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How digitisation of herbaria reveals the botanical legacy of the First World War

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Digitisation of herbarium collections is bringing greater understanding to bear on the complexity of narratives relating to the First World War and its aftermath – scientific and societal. Plant collecting during the First World War was more widespread than previously understood, contributed to the psychological well‐being of those involved and ...
Christopher Kreuzer, James A. Wearn
wiley   +1 more source

Chersonesus: public archaeology on the Black Sea coast [PDF]

, 2001
Neal Ascherson
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Conservation challenges and opportunities for native apple (Malus) species in Canada

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Apple, one of the world's most widely cultivated and economically important fruit crops, has two wild relatives native to Canada. In this review, we describe the importance of these native apple species to Indigenous heritage and the current threats the species faces due to pests, diseases, and habitat loss.
Terrell T. Roulston, Chelsey Geralda Armstrong, Mckenna Batstone, Kyle Bobiwash, Sylvia Grace Borda, Dionne Bunsha, Claudia Ciotir, Brian C. Husband, Paul Manning, Tara L. Moreau, Amritpal S. Singh, Tyler W. Smith, Jens Ulrich, Zoë Migicovsky   +13 more
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Conference Review: Experimental archaeology: how does it work? by EAS, 28-28 April, 2022 in Solothurn (CH)

EXARC Journal, 2022
With public involvement and accompanied by great media interest, the first Swiss National Congress on Experimental Archaeology took place in Solothurn. For two days, more than 120 participants took part in professional exchange and the interdisciplinary ...
Alex R. Furger, Claus Detreköy
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Digitizing collections to unlock the full potential of palynology: A case study with the Smithsonian palynology collection

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Large palynological collections have been built over decades and contain vital information. However, they are often difficult to access and use effectively. What is the point of having such collections if they are not fully utilizable? To solve this problem, we digitized the Smithsonian palynological collection using both light and confocal microscopy.
Carlos Jaramillo, Surangi W. Punyasena, Daurys de Alba, Roxana Alveo, Angelica Arcila, Jorge Bermudez, Jonatan Bustos, Dayenari Caballero‐Rodriguez, Karen Cardenas, David Caro, Francy Carvajal, Ivonne Marcela Castañeda, Shara Chaves, Carlos D'Apolito, Andres Diaz‐Jaramillo, Laura Diaz, Luisa Gomez, Mauricio León‐Carreño, Paula Lopera, Maria Alejandra Lopez, Priscila Lopez, Luke Mander, Jhonatan Martínez Murcia, Carlos Moreno, Enrique Moreno, Enrique Neyra, Brenda Orosco, Jhon Ortiz, Natalia Ossa, Natalia Ovalle, Carolina Ovalle, Angelo Plata, Ingrid Romero, Bruno Scudeiro, Silane A. F. da Silva Caminha, Axel Tejada‐Fajardo, Vinicius Do Valle, Thiago Wood   +37 more
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Swedish Archaeology in the Twenty-First Century - The Necessity of a (self-) Critical Dialogue

Current Swedish Archaeology, 2000
In this paper it is argued that the rapid changes that have taken place within Swedish archaeology during the last decades can be discussed under the headings of structural, economical, public and theoretical changes and problems.
Gustav Wollentz
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Small grassland patches are hotspots for medicinal plants and associated phytochemical diversity in European agricultural landscapes

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Besides being important components of landscape‐level biodiversity, medicinal plants are essential resources for traditional and modern healthcare. However, human‐driven biodiversity loss has resulted in the decline of medicinal plant populations. By maintaining connections between nature, culture, and people, sacred natural sites can help counteract ...
Rita Engel, Orsolya Valkó, Attila Lengyel, Ádám Bede, Balázs Deák   +4 more
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Public outreach and the "hows" of archaeology : archaeology as a model for education

, 2000
Jon Daehnke
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The Best Way of Preserving Something is to Educate about it - Educational Centres in South Africa

EXARC Journal, 2016
This article aims to show the kind of issues South- African archaeologists have, working with public archaeology. A past that was segregated earlier should now be shared, but sharing a common past includes alternative perspectives on history and ...
Frauke Sontberg
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Reflections on the 1943 ‘Conference on the Future of Archaeology’

Archaeology International, 2013
At the height of the Second World War the Institute of Archaeology hosted a conference in London to map out the post-war future for archaeology.
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