<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dersch, Ave Tressa</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Assigning Hearth Function through Paleoethnobotany</style></title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2005</style></year></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nanaimo</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In the northern Dene community of Patuanak hearths are not re-used for different purposes. Instead, hearths are used for one very specific task such as cooking, making drying meat, or smoking hides. Through ethnoarchaeological research in Patuanak, archeological signatures have been identified that will allow archaeologists to assign function to hearths. Focusing mainly on plant remains, this paper explores how innovative paleobotanical techniques will allow archaeologists to assign function and even ethnicity to archaeological hearth remains.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>