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<p>Through a comparative study of paleoethnobotanical remains, the authors interrogate the relationships between people and plants in the foodways, economy, and ecology of colonial encounter and early colonialism in the Chesapeake region from 1630 to 1725. The global movement of people, plants, and animals began in the 15th century and marked a dramatic shift in the scope and complexity of cultural exchange. The authors examined the macrobotanical analysis of plant materials from 10 archaeological sites in Maryland and 9 in Virginia, composed of 36 master contexts and 157 discrete contexts. Contexts were selected with tight temporal and spatial control for ease of comparison over time and across the Upper and Lower Bay subregions of Maryland and Virginia. The study challenges historically based models of colonial practices relating to plant selection and use, and confirms the timing of economic shifts in agriculture that have implications for understanding regional differences in labor practices and the rise of social inequality. The study also presents preliminary evidence of the introduction of African cultigens via the transatlantic slave trade and the persistence of Indigenous cultigens over the course of the 17th century.</p>

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Comparative Paleoethnobotanical Study of the Seventeenth-Century Chesapeake

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    2025年6月1日

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  • Barbara J. Heath,
  • Kandace D. Hollenbach

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Through a comparative study of paleoethnobotanical remains, the authors interrogate the relationships between people and plants in the foodways, economy, and ecology of colonial encounter and early colonialism in the Chesapeake region from 1630 to 1725. The global movement of people, plants, and animals began in the 15th century and marked a dramatic shift in the scope and complexity of cultural exchange. The authors examined the macrobotanical analysis of plant materials from 10 archaeological sites in Maryland and 9 in Virginia, composed of 36 master contexts and 157 discrete contexts. Contexts were selected with tight temporal and spatial control for ease of comparison over time and across the Upper and Lower Bay subregions of Maryland and Virginia. The study challenges historically based models of colonial practices relating to plant selection and use, and confirms the timing of economic shifts in agriculture that have implications for understanding regional differences in labor practices and the rise of social inequality. The study also presents preliminary evidence of the introduction of African cultigens via the transatlantic slave trade and the persistence of Indigenous cultigens over the course of the 17th century.