Publication: The Archaeology of Shea Parklands (Vitellaria paradoxa) in Burkina Faso
Archaeological investigations of cultivated shea tree parks in the 1st millennium CE.
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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: Earth, Water, Air, and Fire – Thinking about Farming and Farmscapes
Overview discussing the historical development of African farmscapes.
Publication: Late Holocene vegetation changes in the Chad Basin, Nigeria
The development of cultivated landscapes under the influence of food production has decisively shaped the composition and appearance of West African savannas as present today. With trees and shrubs forming an important constituent of such landscapes, and its composition characterizing different types of land-use, anthracology is a tool particularly well suited to trace developments and changes through human exploitation of the landscape. [...]