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dc.contributor.advisor | Morell-Hart, Shanti | - |
dc.contributor.author | Prado, Shalen | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-13T17:55:05Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-13T17:55:05Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2023-11 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/28886 | - |
dc.description.abstract | How are aspects of human social organization, such as agriculture, settlement patterns, and routes of movement influenced by the non-human communities of northern coastal landscapes? The focus of this dissertation is to understand human-environment relationships through the lens of human-plant and human-algae relations in northern coastal environments. Using the Picts as a cultural case study, my research targets durable microscopic residues (e.g., phytoliths and diatom frustules) representing plants and algae from archaeological soils, artifacts, and dental surfaces to trace human-plant and human-algae relationships that territorialized Pictland. To fully investigate the everyday settlement landscapes in coastal environments, I advocate for a relational approach which emphasizes the interconnectedness of terrestrial and aquatic ecological zones through an emphasis on ecological indicator species (e.g., aquatic – algae, terrestrial – asters, wetlands – reeds). Microbotanical and microalgae residues in this study point to a variety of nonhuman contributions toward Pictish architecture (e.g., heather, asters, chrysophytes), settlement (e.g., upland plant/algae communities), foodways (e.g., cultivated cereals), animal feeding regimes (e.g., coastal wetlands), and land use (e.g., agro-pastoral traditions). | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.title | Peat, Heath, and Cereal: Investigating Contributions of Nonhuman Communities to the Poiesis of Pictland through Microbotanical and Microalgae Residues | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Anthropology | en_US |
dc.description.degreetype | Thesis | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
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