ABSTRACT
Chapter 4 describes qualitative and quantitative approaches (raw data tabulation, ubiquity/percentage presence, ratios, diversity, richness) for interpreting paleoethnobotanical data that can guide researchers to strong inferences about past plant–people interrelationships. Approaches are illustrated using tables of archaeobotanical data for a hypothetical house floor. Guidelines for reading stratigraphic pollen and phytolith diagrams are presented.
