Archaeobotany: Reference collection

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Reference Collections

• Collection of seeds / fruits of cultural plants
• Collection of seeds / fruits of grasses, ruderals, weeds and other herbs
• Collection of seeds / fruits of wooden plants (trees and bushes)
• Collection of wood and charcoal
• Collection of wood – anatomical: cross, tangential and radial slices (i.e. wood preparations) for viewing under light microscope
• Collection of winter branches with the buds

Recent seeds / fruits; archaeological seeds / fruits

Charred archaeological seeds/fruits; archaeological seeds/fruits in a water-soaked state

Needles and twigs reference collection

Charcoal reference collection

Wood-anatomical preparations; seeds/fruits of tree and shrub species