Archaeoethnobotany and Household Contexts

Part of: Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)

This session is broadly focused on archaeoethnobotanical remains associated with household contexts, including both microbotanical and macrobotanical datasets. The session also includes ethnographic work as a means of adding perspective to ethnobotanical research. Presenters discuss the actions and behaviors that led to the deposition of particular remains, and/or what these remains indicate about the state of the ancient environment and past subsistence strategies. Secondarily, as this session is not focused on a particular geographic region, it is meant to facilitate an exchange of methods and interpretive frameworks between scholars working on datasets from different geographical regions.