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WILD FOOD
by Ray Mears
& Gordon Hilman
(2008) recent reprint. Hodder / BBC. 266 page paperback. Colour photographs throughout.
New unread paperback in dust-wrapper.
Publisher's price £16.99 - Our price to your door £8.45
50% discount! You save £8.54!
This book is the result of ten years of research, the early stages of which were used as the basis of the associated television series. The aim of Mears' and Hilman's project has been to throw some light on the British Mesolithic, when our own ancestors would have lived as hunter-gatherers.
"The real problem, ...of course, is that organic [archaeological] remains from the past survive so poorly. What we do have is lots of evidence of the use of stone tools..."
In an attempt to fill the gap, the authors scoured British and European archaeological literature for finds of botanical material, and researched the finer details of British botany. The most well-known part of their project, of course, were their expeditions to study existing hunter-gatherer communities, and their techniques of food gathering and processing. This book presents the authors' resulting understanding, applied in turn to each British species of plant which is known, or suspected, to have been used by Mesolithic Britons.
Practical and interesting, but also academically sound - "Most attractive ...lays down a research hypothesis of fabulous promise." British Archaeology magazine. Includes a good bibliography.
Chapters include: Britain's last hunter-gatherers; A foot in both worlds; Foraging; Hunting; Fungi; The plant foods of our hunter- gatherer ancestors; Bibliography.
ISBN: 9780340827918
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