Archaeoethnobotany and Household Contexts

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.