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Archaeobotany:

Ancient Gardening

An investigation of the plants and methods in gardening from 10,000 B.C.E. to 1700 C.E.

http://www.cas.sc.edu/ANTH/gardening/ancientgardening.html

Archaeobotanical Lab-Bar Ilan University

Profiles of the laboratory and selected studies including Ashkelton, Atlit-Yam, Netiv Hagdud, Gesher Benot Ya'agov, Ohalo II, and a computerized key of grass grains.

http://www.biu.ac.il/js/archaeo/botanic.htm

Archaeobotanical Reports from Central Asia

Bibliographies compiled by Naomi Miller.

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~nmiller0/casia.html

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Archaeobotanical Reports from Iran

Bibliographies compiled by Naomi Miller.

http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~nmiller0/iran.html

Archaeobotany

Instructional material for a one hour archaeobotany lesson from the University of North Carolina.

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/UNCArchaeology6182002997

Archaeobotany

Report detailing the methods and results of archaeolobotanical analysis at this site.

http://www.catalhoyuk.com/archive_reports/1999/ar99_07.html

Date Stones in Archaeology

Archaeology of Date Stones

http://www.adias-uae.com/dates/

The Dung File

Organized list of references dealing with pollen, parasites, and plant remains in coprolites and latrine fills from archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sites.

http://www.scirpus.ca/dung/dung.shtml

Ethnobotany and Paleoethnobotany Bibliography

Compiled by Michael A. Pfeiffer.

http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Documents/ethnobib.txt

Florida Museum of Natural History: Archaeobotany Collection

These collections house plant remains primarily from the southeastern United States and the circum Caribbean region, and include both prehistoric and historic period sites.

http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/envarch/archbot_collection.htm

International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany

Report on the history of the group and the 1998 meeting.

http://www.socarchsci.org/bulletin/9809/9809n.htm

Procedures to Recover Archaeobotanical Remains

Paper on bucket flotation procedures to recover archaeobotanical remains by Cheryl Ward, Ph.D.

http://www.adventurecorps.com/sadana/flotation.html

Recent Palaeoethnobotanical Research at Scowlitz

Talk presented to the Archaeological Society of British Columbia, at Vancouver, BC, April 12, 2000 by Natasha Lyons.

http://www.sfu.ca/archaeology/museum/peb/scow1.html

Review of Food Plants from the British Isles

Abstract of a review of the archaeological evidence for food plants from the British Isles: an example of the use of the Archaeobotanical Computer Database.

http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue1/tomlinson_index.html

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

The official organ of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany covers the entire field of vegetation history - mainly the development of flora and vegetation during the Holocene and Pleistocene.

http://www.springer.com/west/home?SGWID=4-102-70-1103691-detailsPage=journal|description|description