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Journal article
Pharmaceutical Terminology in Ancient and Medieval Time – andrachne, chrysocolla and Others.
Ancient and medieval pharmacological and medical texts contain a substantial amount of plant and mineral names. In some cases, the identification is straightforward. But for the majority of the data, we are unable to identify these ingredients with high certainty. In this paper, we discuss a selection of plant and... -
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An ancient Mesopotamian herbal.
Throughout the world, traditional medical systems continue to be important to healthcare. They vary greatly in their underlying beliefs, but almost all share the use of herbal medicines as a central practice. Ancient Mesopotamia – the area of modern-day Iraq and adjoining regions – offers a special opportunity to study...Böck, Barbara ; Ghazanfar, Shahina A. ; Nesbitt, Mark
Mesopotamia, Identification, Herbal medicine, Assyria, Herbals, Materia medica, Traditional medicines, Medicinal plants, and Babylonia
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Book chapter
Cereals.
Nesbitt, Mark
Archaeobotany, Cereals, Plant remains, and Archaeology of food
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Conference paper (published)
Re-evaluating Student Treatments of Barkcloth Artefacts from the Economic Botany Collection, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Lennard, Frances ; Tamura, Misa ; Nesbitt, Mark
Economic botany, Treatment re-evaluation, Storage, Documentation, Barkcloth, Tapa, and Textile conservation education
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Book chapter
Chapter 6. Botany in Victorian Jamaica.
Nesbitt, Mark
Botanists, 19th century, Jamaica, and Botany
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Genome Sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus Seeds Reveals Use of a Bitter-Fleshed Species Prior to Watermelon Domestication.
Iconographic evidence from Egypt suggests that watermelon pulp was consumed there as a dessert by 4,360 BP. Earlier archaeobotanical evidence comes from seeds from Neolithic settlements in Libya, but whether these were watermelons with sweet pulp or other forms is unknown. We generated genome sequences from 6,000- and 3,300-year-old seeds... -
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Genome sequencing of up to 6,000-yr-old Citrullus seeds reveals use of a bitter-fleshed species prior to watermelon domestication.
Iconographic evidence from Egypt suggests that watermelon pulp was consumed there as a dessert by 4,360 BP. Earlier archaeobotanical evidence comes from seeds from Neolithic settlements in Libya, but whether these were watermelons with sweet pulp or other forms is unknown. We generated genome sequences from 6,000- and 3,300-yr-old seeds... -
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Magazine article
Repurposing Economic Botany for the Twenty-first Century.
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Festive flora.
Festive Flora is a celebration of the plants integral to religious, cultural and national festivities around the world, used as decoration in wreaths, garlands and shrines, for their scent, and in festive recipes. 40 botanical paintings of this merry group are gorgeously reproduced from Kew’s Library and Archives, one of...Nesbitt, Mark ; White, Lydia
Cultural heritage, Decoration, Recipes, Plants in religion, Botanical art, and Festivals