ABSTRACT
While a great deal of attention has been focused on the significance of plant resources in the European Mesolithic (e.g., Clarke 1976; Mellars 1976; Price 1978, 1989; Gregg 1988; Zvelebil 1994), very little of this attention has utilized direct archaeobotanical evidence. This study aims to document the variety of botanical remains recovered from several sites within a well-defined region of the Netherlands, using techniques for the identification of vegetative storage organs (Hather 1991, 1993) to complement the more common approaches that focus on seeds, fruits, and wood charcoal. The ultimate goal of this study is to provide a detailed understanding of the use of plant materials by the prehistoric foragers who occupied these sites.
