Experiments and observations on aboriginal wild plant food utilization in eastern North America
By: Patrick J. Munson, editor.
Contributors: Munson, Patrick J.
Series: Prehistory research series ;; v. 6, no. 2
Publisher: Indiana Historical Society
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 473
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Food -- East (U.S.); Wild plants, Edible -- East (U.S.)
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Patrick J. Munson; title: Prehistoric Polygonum use in the Midwestern United States / Priscilla M. Murray and Mark C. Sheehan; title: The food potential of Chenopodium for the prehistoric Midwest / Mark F. Seeman and Hugh D. Wilson; title: Amaranth as a food resource in the prehistoric Midwestern United States / Frederick A. Peterson and Patrick J. Munson; title: Hickory nuts, walnuts, butternuts, and hazelnuts / Laurie Talalay, Donald R. Keller, and Patrick J. Munson; title: The acorn in aboriginal subsistence in eastern North America / Karl M. Petruso and Jere M. Wickens; title: Weedy plant communities on mud-flats and other disturbed habitats in the central Illinois River Valley / Patrick J. Munson; title: A reconstruction of the presettlement vegetation of the middle Ohio Valley region / Van A. Reidhead; title: The presettlement vegetation of Posey and Gibson counties, southwestern Indiana / Thomas J. Green; title: Comments on some additional species, with summary of seasonality / Patrick J. Munson.