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Three examples of tree trunks, incised with geometric symbols.

Scots pine trees in northern Fennoscandia are under risk from deforestation #WorldConservationDay 🏺 🌲
They are also incised with markings of cultural significance to the Indigenous Sámi, making their preservation both ecologically and archaeologically vital.

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Hundreds of medieval medical manuscripts now accessible Over the course of the last three years, the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project has been enhancing the discoverability of medieval medical recipes in historic library collections across the ...

Over 7000 pages of medieval medical recipes are now freely accessible online at the end of the Curious Cures in Cambridge Libraries project.
👉 Discover more about this ambitious project and its achievements: loom.ly/XFJt-Tg

A page of text from a twelfth-century medical manuscript, with near brownish-black text, large initials in red and blue, and one very large "C" for "corpus" with elaborate foliate decoration.

A medieval manuscript page with only text, written by several different scribes in brown ink with red titles. It includes medical recipes and magical charms.

Current work/fun: lots of 12th c. English medical manuscripts, both for an essay on medical charms and a conference paper on monastic infirmaries.
One of the stars: Durham Cathedral MS Hunter 100, made in or near Durham Priory.
Shown here, fol. 85r & 118r, start and end of the medical texts.

Job alert! Open Research position in our group on "Tree line ecology in mountain regions" at @slfdavos.bsky.social Apply and become my colleague 😊
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Lampeter is such an important part of Cultural, Academic, Scientific and Theological life.
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We call on UWTSD & the Welsh Government to create a viable, sustainable plan for the future of the campus
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Plant use at Funnel Beaker sites: combined macro- and microremains analysis at the Early Neolithic site of Frydenlund, Denmark (ca. 3600 bce) - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany Understanding the neolithisation process in northern Europe requires detailed knowledge of both the type of crop plants as well as gathered food plants from Neolithic Funnel Beaker sites (4000–2800 bc...

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The photo shows the baby mammoth in a lab.

New discovery: A 50,000-year-old female baby #mammoth found in Sibiria, expert say it's the best-preserved mammoth ever found

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Witte Swaen from 1636. The Discovery and Archaeological Survey of an Intact Fluit in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea In 2020, the diving group Badewanne discovered an exceptionally well-preserved wreck in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Researchers and divers from several different institutions collaborated to s...

My latest article with an amazing team! #archaeobotany #barley #shipwreck #cargo

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Yet another starter pack! This one is for archaeobotany as I've not seen one around so far! I am sure I've missed many of you so please share it and comment to be included :) go.bsky.app/5fRwi48 #archaeobotany #palaeoethnobotany #carpology #phytoliths #ancientstarch #anthracology #palynology

Hi! Greetings from Finland! I am working with archaeobotanical material. I love seeds!

Witte Swaen from 1636. The Discovery and Archaeological Survey of an Intact Fluit in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea In 2020, the diving group Badewanne discovered an exceptionally well-preserved wreck in the Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea. Researchers and divers from several different institutions collaborated to s...

Our article with a great international team has just been published! My role was to analyze food plants from the cargo of Witte Swaen!
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