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1 online resource (197 pages) |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Map of Site Locations; 1. North American Indian Corn; 2. Cultivated Plants from Picuris; 3. Corn in the Province of Aminoya; 4. Corn from Three North Carolina Sites, 31Gs55, 56, and 30; 5. Cultivated Plant Remains from Historic Missouri and Osage Indian Sites; 6. Corn for the Voyageurs; 7. Corn from Fort Michilimackinac, a.d. 17701780; 8. Corn from the Waterman Site (11R122), Illinois; 9. Plant Remains from the Rhoads Site (11Lo8), Illinois; 10. Plants from Archaeological Sites East of the Rockies |
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11. Published Works of Cutler and BlakeWorks Cited; Index of Latin Names for Plant Taxa; Index of Corn Races and Varieties; General Index |
| Summary |
Plants from the Past is a fascinating, comprehensive record of the work of two dedicated plant scientists who were instrumental in the establishment of archaeobotany and paleoethnobotany as vigorous subdisciplines within American archaeology. Hugh Carson Cutler and Leonard Watson Blake worked together for many decades at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, identifying and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites all over North America. Covering a period of 30 years and tracing the development of the study of plant remains from archaeological sites, the volume will give arch |
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Print version record |
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Plant remains (Archaeology)
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Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States
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Paleoethnobotany.
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Indians of North America -- Antiquities.
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Corn -- United States -- History
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Plants, Cultivated -- United States -- History
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Archaeology.
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Antiquities
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Corn
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Excavations (Archaeology)
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Indians of North America -- Antiquities
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Paleoethnobotany
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Plant remains (Archaeology)
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Plants, Cultivated
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United States -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85139797
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Cutler, Hugh C., 1912-1998.
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Fritz, Gayle
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Watson, Patty Jo
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| ISBN |
9780817313227 |
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0817313222 |
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