Flotation samples and some paleoethnobotanical implications |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, and Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C., USA;2. Department of Anthropology, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA;3. HD Analytical Solutions, Inc., London, Ontario, Canada;4. Departamento de Antropología, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia;1. Far Western Anthropological Research Group, 2727 Del Rio Place, Suite A, Davis, CA, 95618, USA;2. Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 31–34 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PY, United Kingdom;1. Department of Archaeology, University of Iceland, Sæmundargata 2, Reykjavík 101, Iceland;2. School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, EH8 9TU, Edinburgh, UK;3. Centre for Archaeological Sciences, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia;4. Australian Research Council (ARC) Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia;5. Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman WA, 99164-0001, USA;6. The Graduate Centre, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, NY, 10016-4309, USA;7. Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 2601, Australia;1. ICAC, Institut Català d''Arqueologia Clàssica, Plaça Rovellat s/n, 43003, Tarragona, Spain;2. Arrel. Cultura i Arqueologia, C/ Major 49, 43812 Montferri, Spain;3. IPHES, Institut Català de Paleoecologia Humana i Evolució Social, C/ Marcel·lí Domingo s/n, Campus Sescelades URV (Edifici W3), 43007, Tarragona, Spain;4. Àrea de Prehistòria, Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV), Av. Catalunya 35, 43002, Tarragona, Spain;5. ICREA, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Barcelona, Spain |
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| Abstract: | The size and composition of carbonized plant assemblages are integral to explanations about human use of plants. Experimental data indicate that the techniques researchers use to collect and process flotation samples can negatively affect the yield of carbonized plant remains, and thus critically alter the results of analysis. Recovery rates can be linked to the characteristics of the sediment matrix and the specific remains involved. Because the record is subject to current ideas and biases and, it, in turn, influences how researchers assign meanings, the described variations are relevant to paleoethnobotanists and archaeologists alike. |
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