How old is slash-and-burn in Amazonia? | TREES DLA Slash-and-burn is the dominant strategy for plant cultivation in rural Amazonia yet its antiquity in pre-Colonial times is unclear. Ascertaining both its antiquity and differences compared to modern s...

University College London seeks candidates for a FUNDED Ph.D. in #geoarcheology and #archeobotany examining the antiquity of slash and burn agriculture in the northwest Amazon of Brazil

Deadline 17 December!

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A 1,000-Year-Old Seed Grows in Israel For 14 years, scientists have been growing a tree akin to the Judean balsam — the source of the balm of Gilead — but with no modern counterpart.

#Archaeology #archeobotany

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Lost biblical tree resurrected from 1,000 year-old seed | CNN A long-lost tree species has new life after scientists planted a 1,000-year-old seed found in a cave in the Judean Desert in the 1980s during an archaeological dig.

Growing old... Lots of life in an old seed. Green fingers needed, I guess. #archeobotany