ABSTRACT
Chapter 2 describes some of the ways pollen, phytoliths, macroremains, and starch become deposited into localities that will become archaeological sites and summarizes the conditions that lead to their preservation (or destruction). A hypothetical example—that of a ground stone tool recovered in situ in the deposits of a house floor—is presented to illustrate differences in pathways of deposition and preservation among the four primary kinds of archaeobotanical remains.
