Seeds, Weeds, And Prehistoric Hunters And Gatherers:
1988; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 33; Issue: 120 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1080/2052546.1988.11909433
ISSN2052-546X
Autores Tópico(s)American Environmental and Regional History
ResumoLittle information is available on the role of plants in the prehistoric hunter and gatherer societies of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions. The recovery of thousands of chaced seeds from the fill of 152 hearths or pit features at eight prehistoric sites provides an excellent opportunity to study the importance of seed foods in the subsistence of prehistoric inhabitants in southwest Wyoming, an area between the Great Plains, northern Colorado Plateau, and Great Basin. The type and season of represented activities are inferred partly from ethnographic and historic literature. Comparisons with other macrofossil studies in the area indicate a greater reliance on seeds from weedy annuals during the Late Prehistoric than in earlier Archaic periods. This greater reliance may have resulted from hunters and gatherers intentionally or accidentally manipulating their environment. They may have burned off the vegetation or actually broadcasted seeds of desired plants.
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