palaeoethnobotanypaleoethnobotanyn.
/ˌpalɪəʊˌɛθnəʊˈbɒtəni/, /ˌpeɪlɪəʊˌɛθnəʊˈbɒtəni/, U.S. /ˈˌpeɪlioʊˌɛθnoʊˈbɑtn̩i/; see also botany n. The ethnobotany of the past; the archaeological study of remains of plants cultivated or utilized by early man.
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palaeoethnobotany1959
1959 H. Helbaek in Science 14 Aug. 372/1 Thus, by joining hands, the two sciences [sc. archaeology, botany] establish a third, paleoethnobotany.
1973 J. M. Renfrew Palaeoethnobot. i. 5 Palaeoethnobotany concentrates chiefly on the identification of features of the gross external morphology of the seeds and fruits, and only to a lesser extent on the study of cell patterns of the epidermis and other structures.
1998 Current Anthropol. 39 267/2 The archaeological record for millets in South Asia is limited because palaeoethnoobotany and archaeobotanical analysis are relatively new to the region.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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