Forensic palynology and ethnobotany of Salicornia species (Chenopodiaceae) in northwest Canada and Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Botany
• Main Authors: Mudie, Petra J, Greer, Sheila, Brakel, Judith, Dickson, James H, Schinkel, Clara, Peterson-Welsh, Ruth, Stevens, Margaret, Turner, Nancy J, Shadow, Mary, Washington, Rosalie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2005
• Subjects: Plant Science; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Tagish; Champagne; Aishihik; First Nations; glacier; tlingit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/b04-159; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/b04-159

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...