an archaeobotany network for the Asia-Pacific region
Across the Asia-Pacific region, many floristic and cultural connections can be explored through archaeobotany
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This network was started in 2008 and is currently maintained by Peter Matthews at the National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan
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Welcome to the Archaeobotany Network
Our aim is to support the development of archaeobotany in the region from Asia to Australia and the Pacific Islands. Students and researchers in Asia and the Pacific region face many similar problems in the recovery, identification and interpretation of plant remains.
Membership is free and open to anyone with an interests in archaeology, ethnobotany, plants, and human history. Archaeobotany is a field that can help us recognise the use of wild and cultivated plants in the past, the emergence agriculture, exchange of plants and plant products, and human adaptation to local environments and changes in climate.
Members are encouraged to introduce their own work in their personal profile pages (sign in using the link above, at right). You are also welcome to submit photographs and original notes on any topic related to archaeobotany.
Ipomoea batatas
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Archaeobotany blogs and news sites
Started by Peter Matthews in Member projects Jan 18, 2012. 0 Replies 0 Likes
Today I found an RSS feed for The Archaeobotanist, a blog maintained by Dorian Fuller, who lives somewhere in Eurasia, a region that overlaps with our region of interest.Our site has…Continue
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Notes Home
Created by Peter Matthews Jun 21, 2008 at 2:19pm. Last updated by Peter Matthews Jan 22, 2011.
Administration and contact details
Created by Peter Matthews Jan 3, 2011 at 10:26pm. Last updated by Peter Matthews Jan 3, 2011.
NEW and updated ANGA files
Created by Amanda Kennedy Apr 23, 2010 at 9:53am. Last updated by Amanda Kennedy Apr 23, 2010.
Archaeobotany in Australia and New Guinea
Created by Peter Matthews Jun 3, 2009 at 3:37pm. Last updated by Peter Matthews Jun 3, 2009.
Taphonomy live
Created by Peter Matthews Jun 21, 2008 at 2:31pm. Last updated by Peter Matthews Jun 21, 2008.
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Gao Yuanyuan posted a blog postSome unknown seeds in Tibet.
Hi everyone, I am pleased to share with you .These seeds are from Karuo Tibet.If you know what…See More
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Some unknown seeds in Tibet.
Posted by Gao Yuanyuan on April 25, 2013 at 12:38 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi everyone, I am pleased to share with you .
These seeds are from Karuo Tibet.If you know what they are ,You can share with us.
I'm sorry these photos are took by mobilephone so it may not be so clear.But we can see the surface and morphology.
Thank you ! …
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new article
Posted by Andrea Seelenfreund on March 7, 2013 at 11:31 1 Comment 0 Likes
Hi everyone,
I am pleased to share with you , that our paper entitled “DNA extraction and amplification from contemporary Polynesian bark-cloth” was recently published in PLOS ONE and is available online at http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056549
New profile question added - favourite information sources
Posted by Peter Matthews on June 17, 2012 at 22:34 1 Comment 0 Likes
"What are your favourite archaeobotany-related journals, blogs, books, or mailing lists?"
That's a new question I added to our profile page today.
All newly arriving members will have the option to answer the question.
All existing members can visit their existing profile page (after signing in) and can add an answer at any time.
This may help us to more quickly build (and maintain) a picture of the resources available for archaeobotanical…
Continue Irrigated Taro (Colocasia esculenta) in the Indo-Pacific (IPPA 2009 volume published by NME, Osaka)
Posted by Peter Matthews on April 8, 2012 at 20:00 0 Comments 0 Likes
At last, after good efforts by many people, the following volume has been published (6th April 2012).
Many of the papers deal with the archaeology of taro, and a methodological paper by Oliveira describes analysis of carbonised parenchyma tissue that is tentatively identified as Colocasia esculenta.
Other papers deal with the problem of dating terraced pondfields that have been used for taro cultivation:
M. Spriggs, D. Addison and P. J. Matthews (eds)…
Continue 6th World Archaeology Congress, Dublin, June 29th-July 4th, 2008 (WAC6)
Posted by Peter Matthews on March 25, 2008 at 21:41 0 Comments 0 Likes
Where will archaeobotany make an appearance in WAC6? I am involved in a conference theme on "The Rainforest as Artefact", and archaeobotany will obviously be important in this theme, but I will be interested to discover in what other areas of the conference we can learn about plants, and people, in the past.
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