book chapter
Pachamachay ethnobotanical report: plant utilization at a hunting base camp
Prehistoric hunters of the high Andes, by John W. Rick • New York • Published In 1980 • Pages: 191-231
By: Pearsall, Deborah M..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Pearsall examined the abundant carbonized botanical remains from unit 1 and unit 7 at Pachamachay cave. She describes the various ecological zones where different plants can be found today to help determine land-use prehistorically. Comparative materials came from her own and others collections and seed manuals and herbarium materials. '…32% of the 10,987 archaeological seeds studied were identified to genus, 61% were identified to family, and 7% remain unidentified.' (page 194). Wood remains were also identified. Camelid dung was also included in her analysis as it was carbonized and found in the flotation samples. Pearsall discusses the probably uses of these materials, including which ones were probably used as fuel.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Flora
- Historical reconstruction
- Land use
- Fire
- Cultural stratigraphy
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Highland Andean Archaic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- South America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Andes
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Botanist
- 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
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry ; 2002
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1973
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 12,000 BP-3600 BP (10,000 B.C.-1600 B.C.)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Pachamachay; Peru
- NotesAdditional notes
- Deborah M. Pearsall
- For bibliographical references see 8:Rick (p. 344-352)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 79028090
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of South America--Andes--Antiquities