Dr Jennifer 'JB' Bates
@drjenniferbates.bsky.social
#Archaeologist & #archaeobotanist of ancient South Asia.
Assoc Prof of #ArchaeologicalScience at SNU
on X I'm @drjenniferbates
Food, domestication, agriculture.
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Assoc Prof of #ArchaeologicalScience at SNU
on X I'm @drjenniferbates
Food, domestication, agriculture.
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🚨Just in time for New Year: my book is being released! "The Origins of Agriculture in the Bronze Age Indus Civilization" explores the origins & uses of #plants in the #IndusCivilization. Published with @cambridgeup.bsky.social, it synthesizes #genetics, #archaeobotany, & #archaeology.
First #archaeobotany practical of the semester! Setting up for learning about #taxonomy, #botanical keys and using the reference collections. Always a good fun intro to the lab.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Science
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Science
September 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
First #archaeobotany practical of the semester! Setting up for learning about #taxonomy, #botanical keys and using the reference collections. Always a good fun intro to the lab.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Science
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Science
Super excited to be a part of this paper on Hominin ecological reconstruction that has just been published in Nature EcoEvol, but even more stunningly proud that my MA student is one of the co-authors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
Hominin glacial-stage occupation 712,000 to 424,000 years ago at Fordwich Pit, Old Park (Canterbury, UK) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The authors report Acheulean hominin occupation of eastern Britain during glacial marine isotope stages 17–16 and again in glacial marine isotope stage 12 via stone tools in sediments dated to 712,000...
www.nature.com
September 1, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Super excited to be a part of this paper on Hominin ecological reconstruction that has just been published in Nature EcoEvol, but even more stunningly proud that my MA student is one of the co-authors!
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
August 22, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Thanks for the awesome memories #IWGP2025 #Groningen! Looking forward to 2028 in #Berlin for more #archaeobotany fun!
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #plants
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #plants
July 27, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Thanks for the awesome memories #IWGP2025 #Groningen! Looking forward to 2028 in #Berlin for more #archaeobotany fun!
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #plants
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #plants
Final paper session of #IWGP2025 in #Groningen and we're continuing with domestication! Rethinking some theory, exploring South American cotton, the origins of poppy and looking to Neltuma chilensis management.
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
July 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Final paper session of #IWGP2025 in #Groningen and we're continuing with domestication! Rethinking some theory, exploring South American cotton, the origins of poppy and looking to Neltuma chilensis management.
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
Global plant domestication session has a couple of papers before lunch at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen. Soybeans in China and enset in Ethiopia are the foci, and how we resolve their origins and spread. #archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 25, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Global plant domestication session has a couple of papers before lunch at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen. Soybeans in China and enset in Ethiopia are the foci, and how we resolve their origins and spread. #archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
A sleepy morning after the #IWGP2025 party! We're back with more #food papers from the Americas and Europe. Starch, phytoliths, seeds and archaeochemicals...and cesspits!
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
July 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
A sleepy morning after the #IWGP2025 party! We're back with more #food papers from the Americas and Europe. Starch, phytoliths, seeds and archaeochemicals...and cesspits!
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
Incredible to be able to see the #Groningen #archaeobotany and #ethnobotany reference collection while at #IWGP2025.
Truly amazing and extensive #seed, wood, pollen and more material. #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Truly amazing and extensive #seed, wood, pollen and more material. #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Incredible to be able to see the #Groningen #archaeobotany and #ethnobotany reference collection while at #IWGP2025.
Truly amazing and extensive #seed, wood, pollen and more material. #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Truly amazing and extensive #seed, wood, pollen and more material. #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
More #food #archaeobotany at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen. Case studies from China, Britain, Slovenia, Iraq and Alaska. Cooking methods, ingredients, and ideas of taste are all 'food for thought'. #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
More #food #archaeobotany at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen. Case studies from China, Britain, Slovenia, Iraq and Alaska. Cooking methods, ingredients, and ideas of taste are all 'food for thought'. #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Food is the theme for today at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen. Terminology, standardisation, experimentation, and methods are the key takeaways. #archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #food
July 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Food is the theme for today at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen. Terminology, standardisation, experimentation, and methods are the key takeaways. #archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #food
Excellent paper by PhD student Matthew Conte from Seoul National University at #IWGP2025 on seed impressions in ceramics. #archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
July 23, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Excellent paper by PhD student Matthew Conte from Seoul National University at #IWGP2025 on seed impressions in ceramics. #archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
Last session for the day and it's on #openscience in #archaeobotany. FAIR, CARE and interoperable principles are all on the table at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Last session for the day and it's on #openscience in #archaeobotany. FAIR, CARE and interoperable principles are all on the table at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Apologies for not posting after coffee - I was chairing! Back now with more methods - #phytoliths, micro-contextualism, preservation experiments in silos and #rice paddy ecologies. #IWGP2025 #Groningen #archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
July 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Apologies for not posting after coffee - I was chairing! Back now with more methods - #phytoliths, micro-contextualism, preservation experiments in silos and #rice paddy ecologies. #IWGP2025 #Groningen #archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
Huge congratulations to Emma Karoune for winning the inaugural #IWGP2025 Lisa Lodwick Award. The award honours those who support accessibility, open science and inclusively in #archaeobotany, following in Lisa's trailblazing footsteps. #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 23, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Huge congratulations to Emma Karoune for winning the inaugural #IWGP2025 Lisa Lodwick Award. The award honours those who support accessibility, open science and inclusively in #archaeobotany, following in Lisa's trailblazing footsteps. #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Morning from #IWGP2025 in #Groningen! I'm in the methods session and we're thinking about proteins, sedaDNA, germination identification, millet dispersal, ceramic impressions and c14 in ceramic tempers. #archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Morning from #IWGP2025 in #Groningen! I'm in the methods session and we're thinking about proteins, sedaDNA, germination identification, millet dispersal, ceramic impressions and c14 in ceramic tempers. #archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
More #plant management and #Resilience at #IWGP2025. Thinking through weed floras, date palm in the Nile, geophytes, azuki beans and fire propagation, and Australian Aboriginal food histories amongst much more.
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #ethnobotany
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #ethnobotany
July 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
More #plant management and #Resilience at #IWGP2025. Thinking through weed floras, date palm in the Nile, geophytes, azuki beans and fire propagation, and Australian Aboriginal food histories amongst much more.
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #ethnobotany
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #ethnobotany
Back from coffee and shifting to the #plant management session. Grapes, olives, wetlands and arable farming are all on the books as well as #archaeobotany, #isotopes, #archaeogenetics, #phytoliths, #charcoal.
#IWGP2025 #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#IWGP2025 #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Back from coffee and shifting to the #plant management session. Grapes, olives, wetlands and arable farming are all on the books as well as #archaeobotany, #isotopes, #archaeogenetics, #phytoliths, #charcoal.
#IWGP2025 #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#IWGP2025 #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Amazing talk at #IWGP2025 from Indica Project member Kim Pangyu from @SeoulNatlUni on lentils cooking experiments in #India #archaeology.
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
July 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Amazing talk at #IWGP2025 from Indica Project member Kim Pangyu from @SeoulNatlUni on lentils cooking experiments in #India #archaeology.
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
#archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
I'm in the parallel session at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen this morning & we're thinking about plant movements. "Cerealization", Mongolian crop introductions, lentils in India, Balkan millets and wheat in Italy are all topics covered
#archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
I'm in the parallel session at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen this morning & we're thinking about plant movements. "Cerealization", Mongolian crop introductions, lentils in India, Balkan millets and wheat in Italy are all topics covered
#archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Icebreaker for #IWGP2025 at the beautiful #Groningen Botanical Gardens. Drinks and snacks in the Chinese gardens while talking #plants - fantastic!
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
July 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Icebreaker for #IWGP2025 at the beautiful #Groningen Botanical Gardens. Drinks and snacks in the Chinese gardens while talking #plants - fantastic!
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
#archaeology #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience
Final part of #IWGP2025 for today and we move to Africa, the Levant, Saudi Arabia and South Asia for more urban #archaeobotany. Subsistence strategies, storage, arid adaptation and fabric are some of the many topics covered.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
July 21, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Final part of #IWGP2025 for today and we move to Africa, the Levant, Saudi Arabia and South Asia for more urban #archaeobotany. Subsistence strategies, storage, arid adaptation and fabric are some of the many topics covered.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
Back after lunch at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen for more on urban #archaeobotany. Big data mining, Bronze Age Mediterranean multiproxies, dung in #Italy, and cereals and theoretical approaches in #Egypt.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Back after lunch at #IWGP2025 in #Groningen for more on urban #archaeobotany. Big data mining, Bronze Age Mediterranean multiproxies, dung in #Italy, and cereals and theoretical approaches in #Egypt.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
1st day (morning session) at #IWGP2025 is on urban landscapes and we have talks on the Late #Neolithic ovens, Bulgarian city walls, Celtic oppidum, #Vikings pit houses, and Ephesos.
#Groningen #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
#Groningen #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
July 21, 2025 at 10:01 AM
1st day (morning session) at #IWGP2025 is on urban landscapes and we have talks on the Late #Neolithic ovens, Bulgarian city walls, Celtic oppidum, #Vikings pit houses, and Ephesos.
#Groningen #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
#Groningen #archaeobotany #archaeologicalscience #archaeology
Welcome to #IWGP2025! The conference is beginning with a link down memory lane from the 6th meeting in 1983 held in #Groningen... to the conference today.
#archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
July 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Welcome to #IWGP2025! The conference is beginning with a link down memory lane from the 6th meeting in 1983 held in #Groningen... to the conference today.
#archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
#archaeobotany #archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Registration has begun at #IWGP2025! Awesome bags, playing cards and other #archaeobotany based fun.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
July 20, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Registration has begun at #IWGP2025! Awesome bags, playing cards and other #archaeobotany based fun.
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Groningen
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience #Groningen