Experiments and Observations on Aboriginal Wild Plant Food Utilization in Eastern North America. Patrick J. Munson, editor. Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 1984. vii + 473 pp., figures, tables, references cited. $8.00 (paper).

1987 ◽  
Vol 52 (4) ◽  
pp. 883-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Shepard Sheldon
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Food Utilization ◽  
Plant Food ◽  
Historical Society ◽  
Wild Plant Food

scholarly journals Re-analysis of archaeobotanical remains from pre- and early agricultural sites provides no evidence for a narrowing of the wild plant food spectrum during the origins of agriculture in southwest Asia

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 449-463 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Wallace ◽  
Glynis Jones ◽  
Michael Charles ◽  
Emily Forster ◽  
Eleanor Stillman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Wild Plant ◽  
Food Spectrum ◽  
Plant Food ◽  
Southwest Asia ◽  
Origins Of Agriculture ◽  
Archaeobotanical Remains ◽  
Wild Plant Food

Plant Use in the Mesolithic and its Role in the Transition to Farming

1994 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marek Zvelebil
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Trees ◽  
Specific Pattern ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Current Evidence ◽  
Plant Food ◽  
Plant Use ◽  
Temperate Europe ◽  
Plant Processing ◽  
Wild Plant Food ◽  
Late Mesolithic

The purpose of this paper is to review the current evidence for plant use in Mesolithic Europe and to summarize its implications. In order to do so, four sources of data are examined: macrobotanical remains, palynological data, artefactual evidence, and the human biological record.A prelimary survey of palaeobotanical evidence for plant use in the Mesolithic indicates that the evidence is far more extensive than expected hitherto and that accumulations of plant food, especially of nuts, point to their regular and extensive use. In those areas such as Britain, where a large number of fine-resolution palynological studies have been carried out, the incidence of clearance and burning phases seems to be too high to be explained by acts of nature alone. A good case can be made for deliberate forest clearance and the maintenance of a more open landscape by Late Mesolithic groups as part of a promotional strategy to increase the productivity of nut and fruit trees and shrubs, wetland plants, and possibly native grasses.Artefactual evidence points to a widespread distribution of soil-working tools (hoes and antler mattocks), especially in temperate Europe, and to a greater than expected presence of reaping and grinding equipment, lending conditional support for the existence of a specialized plant processing tool kit for digging, reaping, and plant processing.Palaeopathological evidence indicates the existence of a dietary pattern in the west Mediterranean making extensive use of starchy and carbohydrate foods which resulted in a high caries rate among the Mesolithic population of that area.In discussing the signiftcanse of these four lines of evidence, it is argued that, by the Late Mesolithic, the patterns of plant use support the notion of wild plant food husbandry instead of the incidental and opportunistic use of plants for food which has implicitly been accepted as a norm for the Mesolithic in Europe. Three geographical areas can be identified with their specific pattern of plant use: temperate Europe, Mediterranean Europe, and the south-eastern Balkans/Pontic Steppe. The patterns of plant use suggested in this paper emphasize the additive nature of the adoption of the agro-pastoral Neolithic farming practices in Europe.

Saponin‐likein vitrocharacteristics of extracts from selected non‐nutrient wild plant food additives used by Maasai in meat and milk based soups

1997 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laurie Chapman ◽  
T. Johns ◽  
R. L. A. Mahunnah
Keyword(s):  
Food Additives ◽  
Wild Plant ◽  
Plant Food ◽  
Wild Plant Food

scholarly journals Deposit and Theft? Two Unusual Interactions over Wild Plant Food between Adult Chimpanzees in Mahale

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-10
Author(s):  
Takuya Matsumoto ◽  
Hiroko Sakuragi
Keyword(s):  
Wild Plant ◽  
Plant Food ◽  
Wild Plant Food

The Identification and Study of Indian Shell Middens in Eastern North America: 1643–1861

1986 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-243 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew L. Christenson
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Civil War ◽  
North America ◽  
East Coast ◽  
Eastern North America ◽  
Shell Midden ◽  
Shell Middens ◽  
Work Done

Although the interest in shell middens in North America is often traced to reports of the discoveries in Danish kjoekkenmoeddings in the mid-nineteenth century, extensive shell midden studies were already occurring on the East Coast by that time. This article reviews selected examples of this early work done by geologists and naturalists, which served as a foundation for shell midden studies by archaeologists after the Civil War.

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