Dear Jade,
This is a lovely idea! I'll look forward to seeing it go online.
Best,
Tonya Largy
Jade D'Alpoim Guedes wrote:
> Subject:
> Re: identification
> From:
> "Jade D'alpoim Guedes" <[log in to unmask]>
> Date:
> Fri, 28 May 2010 16:59:44 -0400
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> To:
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>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> A colleague and I are actually starting a website to this effect
> called paleobot.org. Our goal is to provide a platform for
> researchers to upload and share
> reference collection images and to engage in collaborative
> identification of unknown archaeobotanical specimens. We will be
> presenting our demo version of the website at the IGWP meetings and
> hope to have a working version online by mid summer.
> We will have a section of the identification of unknowns where
> researchers can upload images and a box where comments can be left to
> help identify the specimen.
> Looking forward to meeting you soon,
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Jade d'Alpoim Guedes (PhD Candidate)
> Department of Anthropology
> Harvard University
> 11 Divinity Avenue
> 02138 Cambridge MA
>
>
> On 5/28/2010 5:32 AM, Andrew Fairbairn wrote:
>> Great idea!
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Dr Andrew Fairbairn
>> Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
>> School of Social Science
>> The University of Queensland
>> Brisbane
>> QLD4072
>> Australia
>>
>> Tel: +61 (0)7 3365 2780
>> Fax: +61 (0)7 3365 1544
>>
>> Associate Editor, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
>> (http://www.springer.com/geosciences/journal/334)
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>>
>> ________________________________
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>> From: The archaeobotany mailing list on behalf of HUNTLEY J.P.
>> Sent: Fri 28/05/2010 7:00 PM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: identification
>>
>>
>> Should we be thinking of setting up a system similar to that on
>> Zooarch; they have a "bonecommons" site where they mount their photos
>> etc.? It also means that no attachments are allowed on the list
>> itself which must be a help to people who don't have a fast broadband
>> or are not interested in that particular period/region. Photos can
>> then be of good quality - 'shrinking' them can lose useful features
>> obviously. I'd be happy to ask Umberto how they do it if there was
>> enough interest (we are nowhere near as list- active as bone
>> people!!) but am not volunteering necessarily to do more than that.
>>
>> re the 'seeds'- ????small pointed Olive???? Surface texture looks ok
>> but it's not circular in section; flattened on one face so maybe one
>> of several in the original fruit - so perhaps Rosaceae - are there
>> long Cotoneasters? You can tell it's not my geographical or period
>> comfort zone!
>>
>> best wishes
>> Jacqui
>>
>> _____________________________________________________
>> Jacqui Huntley
>> English Heritage NE Regional Science Advisor
>>
>> Honorary Research Associate, Department of Archaeology
>> University of Durham
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>> From: The archaeobotany mailing list on behalf of Andrew Fairbairn
>> Sent: Fri 28/05/2010 09:04
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Re: identification
>>
>>
>> Can I ask list members to try and minimise the size of photos they
>> send around the list for identification??? Recentlyu I have received
>> a lot of emails requesting identification with huge photo sizes that
>> can take a long time to download and can clog up my email system. How
>> about shrinking them in the future?
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Dr Andrew Fairbairn
>> Senior Lecturer in Archaeology
>> School of Social Science
>> The University of Queensland
>> Brisbane
>> QLD4072
>> Australia
>>
>> Tel: +61 (0)7 3365 2780
>> Fax: +61 (0)7 3365 1544
>>
>> Associate Editor, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany
>> (http://www.springer.com/geosciences/journal/334)
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>>
>> From: The archaeobotany mailing list on behalf of Ivanka Todorova
>> Slavova
>> Sent: Fri 28/05/2010 5:17 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: identification
>>
>>
>>
>> Dear List Members,
>>
>> I would like to know if someone can help me identify the attached
>> seeds. They are found in a Early Medieval settlement (7-9 centure
>> A.D.) in Southeast Bulgaria.
>>
>>
>> Thank You in advance!
>> Ivanka Slavova
>>
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