Book ID: 50039
Lone, Farooq A., Maqsooda Khan and G.M. Buth
Palaeoethnobotany. Plants and Ancient Man in Kashmir. 1993. figs. tabs. X,278 p. gr8vo. Cloth.
The salient features of the book are:Pericarp structure and keys to the identification of Triticum, Hordeum, Avena and Oryza/ Endocarp structureof stone fruits/ Criteria of identification of seeds of about 200 species of weeds/ Keys to the identification of hard and soft woods of Kashmir based on xylotomy/ Ancient agriculture and forestry in Kashmirfrom 4300 to 1000 years B.P./ Diffusion of plants into Kashmir/Vegetational and climatic changes in Kashmir/ Use of statistics in palaeoethnobotany/ Scanning electron microscopy of extant and archaeological plant remains/ Vegetation and climate of Kashmir during Pliocene, Pleistocene and present times.