Plant Diversity in the Archaeological Record: A Means Toward Defining Hunter–Gatherer Mobility Strategies

The diversity and ubiquity measures of archaeological macrobotanical remains can be utilized to help define mobility strategies of hunter–gatherers. Differences in the diversity and ubiquity of plant remains are predicted to occur between different types of sites utilized by hunter–gatherers. Such s...

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Published inJournal of archaeological science Vol. 24; no. 12; pp. 1129 - 1139
Main Author Bonzani, Renée M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier Ltd 01.12.1997
Elsevier Science
Academic Press
Subjects
COLOMBIA
Environmental studies
Flora
LOWLAND SAVANNAS
Methodology and general studies
MOBILITY STRATEGIES
PALEOETHNOBOTANY
Prehistory and protohistory
SUBSISTENCE
Colombia
America
PALEOETHNOBOTANY
MOBILITY STRATEGIES
SUBSISTENCE
COLOMBIA
LOWLAND SAVANNAS
Settlement strategies
Economy
Flora
Botany
Seasonality
American culture
Mobility
Environment
Ethnology
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Summary:The diversity and ubiquity measures of archaeological macrobotanical remains can be utilized to help define mobility strategies of hunter–gatherers. Differences in the diversity and ubiquity of plant remains are predicted to occur between different types of sites utilized by hunter–gatherers. Such sites include base camps of residentially and logistically mobile groups, as well as special-purpose sites usually associated with logistically mobile groups. The focus upon the importance of strategies of mobility and plant use instead of the typological determination of plant taxa allows for the use of specimen types in such analyses when scientific identifications are difficult to make. Data from the archaeological site of San Jacinto 1, located in northern Colombia, are utilized to examine this relationship.
ISSN:0305-4403
1095-9238
DOI:10.1006/jasc.1997.0192