Subsistence and Daily Needs at the Basketmaker Communities Project: Insights Through the Microscope from Plant Remains, Wood, and Pollen

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Adopting the Pueblo Fettle: The Breadth and Depth of the Basketmaker III Cultural Horizon" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Large archaeobotanical datasets concentrated in a specific region are rare, especially those representing multiple sites excavated over several years. The Basketmaker Communities Project is one such rare research program that resulted in the analysis of hundreds of macrobotanical, flotation, and pollen samples. This exceptional record documents the intense Basketmaker III (A.D. 500-750) investment in maize agriculture and an intimate knowledge of the useful resources in these peoples’ home landscapes. Recovered plant remains represent species from local canyons, water sources, and the fertile rolling hills of Southwest Colorado.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Adopting the Pueblo Fettle: The Breadth and Depth of the Basketmaker III Cultural Horizon   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25013