Plants from the Past

by Blake, Leonard W.; Cutler, Hugh C.; Fritz, Gayle J.; Watson, Patty Jo

• ISBN13: 9780817310875
• ISBN10: 0817310878
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr

Summary

Covering a period of 30 years and tracing the development of the study of plant remains from archaeological sites, this volume gives archaeologists access to previously unavailable data and interpretations. It features the much-sought-after extensive inventory "Plants from Archaeological Sites East of the Rockies," which serves as a reference to archaeobotanical collections curated at the Illinois State Museum. The chapters dealing with protohistory and early historic foodways and trade in the upper Midwest are especially relevant at this time of increasing attention to early Indian-white interactions. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Leonard W. Blake was an investment securities analyst until his retirement in 1965. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science degree from Washington University in 1985 and received the prestigious Crabtree Award of the Society for American Archaeology in 1987 Hugh C. Cutler (now deceased) earned a master's degree in botany from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1936. He was employed at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis for 25 years

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
Map of Site Locations	xv
North American Indian Corn	1	(18)
Hugh C. Cutler
Leonard W. Blake
Cultivated Plants from Picuris	19	(18)
Hugh C. Cutler
Corn in the Province of Aminoya	37	(3)
Leonard W. Blake
Corn from Three North Carolina Sites, 31Gs55, 56, and 30	40	(6)
Leonard W. Blake
Cultivated Plant Remains from Historic Missouri and Osage Indian Sites	46	(8)
Leonard W. Blake
Corn for the Voyageurs	54	(5)
Leonard W. Blake
Corn from Fort Michilimackinac, A.D. 1770-1780	59	(7)
Leonard W. Blake
Hugh C. Cutlerk
Corn from the Waterman Site (11R122), Illinois	66	(6)
Leonard W. Blake
Plant Remains from the Rhoads Site (11Lo8), Illinois	72	(21)
Leonard W. Blake
Hugh C. Cutler
Plants from Archaeological Sites East of the Rockies	93	(55)
Hugh C. Cutler
Leonard W. Blake
Published Works of Cutler and Blake	148	(9)
Works Cited	157	(8)
Index of Latin Names for Plant Taxa	165	(4)
Index of Corn Races and Varieties	169	(2)
General Index	171