Rethinking the paleoethnobotany of Early Woodland caving

From: Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, MCJA | Date: April 1, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

The existence of significant differences in the quantities of domesticated plants in the diets of Late/Terminal Archaic and Early Woodland groups has encouraged recognition of a qualitative change in dietary strategies ca. 3000 rcybp in south-central Kentucky. Since the anthropological implications of this interpretation are far-reaching, it is critical to recognize that the reconstruction of Early Woodland dietary strategy is based upon an interpretation of the season(s) of the year that cavers visited the inner passages of Salts and Mammoth caves. This has been a matter of debate ...

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