essay

The paleoethnobotanical record for the mid-Holocene Southeast

archaeology of the mid-holocene southeastGainesvillePublished In 1996 • Pages: 99-114

By: Gremillion, Kristen J..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Gremillion summarizes paleobotanical data dating from the Middle and Late Archaic throughout the southeast. She examines diet and points out the long stability in nut use does not seem to be true for coastal sites. The long period of nut use may have entailed changes in settlement patterns, in storage, and in processing technology. She looks at initial plant domestication. Harvesting and replanting of seeds began before 4000 B.P., although earliest use may have been for seeds and for a container crop. Gremillion also discusses what research needs to be done in the future.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Flora
Diet
Chronologies and culture sequences
traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Eastern Middle Archaic
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2001
RegionThe area the document pertains to
North America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Woodlands
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
essay
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Archaeologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Sarah Berry ; 2000
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
Middle Archaic
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
southeast United States
NotesAdditional notes
Kristen J. Gremillion
For bibliographical references see Anonymous, 1996.
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
95045466
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Indians of North America--Southern States--Antiquities