Yet another starter pack! This one is for archaeobotany as I've not seen one around so far! I am sure I've missed many of you so please share it and comment to be included :) go.bsky.app/5fRwi48 #archaeobotany #palaeoethnobotany #carpology #phytoliths #ancientstarch #anthracology #palynology

On my way to Groningen for the 20th IWGP Conference - looking forward a lot to meeting many friends and colleagues again 🤗😎 archaeobotany.org/iwgp2025/

Last week, Thorsten Jakobitsch and I @oeai.bsky.social @uhaunivienna.bsky.social @heasvienna.bsky.social presented our current research at the 20th conference of the International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany #IWGP2025 in #Groningen (Netherlands).

This week, lab member and Postdoc, Dr. Christina Carolus (@cmcarolus.bsky.social) is at #IWGP2025 (International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany) in Groningen! Presenting her and her colleagues’ pathbreaking work in archaeobotanical protein analyses! #archaeology #ecology #history #botany

Are you at the CAA conference this week and curious about environmental archaeology? Check out the session hosted by IPIA PhD Candidate @somag.bsky.social on Saturday! 🏺

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During the 20th International Work Group for Palaeoethnobotany (#IWGP2025), Anne-Claire Misme (Eveha) presented: “How to connect an archaeobotanical project to local history for a younger audience? Field-based outreach experimentation in Dadan, Al-Ula (Saudi Arabia)”.
#outreach #archaeology

Last week we were on the road again at the International Working Group for Palaeoethnobotany, Groningen. Topics ranged from experimental pit storage, prehistoric food crusts, community-designed Roman gardens & wild plant fibres & recipes-looking forward to IWGP Berlin 2028! #WildWednesdays

More information:
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It's a dreary time of year!
Can't wait to see the first uncurling bracken fronds in May (and St Mark's fly).
Here's an interesting review of the uses and cultural associations of bracken: 'The Palaeoethnobotany of Pteridium aquilinum' -
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What an interesting leaflet, on the palaeobotany of Bracken. I had no idea it had so many and so diverse uses. https://historicengland.org.uk/content/docs/advice/bracken-the-palaeoethnobotany-of-pteridium-aquilinum/

JOB: TT Assistant Professor, Archaeology, McMaster University
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Have a look at this job vacancy for an assistant professor in archaeobotany @UofT !

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Alex Slucky is now present the first of the dig reports on how you can learn specialised skills while on site, and her own experience with #palaeoethnobotany @nascaustralia #nascsydney2018