Lucayan Paleoethnobotany: Dynamism and Stability in the Bahama Archipelago

Summary

Since the first overviews of Lucayan paleoethnobotany were published,

the means and sites of archaeological recovery have expanded and the body of finds has increased. In this presentation, we summarize these findings, evaluate the current body of knowledge, discuss the contexts in which they were recovered, analyze their recovery methods, and examine their economic and social uses. We discuss the evidence for "transported landscapes," cultivation management systems, wild plant collection strategies, plant food preparation, fuel wood management, perishable technologies, transportation technologies, and the uses of various plants for symbolic and political purposes. Finally, we discuss temporal and inter-island differences in plant use in the face of climatic variability and change during the period of Lucayan occupation.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Society for American Archaeology 83rd Annual Meeting, Washington, DC (2018)

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Abstract Id(s): 21370