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Abstract
This write-up is mainly concerned with plant specimens recovered and examined from major prehistoric cliff dwellings being excavated during the Wetherill Mesa Project. It also includes anecdotes from the author’s experiences in Mesa Verde. An overall summary of the species identified is presented at the end of this work, including suggestions as to how plants may have been used based on modern Native American surveys.
Table of Contents
Preface
Prologue
Introduction
Wetherill Mesa
Climate
Collections
Identification
Modern Plant Assemblage
Contemporary Species Compliment
Archeological Plant Assemblage
Plant Species Recovering from the Major Ruins
Kinds of Plant Materials Recovered
Wood-worked Items
Herbs
Grasses
Fibers
Charcoal
Seeds
Basketry
In-situ Construction Woods
Search for the Need to Abandon
Annotated List of Species Identified
Overall Summary List of Plants Identified
References
Appendix A. Mesa Verde Plants Collected by S.L. Welsh & Collaborators
Appendix B. Species Endemic to the Mesa Verde
Plates
Archival [photographs]
About the Author
Publication Date
2015
Keywords
Mesa Verde, prehistoric plant identification, aboriginal plants, archeological botany, aboriginal people
Disciplines
Biological and Physical Anthropology | Botany | Desert Ecology
Recommended Citation
Welsh, Stanley L., "Mesa Verde Vegetal Survey" (2015). Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum. 9.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/mlbm/9