Archeology

and
Botany
Archeobotany is a
composite discipline,
combining botanical
knowledge with
archaeological
materials. It focus on
the study of preserved
plant remains.
Botany as far as it is
relevant to
archaeology
mainly denotes all
types of ancient
organic materials
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 Recovery of artifacts
Archaeologists rarely excavate (dig) entire sites. Archaeology is a destructive
science—meaning that once a site is excavated, it is gone forever. The artifacts
and information gathered remain, but the site itself can never be recreated.
Excavating sites is also costly and time-consuming.

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 Processing the artifacts

There are several different techniques for the processing of sediment

samples. The technique a paleoethnobotanist chooses depends entirely
upon the type of plant macrobotanical remains they expect to recover.

1. Dry screening.
2. Wet screening.
3. Wash over technique.
4. Flotation method.

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Flotation machine in Dry screening is the The wash over and wet
use at. Note the two sieving of sediments screening techniques
sieves catching through a mesh and are very similar bot
charred seeds and requires the soil to have a sieve with the
charcoal, and the pass dry through the soil which is sprayed
bags of mesh. with water to separate
archaeological the soil from the
sediment waiting for artifacts.
flotation.

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 Analyzing Artifacts

Artifacts are important sources of information

for archaeologists. Artifacts can tell us about
the diet, tools, weapons, dress, and living
structures of people who made and used them.
Archaeologists wash, sort, catalog, and store
recovered artifacts after bringing them back
from the field. They analyze individual
artifacts, but also may sort them into groups to
see patterns.

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 Preserving Collections
Archaeological conservation is a profession devoted to the
preservation of the archaeological record including large-scale
features such as sites, structures, and landscapes, as well as
artifacts. Archaeological conservation is guided by ethical principles
that derive from the understanding that these materials are
"primary resources for understanding and interpreting the past.