training
Practical training in Archaeobotany
Below is a non-exhaustive list of programs for pratical training in archaeobotanical research work, in particular laboratory work
in India ...
in Morocco ..
in Senegal ..
in China: Baligang,
........How-to Guide
collecting for a comparative collection:
Short intensive courses
UCL Institute of Archaeology: Archaeobotanical Analysis in Pratice [1 week]. Focusing on seed identification for Eurasia & Africa. Taught by Dorian Q Fuller
UCL Environmental Change Research Centre, offers short courses in various related areas, such as pollen analysis, diatoms, and usually a macro-remains course-- Focusing on Northern European waterlogged seeds (mainly non-archaeological). Taught by Hilary Birks.
Wood Identification courses
-Prof. Schweingruber's Annual Winter School
Masters degree programs, English (1-year)
Sheffield University, MSc: Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoeconomy
Sheffield University, MSc Biomolecular Archaeology
University of Durham, MSc in Human Palaeoecology
Bradford University, MSc Archaeological Sciences
University of Birmingham, MSc in Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoenvironments [this course is stronger on pollen and insects]
Others
See also the Ethnobotanical courses compilation of Kew Gardens' website.
University of Basel (archaeobotany lab of Stefanie Jacomet)
University of Frankfurt, MA African archaeology, including Archaeobotany lab options.
This list updated 15 September 2009.