Publication: The Archaeology of Shea Parklands (Vitellaria paradoxa) in Burkina Faso
Archaeological investigations of cultivated shea tree parks in the 1st millennium CE.
Publications
Publications
Publication: Shea parklands face various threats – Can archaeobotany help preserve them?
Blog discussing problems Shea agriculture is facing and possible solutions inspired by archaeological results
Publication: The SPP „Entangled Africa“ in the Magazine Antike Welt
In the current issue of Antike Welt, projects and working groups present their results to the interested public.
Publication: Glimpses into cooking practices — observations on past and present Sudanese griddle baking
Article comparing past and present Sudanese cooking practices
New Original Research Publication
Check out this brandnew Groundcheck paper published in Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology about ancient agricultural terraces in the prehispanic Andes: /*! elementor – v3.19.0 – 07-02-2024 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a […]
Publication: LA-ICP-MS analysis of glass beads from Tié (12th-14th centuries), Kanem, Chad: evidence of trans-Sudanic exchanges
Report on chemical analysis of archaeological glas from Tie in the Lake Chad region
Publication: (In)visible Ptolemaic Queens. A new Inclusive Approach to Ancient Chronologies and their Modern Use
Revision of the Ptolemaic ruler chronology through reinterpretation of sources and data in the scope of gender research.
Publication: Routes of interaction across northern central Tigray (Ethiopia) between 2nd and 1st millennium BCEPublication:
Report on archaeological surveys in northern Tigray (Ethiopia) between 2018 and 2019.
Publication: Interregional Linkage Investigations in Northern Kordofan (InterLINK). Report on the first project phase (2017-2022)
Overview to the first phase of the InterLINK project in North Kordofan.
Publication: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire – Thinking about Farming and Farmscapes
Overview discussing the historical development of African farmscapes.
Publication: A Unique Twelfth- to Fourteenth-Century AD Iron Nail Assemblage from Kanem, Chad
Detailed analysis of iron nails from the Kanem region in Chad.
Presenting Newest Publication From Western Anatolia
Read the newest publication from Benjamin Irvine and his colleagues about archaeobotanical remains from the Bronze Age in Kaymakçi, Western Anatolia: /*! elementor – v3.15.0 – 09-08-2023 */ .elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image […]
Publication: Combining Historical Maps, Travel Itineraries and Least-Cost Path Modelling to Reconstruct Pre-Modern Travel Routes and Locations in Northern Tigray (Ethiopia)
Paper regarding historical maps, travel reports and the attempt to reconstruct them.
Publication: Palaeoenvironmental research at Hawelti–Melazo (Tigray, northern Ethiopia)
Report on sedimentological and geomorphological analyses in Tigray, Ethiopia
Publication: A brief archaeological reconnaissance of northern Kanem, Chad
Short article about early human settlement in the northern Chad area
