Archaeobotanical sample processing - 1970s (2)
A
The flotation machine
3 tank high capacity, water-recycling flotation system
5
Q
What are ineble parts of the grain
A
Chaff
6
Q
What is anthracology
A
Wood charcoal analysis
