作者: Jennifer G. Kahn , Mark Horrocks , Michel K. Nieuwoudt
DOI: 10.1007/S12231-014-9274-7
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摘要: Agriculture, Domestic Production, and Site Function: Microfossil Analyses Late Prehistoric Landscapes of the Society Islands. Pollen, phytolith, starch analyses sediment samples from ‘Opunohu Valley, Mo‘orea, Islands were completed to retrieve data on prehistoric vegetation, Ma‘ohi planting practices, cultigens. A second goal was test whether microfossil can aid in identification food production, storage, plant processing locales at local community level, as modeled ethnographic ethnohistoric literature. In addition, we use Fourier Transform InfraRed spectroscopy (FTIR) degraded suspected starch, provide another line evidence for identifying grains. The Valley direct 1) past environments including human–induced environmental change pre–contact agricultural well tentative 2) cultivation processing, 3) domestic production consumption, cooking practices surplus 4) site function specialization that are referenced Twenty economic taxa identified addition grasses, sedges, palms. Banana leaf phyotliths found sub–surface pits residential contexts supporting such features served short–term storage or breadfruit fermentation. model potential uses Pandanus, Casuarina, Weinmannia, paper mulberry based accounts. While studies clear interest reconstructing landscapes, human–environmental interactions, they also have relevance questions concerning socio–economic transformations levels.