Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska
Pollen grains from bodies of ancient people provide clues to their diet and domicile. To learn more about Kwädāy Dän Ts'ìnchí (Long Ago Person Found), who died on a British Columbia glacier 550 years ago, we studied the Chenopodiaceae pollen found in his stomach and robe. Environmental scanning...
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crcansciencepubl:10.1139/b04-159 2024-09-30T14:35:07+00:00 Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska Mudie, Petra J Greer, Sheila Brakel, Judith Dickson, James H Schinkel, Clara Peterson-Welsh, Ruth Stevens, Margaret Turner, Nancy J Shadow, Mary Washington, Rosalie 2005 http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b04-159 http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b04-159 en eng Canadian Science Publishing http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/page/about/CorporateTextAndDataMining Canadian Journal of Botany volume 83, issue 1, page 111-123 ISSN 0008-4026 journal-article 2005 crcansciencepubl https://doi.org/10.1139/b04-159 2024-09-19T04:09:50Z Pollen grains from bodies of ancient people provide clues to their diet and domicile. To learn more about Kwädāy Dän Ts'ìnchí (Long Ago Person Found), who died on a British Columbia glacier 550 years ago, we studied the Chenopodiaceae pollen found in his stomach and robe. Environmental scanning electron microscopy was used to distinguish pollen of the native chenopod genera Atriplex, Chenopodium, Eurotia, Suaeda, and Salicornia (here including Sarcocornia). All chenopod pollen grains in one stomach sample were from Salicornia (Tourn.) L. (glasswort), which grows only in saline soils and has been used for food and medicine. Elders from the Champagne and Aishihik, Tagish, Gwitch'in, and Tlingit First Nations report their ethnobotanical and historical knowledge about inland and coastal Salicornia species. There is no common use for the small inland annual glasswort, Salicornia rubra A. Nelson, although other species were used for grain further south; however, Pacific Northwest coastal people have eaten the succulent perennial glasswort, Salicornia perennis Miller, since at least the 1880s. Pollen grains of this perennial salt marsh species are most similar to the chenopod pollen grains in the stomach of Kwädāy Dän Ts'ìnchí and suggest the ancient man's last meal came from the coast rather than from inland.Key words: Chenopodiaceae, Salicornia, Sarcocornia, forensic palynology, frozen body, ethnobotany. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations glacier Tagish tlingit Alaska Canadian Science Publishing Canada Pacific British Columbia ENVELOPE(-125.003,-125.003,54.000,54.000) Tagish ENVELOPE(-134.272,-134.272,60.313,60.313) Champagne ENVELOPE(-136.483,-136.483,60.788,60.788) Aishihik ENVELOPE(-137.512,-137.512,61.598,61.598) Canadian Journal of Botany 83 1 111 123 |
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Pollen grains from bodies of ancient people provide clues to their diet and domicile. To learn more about Kwädāy Dän Ts'ìnchí (Long Ago Person Found), who died on a British Columbia glacier 550 years ago, we studied the Chenopodiaceae pollen found in his stomach and robe. Environmental scanning electron microscopy was used to distinguish pollen of the native chenopod genera Atriplex, Chenopodium, Eurotia, Suaeda, and Salicornia (here including Sarcocornia). All chenopod pollen grains in one stomach sample were from Salicornia (Tourn.) L. (glasswort), which grows only in saline soils and has been used for food and medicine. Elders from the Champagne and Aishihik, Tagish, Gwitch'in, and Tlingit First Nations report their ethnobotanical and historical knowledge about inland and coastal Salicornia species. There is no common use for the small inland annual glasswort, Salicornia rubra A. Nelson, although other species were used for grain further south; however, Pacific Northwest coastal people have eaten the succulent perennial glasswort, Salicornia perennis Miller, since at least the 1880s. Pollen grains of this perennial salt marsh species are most similar to the chenopod pollen grains in the stomach of Kwädāy Dän Ts'ìnchí and suggest the ancient man's last meal came from the coast rather than from inland.Key words: Chenopodiaceae, Salicornia, Sarcocornia, forensic palynology, frozen body, ethnobotany. |
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Mudie, Petra J Greer, Sheila Brakel, Judith Dickson, James H Schinkel, Clara Peterson-Welsh, Ruth Stevens, Margaret Turner, Nancy J Shadow, Mary Washington, Rosalie |
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Mudie, Petra J Greer, Sheila Brakel, Judith Dickson, James H Schinkel, Clara Peterson-Welsh, Ruth Stevens, Margaret Turner, Nancy J Shadow, Mary Washington, Rosalie Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska |
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Mudie, Petra J Greer, Sheila Brakel, Judith Dickson, James H Schinkel, Clara Peterson-Welsh, Ruth Stevens, Margaret Turner, Nancy J Shadow, Mary Washington, Rosalie |
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Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska |
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Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska |
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Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska |
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Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska |
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Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska |
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forensic palynology and ethnobotany of salicornia species (chenopodiaceae) in northwest canada and alaska |
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