"Plants from the Past" is a fascinating, comprehensive record of
the work of two dedicated plant scientists who were instrumental in
the establishment of archaeobotany and paleoethnobotany as vigorous
subdisciplines within American archaeology. Hugh Carson Cutler and
Leonard Watson Blake worked together for many decades at the
Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis, identifying and
interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites all over North
America.
Covering a period of 30 years and tracing the development of the
study of plant remains from archaeological sites, the volume will
give archaeologists access to previously unavailable data and
interpretations. It features the much-sought-after extensive
inventory "Plants from Archaeological Sites East of the Rockies,"
which serves as a reference to archaeobotanical collections curated
at the Illinois State Museum. The chapters dealing with
protohistory and early historic foodways and trade in the upper
Midwest are especially relevant at this time of increasing
attention to early Indian-white interactions.
The editors' introduction provides coherence and historical
context for the papers and points to the book's potential as a
resource for future research. Graced by Dr. Blake's brief
introductions to each chapter, "Plants from the Past" neatly
compiles the earliest research in archaeobotany by two originators
of the science.
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