Archaeological Woodworking

Please consider submitting an abstract and/or registering to come to beautiful Tenerife for a workshop on all things Plant Technology-related!

Is your research related to plant technology in archaeology (woodworking, basketry, cordage)🪵🧺? Send us your proposal to participate in this Workshop to be held in @ULL (Tenerife) from 27-29 May! 📝Registration (free) & abstracts submission deadline 16 March @ArchWoodworking

Tonight, join online for free!

It's #NationalHerbsandSpicesDay! 🌿 Charred remains of clove & black pepper found at the site of an ancient port in Sri Lanka suggest that exotic spice trade in the region dates back to AD 600. 🔗 from 2018 (£) buff.ly/3Vm3JLb

Great to speak at the From Forests to Heritage conference, Helsinki ‘Revealing the cultural histories of Scottish wooded landscapes' considered the relevance of the human past in 21stC Rewilding. Our dendro evidence for past use of pine in buildings was presented by Anne Crone

The defense will follow soon, but Lise has done an amazing job: a master thesis on historical timbers and oxygen isotope #dendrochronolgy 🌳💍💫

@AndRobledo @ClaSpecial @iphes @MSCActions Letters showing what archaeology and archaeobotany are all about redbubble.com/shop/ap/139634…

The From Forests To Heritage 2024 conference is taking place in Helsinki May 28th - 31st at the 18th century Sea Fortress Suomenlinna! Call for papers closes December 15th. More info here aalto.fi/en/events/from…

We welcome 2 new members to the Network! 1. Élie Pinta is based at @ASUBeingHuman and @ArkmuseumUiS, working on Medieval Norse settlements and 2. Satu Koivisto at Museum Lolland-Falster in Denmark working on Baltic wetland sites & wooden artefacts. Team: archaeologicalwood.wixsite.com/home/team

we see some wood in there too!

@AnnemiekeMilks @ArchWoodworking Also, viva @ArchWoodworking !

#SCIENCE NEWS 🪵🔎🏗️ #Ancient #wood structures found in Zambia dating back 476,000 years challenge #construction #history! The discovery reveals early humans' advanced woodworking skills. @AnnemiekeMilks @ArchWoodworking @CerenArkbotani @lsbarham1 researchcareer.com.au/news/old-wood-…

Part of the UCO de Arqueobotànica @iphes at the #Anthraco23 International Meeting, Porto (Portugal) @EthelAllue @AndRobledo @BarbaraMas5 @ClaSpecial @IriarteTom @Lloren57264879 this year we are a lot!! 🌲🌳🌴🥰

Today me and @BarbaraMas5 presented data about ENM of sub-Mediterranean oaks during Neolithic in NE-Iberia and the fuel supply of Modern Barcelona at the international #anthraco2023 meeting in Porto, representing @SERP_UNivBarcel @srieramora and @iphes 🥰🤗🌲🌳

North America’s ancient bald cypress forests have told scientists about history’s legendary droughts and wet periods. Now they’re warning us about the future Read more 🔽 nationalgeographic.com/premium/articl… Via @NatGeo

Bronze age wooden comb could be oldest discovered in UK theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…

A complex instrument from the #Mesolithic discovered in Poland, likely a projectile point that stayed fixed to wooden shaft during impact. A pine wood shaft & bone point, the instrument was coated in birch tar -- highly efficient! #MesolithicMonday 🆓 buff.ly/3HHBAak

Repatriation story on stolen Kenyan vigango (sacred wooden statues) in @nytimes. Tree-rings and wooden heritage > more than just data! h/t @mokersel nytimes.com/2023/07/10/us/…

💥New paper out💥 I'm veeeery happy to announce that our study about fuel supply and landscape organization of the Roman colony of Barcino (Barcelona) is finally published and freely available until the 25/08! 👉authors.elsevier.com/a/1hNAr15SlTyz… 🌲🌳🌿🌾#charcoalanalysis #pollenanalysis

New paper alert, with one of our network co-organisers as a co-author!