ARH312Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Scutellum (Insect Anatomy), Fruit Anatomy, Radicle
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What can plants tell us: food, environment, tool use, textiles. Plant taphonomy: often do not preserve in the archaeological record, some plants have more pollen, spores, etc. thereby having a greater likelihood of being recovered, recovery by archaeologists. Collecting botanical remains: flotation bucket or machine. Visible to the eye and low-powered magnification. Seeds and nuts, charcoal: microfossils (microremains) Insect carapaces or mouse bones as evidence of pest infestation. Has vessels circular holes (only in hardwood) Banded rays - large groups: softwood. Individual rays or in small groups: orientations. Across tree = transverse view (see rings) Up the tree = radial view (see lines, cutting tree straight down) Outside looking in = tangential view: growth rings. Pores with large spaces early wood (spaced out) Pores in small spaces late wood (more condensed ) Shift to late wood as the year goes deal with seasonality.
