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Hello all,

Does any one have experience with embedding charred plant specimens, e.g.,
wood charcoal and/or grains and making thin sections (microscopic slides) to
facilitate identification of the minute plant remains?

Thank you,


Ksenija Borojevic

Assistant Professor



Department of Archaeology

Boston University

675 Commonwealth Ave (Suite 345B)

Boston, MA 02215

Phone: 617 358-1649

Fax: 617 353-6800



On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Asouti, Eleni <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

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> Link to a new publication (currently in press, to appear in print in
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> http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleListURL&_method=list&_ArticleListID=1772845809&_sort=r&_st=13&view=c&_acct=C000012098&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=145085&md5=738cdea2e753b5698aa328833a8c0208&searchtype=a
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> *The ethnoarchaeology of firewood management in the Fang villages of
> Equatorial Guinea, central Africa: Implications for the interpretation of
> wood fuel remains from archaeological sites*
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> Llorenç Picornell Gelabert, Eleni Asouti, Ethel Allué Martí****
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> *Journal of Anthropological Archaeology*, In Press, Corrected Proof,
> Available online 14 June 2011****
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> Abstract: In archaeological literature, the study of trees and wood remains
> is a topic of relatively marginal interest, especially compared to texts on
> crops and human–animal relations. However, charcoal is the most frequent
> botanical remain found in archaeological sites. Charcoal analysis can
> therefore play a major role in the development of studies in both landscape
> and palaeoethnobotanical reconstruction. The majority of the archaeological
> charcoal assemblages reflect the exploitation of wood as an energy source
> (fuel). The archaeological study of firewood selection has been predominantly
> developed from ‘‘eco-utilitarian’’ or ‘‘subsistence economy’’ perspectives,
> but has not yet considered fuel collection and use as one of the most
> enduring categories of human–environment interactions, nor has archaeology
> looked into its potential as a source of empirical information on past
> perceptions of, and interactions with, ancient landscapes. The aim of this
> paper is to expand previous archaeological work on the interpretation of
> charcoal macroremains through the study of firewood collection as a
> historically constituted, socially mediated and archaeologically observable
> landscape practice. In order to achieve this, we present an
> ethnoarchaeological case study from the Fang society of Equatorial Guinea
> (central Africa) aimed at gaining a better understanding of the complex
> interactions between cultural, ecological and economic variables in firewood
> collection strategies.****
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> Eleni****
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