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IWGP Research Group:International Workshop for African Archaeobotany (IWAA) |
Description
This workshop, first held in 1994, aims to provide a basis for researchers interested in archaeobotany and past human plant use on the African continent to compare and discuss results, share methods, practices, and new ideas. Its meetings were modelled on the IWGP meetings, in having a laboratory session in which participants can show some of their specimens and discuss issues of identification and interpretation at the microscope. In addition to the study of plant macroremains, plant microremains (phytoliths, pollen and starch grains), are often also present. Historical, ethnological and linguistic analyses, and molecular analyses are also regularly integrated, where these contribute to archaeology of past African plant use.
Coordinators
Membership
Membership includes all participants who sign up to attend this conference.
Upcoming Events
11th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany (IWAA)
We are delighted to announce that the 11th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany will take place in Cairo (Egypt) from 9th-12th November 2026, hosted at the American University in Cairo.[...]
Past Events
10th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany (IWAA)
The International Workshop for African Archaeobotany (IWAA) is addressed to scholars working in the field of relationships between plants and humans in Africa. The 10th IWAA was organised in Paris[...]
9th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany (IWAA)
The 9th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany (IWAA) was held at Casa África from 26 to 29 June. The congress was organised by the Department of Historical Sciences of the[...]
8th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany (IWAA)
The 8th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany was organized at the Modena and Reggio Emilia University by LPP- Laboratory of Palynology and Palaeobotany and was hosted by the Department of[...]
7th International Workshop for African Archaeobotany (IWAA)
Documents Conference Proceedings: News from the past: Progress in African archaeobotany. Advances in Archaeobotany 3 (2016), edited by Ursula Thanheiser
Background image: Charred cultivated plant remains from Fuente Álamo (prov. Almería, Spain), Bronze Age El Argar culture © Hans-Peter Stika