What Plants Have To Do With Archaeology

#archaeology #paleoethnobotany #archaeobotany

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// Team 👥

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// Who Am I? 🙋🏾
Hi! I’m Smiti. I’m an archaeologist, book lover, sloth-like traveller, newbie artist, and mama bear to a Teddy.

// Time Stamps ⏱️
00:00 Introduction
00:29 Definitions
01:31 History
02:48 Seeds
04:41 Charcoal
05:53 Pollen
07:15 Phytoliths
08:33 Starch
09:34 Outro

// Acknowledgements 🙌🏾
Thanks to @gabchomp and @Katharine_Chen for feedback on thumbnail iterations. Thank you @NathalieLazo for your general feedback on this video. Thanks to Lucas Proctor and the UConn Archaeobotany Laboratory for providing us an image of a transverse wood charcoal (Quercus sp.) section at the 4:52 and 5:03 mark of this video.

[jayleevt]

When you talked about the starch on teeth and the tiny minerals in plants, it reminded me of videos I've seen where they use teeth mineral analysis to figure out what parts of the world people were born in and where they died in, to track migrations of peoples across areas. It's so crazy the amount of information we can get from these things.

[historyngames]

I just came across this video and it's so interesting! Thanks for teaching us about paleoethnobotany. :)

[Lightdancer]

This is so kool! So many interesting plants - I love growing - and eating! - descendants that have provided humans food for thousands of years!
One that I've had in my garden for over a decade is a spinach relative that's perennial! Blitum bonus-henricus) was Cottage garden favorite, and is one of my earliest greens. The seeds (related to quinoa and amaranth) can be eaten with the leaves, or used with other pseudo grains....
Nettles are another which have been wild harvested for good, and used for Cordage and thread for thousands of years....

[Shepchoice]

Fascinating. I did your survey on what videos would interest us. What your passion is might be best. its fascinating and your expertise!

[MasterKajro]

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