Significance Of Seeds Research Articles

The Significance of Seeds in Eastern Woodlands Prehistoric Economy: A Contextual Analysis

Macrobotanical remains from eight archaeological sites in the Eastern Woodlands are compared to determine if there are significant trends in the paleoeconomic importance of seeds. Data obtained from feature-fill and from general midden deposits present different profiles of the significance of seeds in prehistory. It is argued that the context from which data are obtained must be considered in any discussion of the significance of that information.