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Wild Harvest: Plants in the Hominin and Pre-Agrarian Human Worlds
Lucy Kubiak Martens
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Description for Wild Harvest: Plants in the Hominin and Pre-Agrarian Human Worlds
Paperback. Editor(s): Hardy, Karen; Kubiak Martens, Lucy. Num Pages: 368 pages, black/white & colour images. BIC Classification: 3B; HDDA; PST. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Plants are fundamental to life; they are used by all human groups and most animals. They provide raw materials, vitamins and essential nutrients and we could not survive without them. Yet access to plant use before the Neolithic can be challenging. In some places, plant remains rarely survive and reconstructing plant use in pre-agrarian contexts needs to be conducted using a range of different techniques. This lack of visible evidence has led to plants being undervalued, both in terms of their contribution to diet and as raw materials. This book outlines why the role of plants is required for a ... Read more
Plants are fundamental to life; they are used by all human groups and most animals. They provide raw materials, vitamins and essential nutrients and we could not survive without them. Yet access to plant use before the Neolithic can be challenging. In some places, plant remains rarely survive and reconstructing plant use in pre-agrarian contexts needs to be conducted using a range of different techniques. This lack of visible evidence has led to plants being undervalued, both in terms of their contribution to diet and as raw materials. This book outlines why the role of plants is required for a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxbow Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781785701238
SKU
V9781785701238
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About Lucy Kubiak Martens
Karen Hardy is an archaeologist and works for ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Training) at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Her principal research interests lie in pioneer populations, human adaptations, pre-agrarian diet and plant-based technology.
Reviews for Wild Harvest: Plants in the Hominin and Pre-Agrarian Human Worlds
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