Van traditionele archeologie naar ecologische archeologie: terugblik en vooruitblik in een jubileumjaar

Abstract

From traditional archaeology to ecological archaeology: looking back and looking ahead in a jubilee year. The start of archaeological research at the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen dates back to 1920. From the 1930s, research on subfossil plant remains became integrated into the archaeological research. Three research disciplines became established: palynology, research on wood, and research on non-woody macro remains (in particular seeds and fruits). Because this research deals with cells, tissues and organisms, identifications are possible to a low taxonomic level, which facilitates a detailed reconstruction of former vegetation and food economies. Future research would benefit from a further integration of these distinct disciplines within biological archaeology, as well as a further integration of biological archaeology within the study of archaeology. Such an approach could be designated as ecological archaeology.

Earliest cereal cultivation in Egypt recorded in the Faiyum Oasis lake deposits and its palaeoclimatic context

“…distichon) and six-rowed bar ley (Hordeum vulgare ssp. vulgare) (Caton-Thomp son and Gardner, 1934;Wenke et al, 1988;Schepers et al, 2006;Shirai, 2010;Wendrich et al, 2010). These dis cover ies in di cate that the Faiyum A cul ture was based on farm ing, sup ple mented by hunt ing and fish ing along with the use of domes tic an i mals (see lat est dis cus sion in Linseele et al, 2016;Holdaway and Wendrich, 2017;Holdaway et al, 2018a, b).…”