A collection of previously unpublished essays written by two pioneering plant scientists, who worked together for many decades at the Missouri Botanical Garden in St Louis, USA, identifying and interpreting plant remains from archaeological sites all over North America.
"Plants from the Past" is a fascinating, comprehensive record of the work of two dedicated plant scientists who were instrumental in the establishment of archaeobotany and paleoethnobotany as vigorous subdisciplines within American archaeology.
