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Investigating The Mechanics And Chemistry Of Sickle Polish Development, Justin Jared Dubois
Investigating The Mechanics And Chemistry Of Sickle Polish Development, Justin Jared Dubois
Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This series of experiments is designed to understand the development and chemistry of sickle gloss. Sickles are common in the archaeological record and have long been studied for their eponymous “sickle gloss”. There is debate as to how this gloss is formed. Five experimental sickles containing flint and novaculite blades were used to harvest high and low moisture content rye and common fescue and associated field weeds. The differences in the development of sickle gloss were examined. High moisture content plants create thick, smooth fields of polish with undulating, billowing margins at a higher developmental speed. Low moisture content plants …
Evaluation Of Desiccated And Deformed Diaspores From Natural Building Materials, Tamas Henn, Robert Pal
Evaluation Of Desiccated And Deformed Diaspores From Natural Building Materials, Tamas Henn, Robert Pal
Biological Sciences
With the increasing sophistication of paleoethnobotanical methods, it is now possible to reconstruct new aspects of the day-to-day life of past peoples, and, ultimately, gain information about their cultivated plants, land-use practices, architecture, diet, and trade. Reliable identification of plant remains, however, remains essential to the study of paleoethno-botany, and there is still much to learn about precise identification. This paper describes and evaluates the most frequent types of deformed desiccated diaspores revealed from adobe bricks used in buildings in Southwestern Hungary that were built primarily between 1850 and 1950. A total of 24,634 diaspores were recovered from 333.05 kg …
Mesa Verde Vegetal Survey, Stanley L. Welsh
Mesa Verde Vegetal Survey, Stanley L. Welsh
Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum
Abstract
This write-up is mainly concerned with plant specimens recovered and examined from major prehistoric cliff dwellings being excavated during the Wetherill Mesa Project. It also includes anecdotes from the author’s experiences in Mesa Verde. An overall summary of the species identified is presented at the end of this work, including suggestions as to how plants may have been used based on modern Native American surveys.
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
Introduction
Wetherill Mesa
Climate
Collections
Identification
Modern Plant Assemblage
Contemporary Species Compliment
Archeological Plant Assemblage
Plant Species Recovering from the Major Ruins
Kinds of Plant Materials Recovered
Wood-worked Items …
Η Πανίδα Και Η Χλωρίδα Στην Προϊστορική Κύπρο, Anastasia Tsaliki
Η Πανίδα Και Η Χλωρίδα Στην Προϊστορική Κύπρο, Anastasia Tsaliki
Dr Anastasia Tsaliki, PhD
No abstract provided.