Search Results - "Fritz, Gayle J"

Earliest direct evidence for broomcorn millet and wheat in the central Eurasian steppe region by Frachetti, Michael D., Spengler, Robert N., Fritz, Gayle J., Mar'yashev, Alexei N.

“…Before 3000 BC, societies of western Asia were cultivating wheat and societies of China were cultivating broomcorn millet; these are early nodes of the world's…”
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diffusion of maize to the southwestern United States and its impact by Merrill, William L, Hard, Robert J, Mabry, Jonathan B, Fritz, Gayle J, Adams, Karen R, Roney, John R, MacWilliams, A.C

“…Our understanding of the initial period of agriculture in the southwestern United States has been transformed by recent discoveries that establish the presence…”
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Reply to Hill and Brown: Maize and Uto-Aztecan cultural history by Merrill, William L, Hard, Robert J, Mabry, Jonathan B, Fritz, Gayle J, Adams, Karen R, Roney, John R, MacWilliams, A.C

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Agricultural origins from the ground up: Archaeological approaches to plant domestication by Langlie, BrieAnna S, Mueller, Natalie G, Spengler, Robert N, Fritz, Gayle J

“…The timing, geographical locations, causes, and consequences of crop domestication have long been major concerns of archaeologists, and agricultural origins…”
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Growing the lost crops of eastern North America's original agricultural system by Mueller, Natalie G., Fritz, Gayle J., Patton, Paul, Carmody, Stephen, Horton, Elizabeth T.

“…Thousands of years before the maize-based agriculture practiced by many Native American societies in eastern North America at the time of contact with…”
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The Politics of Provisioning: Food and Gender at Fort San Juan De Joara, 1566–1568 by Beck, Robin A., Fritz, Gayle J., Lapham, Heather A., Moore, David G., Rodning, Christopher B.

“…Beginning with Kathleen Deagan’s description of the St. Augustine Pattern, in which domestic relations between Spanish men and Native American women…”
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The Residues of Feasting and Public Ritual at Early Cahokia by Pauketat, Timothy R., Kelly, Lucretia S., Fritz, Gayle J., Lopinot, Neal H., Elias, Scott, Hargrave, Eve

“…Archaeological remains excavated from the stratified layers of a pre-Columbian borrow pit in the middle of the Cahokia site inform our understanding of how…”
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FAREWELL MESSAGE FROM THE EDITORS by Fritz, Gayle J., Kidder, T.R.

“…[...] the biggest thanks go to the authors who submitted manuscripts for consideration and especially to the more than 160 reviewers who took the time to…”
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Are the First American Farmers Getting Younger? by Fritz, Gayle J.

“…The standard 5000 BC date for maize domestication has been questioned by the radiocarbon dates on cobs long believed to be among the earliest cultigens in the…”
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Gender and the Early Cultivation of Gourds in Eastern North America by Fritz, Gayle J.

“…Discovery and AMS dating of mid-Holocene Cucurbita pepo fragments from central Maine and north-central Pennsylvania necessitate the reevaluation of the status…”
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Multiple Pathways to Farming in Precontact Eastern North America by Fritz, Gayle J.

“…Hunter-gatherers in eastern North America utilized gourds at least 7000 years ago, operating at the early end of a sequence that ended with maize-based…”
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On the Emergence of Agriculture in the New World by Piperno, Dolores R., Fritz, Gayle J.

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Implications of Plant Remains from the East Face of Monks Mound by Lopinot, Neal H., Schilling, Timothy, Fritz, Gayle J., Kelly, John E.

“…Flotation-recovered plant remains from a series of 11 sod block samples, 7 features, a limestone concentration, and a mass of organic debris provide insights…”
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Identification of Cultigen Amaranth and Chenopod from Rockshelter Sites in Northwest Arkansas by Fritz, Gayle J.

“…The cultigen Amaranthus hypochondriacus has been recognized in four samples of desiccated plant remains from Holman Shelter in Madison County, Arkansas. That…”
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Implications of Plant Remains from the East Face of Monks Mound by Lopinot, Neal H., Schilling, Timothy, Fritz, Gayle J., Kelly, John E.

“…Flotation-recovered plant remains from a series of 11 sod block samples, 7 features, a limestone concentration, and a mass of organic debris provide insights…”
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Subsistence and Social Change in the Lower Mississippi Valley: The Reno Brake and Osceola Sites, Louisiana by Kidder, Tristram R., Fritz, Gayle J.

“…There are few systematic analyses of late prehistoric subsistence practices in the Lower Mississippi Valley. Nonetheless, traditional scenarios attribute the…”
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RECENT INVESTIGATIONS INTO PREHISTORIC AGRICULTURE IN THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY by Fritz, Gayle J., Kidder, Tristram R.

“…The Lower Mississippi Valley has been considered a likely area for early agricultural developments because of its favorable geographic location and long…”
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EVIDENCE FOR DOMESTICATED AMARANTH FROM A SEDENTARY PERIOD HOHOKAM HOUSE FLOOR AT LAS CANOPAS by FRITZ, GAYLE J., ADAMS, KAREN R., RICE, GLEN E., CZARZASTY, JOHN L.

“…Flotation-processed fill from an inverted bowl on the floor of a late Sedentary period house floor (A.D. 1020-1150, calibrated 1-sigma range C-14 date) at the…”
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A Taste of Ethnobotany for Everyone by Fritz, Gayle J.

“…Fritz reviews "Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany" by Michael J. Balick and Paul Alan Cox…”
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A Taste of Ethnobotany for Everyone Plants, People, and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany . By Michael J.  Balick and Paul  Alan Cox. New York: Scientific American Library, 1996. 208 pp by Fritz, Gayle J.

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