International Workshop for African Archaeobotany

9:30 - 9:50 (20min)

CROP DOMESTICATION AND DISPERSAL

Amphithéâtre GGE

Claire Malleson

› Early evidence of domesticated yam (Dioscorea sp.) management at Tse Dura rock shelter, Middle Benue Valley, Nigeria - Emuobosa Orijemie, Cynthia Larbey, C. A. I French, M. K. Jones 09:30-09:50 (20min)

9:50 - 10:30 (40min)

PLANT USES FOR FOOD AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES

Amphithéâtre GGE

Claire Malleson

› DAILY PRACTICES OF FOOD IN LIKPE KUKURANTUMI EARTHWORK SETTLEMENT, GHANA - Patricia Ayipey, Pokorna Adela, Jaromír Beneš 09:50-10:10 (20min)

› From the present to the past, reconstructing foodways in Senegal (West Africa) by the analysis of phytoliths in ceramic pots. - Aline Garnier, Pauline Debels, Julien Vieugué, Léa Drieu, Alex Malergue, Valentine Fichet, Martine Regert, Anne Mayor 10:10-10:30 (20min)

10:50 - 11:10 (20min)

Coffee break

11:10 - 12:30 (1h20)

Prof. Ahmed G. Fahmy Memorial Speaker

Amphithéâtre GGE

› Exploring agriculture and terroirs of the medieval Haouz : interdisciplinary approach at Aghmat (Morocco) - Fatima-Ezzahra Badri, Amandine Cartier, Benoit Marie, Ilham Bentaleb, Sandrine CANAL, Leïa Mion, Violaine Heritier-Salama, Chloé Capel, Abdallah Fili, Jérôme Ros 11:10-11:30 (20min)

› The Exploitation of cultivated and wild plants in Post-Medieval Nubia: Archaeobotanical Evidence from Old Dongola (16th-19th Centuries AD) - Mohammed Nasreldein, Simone Riehl, Nicholas J. Conard 11:30-11:50 (20min)

› Human-Environment Interactions During the Late Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs: An Analysis of Archaeological Charcoals from Three Archaeological Sites in Southern Ethiopia - Tefera Tarekegn, Isabelle Théry-Parisot, Lamya Khalidi, Alexa Höhn 11:50-12:10 (20min)

› One man's trash is someone else's treasure: plant remains from the tomb of the Pharaoh Tutankhamun - [online] NagmElDeen Hamza, Claudia Moricca, Laura Sadori 12:10-12:30 (20min)

12:30 - 14:00 (1h30)

Free Lunch

14:00 - 15:20 (1h20)

PLANT USES FOR FOOD AND CRAFT ACTIVITIES

Amphithéâtre GGE

Jacob Morales

› Prehispanic basketry from the Canary Islands: preliminary data on plants used and techniques. - [online] Maria Herrero-Otal, Anna Homs, Raquel Piqué, Paloma Vidal-Matutano 14:00-14:20 (20min)

› Too many large ceramic vessels and grinding stones: decoding the centrality of beers among the Ngoni in Southern Tanzania - [online] Sinyati Robinson Mark, Thomas Biginagwa 14:20-14:40 (20min)

› New development in the archaeobotany of southeast Nigeria - Kingsley Daraojimba 14:40-15:00 (20min)

› Reconsidering early agricultural transmissions in the Middle Nile Valley: New dietary data from Kadruka 1 and Kadruka 21, Sudan - Charles Le Moyne, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland 15:00-15:20 (20min)

15:20 - 15:50 (30min)

Coffee break

16:00 - 18:00 (2h)

Laboratory session / Herbarium visit

Plant material observation or visit of the Herbarium (ethnobotanical collections, herbarium, xylothec)