Rosalie Hermans
@rosaliehermans.bsky.social
PhD Researcher @AMGC @VrijeUniversiteitBrussel
archaeologist, passionate about working with phytoliths (cool and intriguing plant microfossils)
archaeologist, passionate about working with phytoliths (cool and intriguing plant microfossils)
Very exciting to organise this workshop together with @welmoedo.bsky.social, @jrphytoliths.bsky.social, Rand Evett, Marta Portillo Ramirez, Robert Power.
More information on the workshop and the IMPR can be found here: impr2025.imf.csic.es
More information on the workshop and the IMPR can be found here: impr2025.imf.csic.es
impr2025
impr2025.imf.csic.es
May 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Very exciting to organise this workshop together with @welmoedo.bsky.social, @jrphytoliths.bsky.social, Rand Evett, Marta Portillo Ramirez, Robert Power.
More information on the workshop and the IMPR can be found here: impr2025.imf.csic.es
More information on the workshop and the IMPR can be found here: impr2025.imf.csic.es
This stunning phytolith comes from Litachne pauciflora (a bamboo).
It’s part of the 3D phytolith collection by @stromberglab.bsky.social, used for fossil phytolith classification and shape evolution of grasses
It’s part of the 3D phytolith collection by @stromberglab.bsky.social, used for fossil phytolith classification and shape evolution of grasses
May 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
This stunning phytolith comes from Litachne pauciflora (a bamboo).
It’s part of the 3D phytolith collection by @stromberglab.bsky.social, used for fossil phytolith classification and shape evolution of grasses
It’s part of the 3D phytolith collection by @stromberglab.bsky.social, used for fossil phytolith classification and shape evolution of grasses
(5/5) This work wouldn’t have been possible without my amazing co-authors and research groups:
👥 @christophe-fire.bsky.social @caestromberg.bsky.social @tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @stromberglab.bsky.social 🙌
👥 @christophe-fire.bsky.social @caestromberg.bsky.social @tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @stromberglab.bsky.social 🙌
March 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
(5/5) This work wouldn’t have been possible without my amazing co-authors and research groups:
👥 @christophe-fire.bsky.social @caestromberg.bsky.social @tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @stromberglab.bsky.social 🙌
👥 @christophe-fire.bsky.social @caestromberg.bsky.social @tloeffelmann.bsky.social
@amgc-vub.bsky.social @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social @stromberglab.bsky.social 🙌
(4/5) One of the coolest parts? We built an open-access repository with 964 phytolith images—a digital reference collection for researchers to use! 📸
Check it out here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Check it out here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in North-western Europe: Establishing a baseline
This repository contains raw data tables, the R analysis script, plant tissue sample images, and 964 labeled microphotographs as part of the study "Phytoliths in dicotyledons occurring in North-wester...
doi.org
March 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
(4/5) One of the coolest parts? We built an open-access repository with 964 phytolith images—a digital reference collection for researchers to use! 📸
Check it out here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
Check it out here: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
(3/5) 💡 Key findings:
✅ Some phytolith morphotypes & features are taxonomically diagnostic
✅ Phytolith production varies, but phytolith assemblage composition are consistent
✅ Plant part & taxonomy influence phytolith presence with high production in leaves and certain plant families
✅ Some phytolith morphotypes & features are taxonomically diagnostic
✅ Phytolith production varies, but phytolith assemblage composition are consistent
✅ Plant part & taxonomy influence phytolith presence with high production in leaves and certain plant families
March 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
(3/5) 💡 Key findings:
✅ Some phytolith morphotypes & features are taxonomically diagnostic
✅ Phytolith production varies, but phytolith assemblage composition are consistent
✅ Plant part & taxonomy influence phytolith presence with high production in leaves and certain plant families
✅ Some phytolith morphotypes & features are taxonomically diagnostic
✅ Phytolith production varies, but phytolith assemblage composition are consistent
✅ Plant part & taxonomy influence phytolith presence with high production in leaves and certain plant families
(2/5) Why does this paper matter? 🤔
Until now, there was no systematic dicotyledon phytolith reference for NW Europe, making it hard to interpret phytolith records in archaeology & palaeoecology. We tackled this by analyzing phytoliths from 117 plant specimens! 🌿
Until now, there was no systematic dicotyledon phytolith reference for NW Europe, making it hard to interpret phytolith records in archaeology & palaeoecology. We tackled this by analyzing phytoliths from 117 plant specimens! 🌿
March 12, 2025 at 3:33 PM
(2/5) Why does this paper matter? 🤔
Until now, there was no systematic dicotyledon phytolith reference for NW Europe, making it hard to interpret phytolith records in archaeology & palaeoecology. We tackled this by analyzing phytoliths from 117 plant specimens! 🌿
Until now, there was no systematic dicotyledon phytolith reference for NW Europe, making it hard to interpret phytolith records in archaeology & palaeoecology. We tackled this by analyzing phytoliths from 117 plant specimens! 🌿