A Modern Ethnohistorical Understanding of Ancient Plant Use, Emphasis on the Fremont Near Goshen, Utah, Insight into Diet and Medicine

Authors

Madison Mercer, Brigham Young University
Dr. Michael Searcy, Brigham Young University

Keywords

modern ethnohistorical, ancient plant use, Utah, diet, medicine

College

Family, Home, and Social Sciences

Department

Anthropology

Abstract

The research for this project began in August 2011 and finished in April 2012. The goal was to understand how plants were anciently used for food or medicine. To determine this, archaeological data would have to be coupled with more modern ethnographic data of living peoples. This is because there is no clear way to determine how people anciently used plants and because it is possible that modern indigenous groups used plants in similar ways.

Recommended Citation

Mercer, Madison and Searcy, Dr. Michael (2013) "A Modern Ethnohistorical Understanding of Ancient Plant Use, Emphasis on the Fremont Near Goshen, Utah, Insight into Diet and Medicine," Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013: Iss. 1, Article 162.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/162