Archaeobotanical workshop 2800-AFABOT
Archaeobotany is a part of bioarchaeology and environmental
archaeology. The main tool of archaeobotany is an analysis of plant
macro-remains derived from archaeological layers. It gives information of
plant taxa, their biology and ecology which allows palaeoeconomical and
environmental interpretation of the plant assemblages. Archaeobotanical
plant remains are also known as ecofacts and can be used as a source of
material for other reaearch such as morphometric-geometric, radio and
stable isotopes, aDNA.
Theoretical part:
1. Carbonised and waterlogged plant macro-remains - a brief introduction
to fossilization process
2. Introduction to sampling, recovery techniques and storage principles
3. Methods of interpretation of archaeobotanical plant assemblages
4. Plant remains as a source of material for other analyses (radiocarbon
dating, diet, evolutionism)
Practical part:
5. Identification criteria of crop remains (wheat, barley, rye, oat and
millet)
6. Sample processing, sorting and identification of the crop remains
7. Documenting and reporting
Rodzaj przedmiotu
Tryb prowadzenia
Koordynatorzy przedmiotu
Efekty kształcenia
The student has a brief knowledge of the place and importance of
archaeobotany in the system of natural and social sciences;
has structured knowledge of archaeobotany including basic terminology
and methods;
is able to describe the main types of fossil remains (grains, seeds, fruits
and other types of macroremains);
is able to identify seeds of the selected cultivated plants of prehistoric
Europe
Kryteria oceniania
Test verifying theoretical and practical issues
Literatura
Charles, M., Crowther, A., Ertug, F., Herbig, C., Jones, G., Kutterer, J.,
Longford, C., Madella, M., Maier, U., Out, W., Pessin, H., Zurro, D.,
(2009) Archaeobotanical Online Tutorial
http://archaeobotany.dept.shef.ac.uk/
Campbell, G., Moffett, L., Straker, V., et al. 2011. Environmental
Archaeology: A Guide to the Theory and Practice of Methods, from
Sampling and Recovery to Post-excavation. Historic England.
Jacomet, S., 2006. Identification of cereal remains from archaeological
sites.
Jones, G., 1998. Wheat Grain Identification – Why Bother? Environ.
Archaeol. 2, 29–34. https://doi.org/10.1179/env.1997.2.1.29
Zohary, D., Hopf, M., Weiss, E., 2012. Domestication of plants in the Old
World, 4th ed. Oxford
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