Sowing the seed?
Human Impact and Plant Subsistence in Dutch Wetlands During the Late Mesolithic and Early and Middle Neolithic (5500-3400 cal BC)
Published on 30. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
502 pages
978-90-8728-072-7 (ISBN)
Description
Dutch Wetlands|Late Mesolithic|Plant Subsistence
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Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Adult education
Dimensions
Height: 273 mm
Weight
1313 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-8728-072-7 (9789087280727)
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Welmoed Out graduated in Biology at the Utrecht University in 2002. Between 2003 and 2008 she worked as a Ph.D. student in the archaeological research project 'The Malta Harvest: From Hardinxveld to Noordhoorn - from forager to farmer'. The results of the archaeobotanical research are presented in this thesis, and in several other publications. After the Ph.D. research she had a temporary position as a Marie Curie Research Fellow Archaeobotany at the University of Sheffield.
Content
Contents - 8[-]1. Introduction - 18[-]2. Central river area - 28[-]3. Coastal region - 74[-]4. Vecht region - 164[-]5. Eem region - 214[-]6. Other sites - 246[-]7. Reconstruction of the natural vegetation - 254[-]8. Evidence of human impact and plant subsistence from pollen diagrams, wood and charcoal - 272[-]9. Evidence of human impact and plant subsistence from macroremains: use plants and food plants from the natural vegetation - 332[-]10. Evidence of human impact and plant subsistence from macroremains: potential arable weeds - 382[-]11. Evidence of human impact and plant subsistence from macroremains: crop plants and cultivation - 402[-]12. Conclusions - 440[-]References - 448[-]Summary - 484[-]Samenvatting (Dutch summary) - 492[-]Dankwoord - 500[-]Curriculum vitae - 502