Comparative histology of abscission zones reveals the extent of convergence and divergence in seed shattering in weedy and cultivated rice

Read more by Xiang Li, Daniel Lowey, Jessica Lessard, Ana L Caicedo. Published on Journal of Experimental Botany. 08 July 2024

Wood use and forest management by Neolithic millet farmers at the Xinglong site, northern China

Read more by Hui Shen, Zhenwei Qiu, Keliang Zhao, Xinying Zhou & Xiaoqiang Li. Published on Science China Earth Sciences. 11 May 2024

Investigating grandmothers’ cooking: A multidisciplinary approach to foodways on an archaeological dump in Lower Casamance, Senegal

Read more by Pauline Debels ,Léa Drieu ,Patricia Chiquet ,Jacqueline Studer ,Alex Malergue ,Louise Martignac ,Louis Champion ,Aline Garnier ,Valentine Fichet ,Moustapha Sall ,Martine Regert ,Anne Mayor Published on Plos One. 29 May 2024

Finding the right plaice at the right time: Multi-molecular analysis of flatfish reveals historical catch habitats

Read more by Katrien Dierickx, Peter Schauer, Jennifer Harland, Alan Pipe, Tarek Oueslati, Alexander Lehouck, Anton Ervynck, Wim Wouters, Matthew Von Tersch, David Orton, Michelle Alexander. Published on Fish and Fisheries. 28 May 2024

First Swiss alpine agropastoral societies: Contribution of isotope analysis to the study of their diet and mobility

Read more by Déborah Rosselet-Christ, Gwenaëlle Goude, Marie Besse, Matthieu Honegger, Georgios Kottas, Matteo Gios e, Jocelyne Desideri. Published on Journal of Archaeological Science. September 2024

Transformation of cereal grains: Botanical and chemical analysis of food residues encrusted on pottery from the Funnel Beaker settlement of Oldenburg LA 77, northern Germany

Read more by Lucy Kubiak-Martens ,Tania F. M. Oudemans ,Jan Piet Brozio ,Dragana Filipović ,Johannes Müller,Wiebke Kirleis Published on Plos One. 19 January 2024

Born of fire, borne by water – Review of paleo-environmental conditions, floristic assemblages and modes of preservation as evidence of distinct silicification pathways for silcrete floras in Australia

Read more by Andrew C. Rozefelds, John Webb, Raymond J. Carpenter, Anita K. Milroy, Robert S. Hill. Published on Gondwana Research. June 2024

Carbon isotope values of hazelnut shells: a new proxy for canopy density

Read more by Amy K. String, Elin Jirdén, Per Lagerås, Mikael Larson, Arne Sjöström, Karl Ljung Published on Frontiers. 29 February 2024

Agriculture along the upper part of the Middle Zarafshan River during the first millennium AD: A multi-site archaeobotanical analysis

Read more by Basira Mir-Makhamad ,Pavel Lurje,Vikentiy Parshuto,Abdurahmon Pulotov,Firuz Aminov,Michael Shenkar,Muminkhon Saidov,Nikita Semenov †,Sharof Kurbanov,Sirojiddin Mirzaakhmedov,Khusniddin Rakhmanov,Rita dal Martello,Robert Spengler III. Published on Plos One. 28 March 2024

Needs for a conceptual bridge between biological domestication and early food globalization

Read more by Xinyi Liu liuxinyi@wustl.edu and Martin Jones. Published on Pnas. 27 March 2024

A revisited history of cacao domestication in pre-Columbian times revealed by archaeogenomic approaches

Read more by Claire Lanaud, Hélène Vignes, José Utge, Gilles Valette, Bénédicte Rhoné, Mariella Garcia Caputi, Natalia Sofía Angarita Nieto, Olivier Fouet, Nilesh Gaikwad, Sonia Zarrillo,et.al Published on scientific reports. 07 March 2024

Making wine in earthenware vessels: a comparative approach to Roman vinification

Read more by Dimitri Van Limbergen and Paulina Komar. Published on Antiquity. 23 January 2024

The ecology, subsistence and diet of ~45,000-year-old Homo sapiens at Ilsenhöhle in Ranis, Germany

Read more by Geoff M. Smith, Karen Ruebens, Elena Irene Zavala, Virginie Sinet-Mathiot, Helen Fewlass, Sarah Pederzani, Klervia Jaouen, Dorothea Mylopotamitaki, Kate Britton et.al. Published on nature ecology & evolution. 31 January 2024

Seeing the fields through the weeds: introducing the WeedEco R package for comparing past and present arable farming systems using functional weed ecology

Read more by Elizabeth Stroud, Michael Charles, Glynis Jones, John G. Hodgson & Amy Bogaard Published on Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 19 October 2023

Integrating spatial analyses and microbotanical remains: A methodological approach for investigating plant processing activities and domestic spaces at Neolithic Çatalhöyük

Read more by Carlos G. Santiago-Marrero, Carla Lancelotti, Marco Madella. Published on Journal of Archaeological Science. March 2024

Geometric morphometric analysis of Neolithic wheat grains: insights into the early development of free-threshing forms

Read more by Tina Roushannafas, Amy Bogaard & Michael Charles. Published on Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 22 June 2023

Evidence of diverse animal exploitation during the Middle Paleolithic at Ghar-e Boof (southern Zagros)

Read more by Mario Mata-González, Britt M. Starkovich, Mohsen Zeidi & Nicholas J. Conard. Published on Scientific Reports. 03 November 2023

Human consumption of seaweed and freshwater aquatic plants in ancient Europe

Read more by Stephen Buckley, Karen Hardy, Fredrik Hallgren, Lucy Kubiak-Martens, Žydrūnė Miliauskienė, Alison Sheridan, Iwona Sobkowiak-Tabaka & Maria Eulalia Subirà Published on Nature Communications. 17 octobre 2023

South American Maize and Political Economy of the Middle and Late Formative Soconusco Region of Guatemala

Read more by Thomas C. Hart, Neil A. Duncan, Deborah M. Pearsall and Michael W. Love. Published on Latin American Antiquity. 15 June 2023

The stability and collapse of marine ecosystems during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction

Read more by Yuangeng Huang, Zhong–Qiang Chen, Peter D. Roopnarine, Michael J. Benton,  Laishi Zhao,  Xueqian  Feng, Zhenhua Li Published on Current Biology. 27 March 2023

Hunter-gatherer farming during the first millennium BCE in inland, boreal landscapes: new pollen analytical and archaeological evidence from Dalarna, central Sweden

Read more by Joakim Wehlin, Magnus O. Ljunge, Petter I. Larsson, Sigrún Dögg Eddudóttir, Anneli Ekblom & Jemt Anna Eriksson. Published on Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 10 August 2023

Herd management and subsistence practices as inferred from isotopic analysis of animals and plants at Bronze Age Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus

Read more by Suzanne E. Pilaar Birch , Mary Metzger, Elizabeth Ridder, Steven Porson, Steven E. Falconer, Patricia L. Fall. Published on Plos One. 06 October 2022

Intentional creation of carbon-rich dark earth soils in the Amazon

Read more by Morgan J. Schmidt, Samuel L. Goldberg, Michael Heckenberger, Carlos Fausto, Bruna Franchetto, Jennifer Watling, Helena Lima, et.al Published on Science Advances. 20 September 2023

Introduction to the special issue on ‘Plant use and management during the emergence of farming in Southwest Asia: recent insights and new approaches’

Read more by Jade Whitlam & Alexander Weide Published on Vegetation History and Archaeobotany. 17 July 2023

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