The recovery of plant macroremains for archaeobotanical analyses requires the adaptation of the methods to different environments found in archaeological sites around the world. In the Amazon, clayey soils frequently complicate the recovery of organic and inorganic remains due to the propensity of clay particles to aggregate. This note presents the methodology employed in the treatment of sediment samples from archaeological sites in the central Amazon, highlighting the use of deflocculants associated to flotation. Minimizing the sample biases during the recovery of plant macroremains will allow for better and more accurate results from archaeobotanical analyses.
Archaeobotany; Macroremains; Methodology; Amazon
