Prehistoric Horticulture in the Northeastern Plains

Schneider, Fred

doi:10.1080/2052546.2002.11932106

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“…2). In Minnesota and North Dakota, sites containing ceramics similar to those found at the Duthie site have yielded evidence of gardening [49,57]. However, no artifacts associated with gardening have been recovered from Duthie, the site is relatively small, and storage pits are likewise absent [56].…”

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Archaeobotanical evidence of prehistoric maize (Zea mays) consumption at the northern edge of the Great Plains

Boyd

Surette

Nicholson

2006

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Archaeobotanical evidence of prehistoric maize (Zea mays) consumption at the northern edge of the Great Plains

Boyd

Surette

Nicholson

2006

Journal of Archaeological Science

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“…Prehistoric hunter-gatherers sought campsites with proximity to favorable water, vegetation, fish, and game conditions, and protection from winter winds and summer heat (Soule, 1981;Bozovich, 1987;Lubinski, 2000;Schneider, 2002;Yansa, 2007;Adams, 2010). This bibliographic search concentrated on later prehistoric cultures engaged in water management, using search terms such as, "Hohokam" for canal irrigating tribes in central Arizona; "Anasazi" for check-dam building tribes in the Colorado Plateau region; and "Mogollon" for tribes in the middle Rio Grande basin (Supplementary Table 2A; Figure 2).…”

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Institutional levels of water management in the Colorado River basin region: A macro-historical geographic review

Wescoat

2023

Front. Water

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Complex water-stressed basins like the Colorado River in North America have multiple institutional levels of water management. Each institutional level is characterized by rules, organizations, and spatial jurisdictions that developed over decades to centuries to shape a dynamic multi-level system. After introducing the concept of institutional levels, and its relationship to geographic scales, this paper employs systematic bibliographic search methods to review their development in the Colorado River basin region. Results begin with the community level of water management from prehistoric Indian water cultures to early Hispanic water communities, 19th century water communities, and 20th century water organizations. Conflict among water communities shaped the state level of constitutional authority over water rights administration during the 19th century. Competition among states led in the 20th century to the interstate level of apportionment that often paralleled federal and tribal level water development policies, eventually leading to the international level of treaty relations between the U.S. and Mexico. This macro-historical geographic progression from institutions that were relatively small in size and early in time to those at higher levels and more recent in time offers insights into the multi-level institutional logic of the “law of the river” in the Colorado River basin region.

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“…Analysis of plant remains can add a great amount of information to the archaeological record, facilitating interpretations relating to environmental reconstruction, identification of specific cultural activities, use of plants in medicine, food preferences, seasonal movement patterns and the nature and form of the interaction between Precontact peoples and the landscapes within which they lived (Stuart, 2018). Most palaeoethnobotanical research conducted on the Great Plains, however, has centred on groups that derive much of their food from plant cultivation (Cutler & Agogino, 1960;Drass, 1993Drass, , 2008Schneider, 2002). Relatively little research has been centred on predominately nomadic groups, though the need for such work has long been known (Keyser, 1986).…”

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Engaged Palaeoethnobotany on the Northern Plains: A Compelling Future for Medicinal Plant Research

Stuart

Coward²

2020

ESJ

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The University of Saskatchewan Department of Archaeology & Anthropology became the first academic Department in Canada to publicly offer a Statement on Reconciliation. Most archaeologists recognize our colonial past and agree we need to expand our focus to incorporate better the thoughts, actions, and desires of the descendant communities of those who produced the material and nonmaterial remains we study. As a subdiscipline of archaeology, palaeoethnobotany with its emphasis on traditional plant use is well-positioned to engage fully with descendant communities. The Northern Plains would seem an ideal candidate for such research, given the rarity of existing palaeoethnobotanical research and the apparent absence of engaged research on medicinal plants. Current literature on the Northern Plains does include various ethnobotanical accounts, including discussion of plants with medicinal purposes. Though rare, there are also a few palaeoethnobotanical studies, which typically incorporate ethnobotanical data to aid interpretations. But what is lacking are clear attempts to bridge these sources of information; to conduct studies specifically designed through the coordinated efforts of Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and Healers with palaeoethnobotanists. We discuss how community-engaged scholarship of medicinal plants research on the Northern Plains may benefit both palaeoethnobotany and descendant communities.

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Prehistoric Horticulture in the Northeastern Plains

Cited by 15 publications

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Archaeobotanical evidence of prehistoric maize (Zea mays) consumption at the northern edge of the Great Plains

Archaeobotanical evidence of prehistoric maize (Zea mays) consumption at the northern edge of the Great Plains

Institutional levels of water management in the Colorado River basin region: A macro-historical geographic review

Engaged Palaeoethnobotany on the Northern Plains: A Compelling Future for Medicinal Plant Research

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