Palaeoethnobotany: Plants and Ancient Man in Kashmir Book

	Preface
Ch. 1	Introduction	1
Ch. 2	The Sites and Their Environment	6
2.1	Burzahom	6
2.2	Semthan	10
Ch. 3	Keys and Criteria for Identification	14
3.1	Cereals	14
3.2	Millets	38
3.3	Pulses	38
3.4	Horticultural Fruits	38
3.5	Weed Seeds	45
Ch. 4	Artificial Carbonization	98
Ch. 5	Archaeological Evidence	106
5.1	Cereals	106
5.2	Millets	133
5.3	Pulses	136
5.4	Horticultural Fruits	142
5.5	Weed Seeds	149
5.6	Woods	153
Ch. 6	Diffusion of Plants into Kashmir	195
Ch. 7	Probable Uses of the Plants Recovered	199
Ch. 8	Vegetation, Climate and The Biotic Factor	201
Ch. 9	Origin and History of Agriculture	204
Ch. 10	State of Economy	206
10.1	Agriculture	206
10.2	Forestry	214
Ch. 11	Statistics in Palaeoethnobotany	218
11.1	Behaviour of Individual Plant Groups	220
11.2	Chi-Square Analysis	220
11.3	Intensity of Occupation	231
11.4	Species Diversity (H), Species Richness (R) and Species Evenness (E)	231
11.5	Standard Scores (Z)	234
11.6	Coefficient of Similarity (S)	237
11.7	Coefficient of Similarity (T)	237
	Bibliography	242
	Appendix I Ecological Consideration of Past and Present Vegetation of Kashmir Valley	258
	Pliocene Vegetation of Kashmir	259
	Pleistocene Vegetation of Kashmir	260
	Present Vegetation of Kashmir	263
	Statistical Observations	265
	Appendix II Kashmir - Ethnobotanic Present	270
A	Food Plants	270
B	Pulses	270
C	Vegetables	270
D	Spices and Condiments	271
E	Narcotics and Beverages	271
F	Oilseeds	271
G	Fruits	271
H	Fibre and Matting	272
I	Religious Ceremonies and Rituals	272
J	Medicinal Plants	272
	Appendix III Soft and Hard Woods of Kashmir	273
	Index	275