Plants from the past
By: Leonard W. Blake and Hugh C. Cutler ; with an introduction by Gayle J. Fritz and Patty Jo Watson.
Contributors: Cutler, Hugh C., 1912-
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 177
Subjects: Plant remains (Archaeology); Excavations (Archaeology) -- United States.; Paleoethnobotany.; Indians of North America -- Antiquities.; Corn -- United States -- History.; Plants, Cultivated -- United States -- History.; United States -- Antiquities.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-164) and indexes.