Archaeobotany: Pages for students and field archaeologists

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There is a manual/textbook on environmental archeology and paleoecology, but only in Slovenian: 
ANDRIČ, Maja, TOLAR, Tjaša, TOŠKAN, Borut. Okoljska arheologija in paleoekologija: palinologija, arheobotanika in arheozoologija. 1. izd. Ljubljana: Založba ZRC, ZRC SAZU, 2016. ISBN 978-961-254-872-8. [COBISS.SI-ID 283335936]

Archaeobotanical work methods
lecture and study material for postgraduate students of the Podimplomska šola ZRC SAZU, 26 february 2026 (pdf)

Most of the lectures are also in Slovenian. More on the Slovenian website:
https://iza2.zrc-sazu.si/sl/strani/arheobotanika-stran-za-studente-arheologe-na-terenu

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Guidelines in English:

• Instructions for field archaeologists - Archaeobotany (Ig, 9 November 2021)
• Archaeobotany, presentation for students 2016 (pdf)
• On sampling for dendrochronology

Excavated trench; bag of sediment sample from the site