Abstract
ABSTRACTAnalysis of botanical materials from archaeological sites provides basic data in the form of quantified resource tabulations. Although biases are acknowledged in the formation of this record, it is usually assumed that sufficiently large samples provide insight into representative resources for a provenience. It is a further inferential leap to equate recovered resources with either production or consumption, or with local or extra-local acquisition. We must attempt to distinquish evidence of production from consumption in the archaeological record if we are to effectively investigate problems such as resource specialization, trade, and redistribution. These distinctions can be approached through direct evidence of production and consumption activities and through circumstantial and comparative argument. Illustrations are drawn from early Classic period Hohokam contexts in the Tucson Basin.
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