Adventures in Paleoethnobotany with - host Mark Eddy

Tonight's guest has her lab and field work frequently cited in the major compilations on Ohio's Hopewell studies. DR. DEE ANNE WYMER is our guest, and what better way to usher in the Christmas season than to discuss the enigmatic, multi-component SNAKE DEN and BROWN'S BOTTOM sites and learn about PALEOETHNOBOTONY. Dee Anne is going to give us her interpretations of the ceremonial use of plants. She has worked in other river valleys of Ohio as well as the Nile--yeah that one. She is also very active with the Susquehanna River Archaeological Center, which focuses on the Iroquois. When she is not in the field, she is a professor of anthropology at Bloomsburg University. Please join us and learn from the best.Show more

Dr DeeAnne will be discussing my adventures in paleoethnobotany and Hopewell moundbuilder archaeology! she has analyzed preserved organic material (from charred plant debris to ancient leather and fabric from mummies) ranging from over 11,000 years in age (the stomach contents of an ice age mastodon) to historic times, all over the globe. Her major excavation focus is the mysterious and seriously cool Ohio Hopewell moundbuilders (of 2,000 years ago) – trying to illuminate both their everyday lives in their communities as well as ritual and ceremonial use of plants and other organic materials.

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