Our Projects

Here we highlight research projects by our co-organisers and members. If you have a project you'd like us to share, please get in touch and we will send you a form to fill in.

Woodland Management

One of the goals of this project is to investigate whether it is possible to detect woodland management in assemblages of uncarbonised wood from archaeological sites. Therefore, we analyse branch age/diameter data of branches from modern-day trees to investigate whether there is a difference between managed trees (pollarded and coppiced trees) and unmanaged trees.

Schöningen Wooden Weapons

Documentation and analysis of humankind’s earliest wooden weapons. Schöningen (site 13 II, excavation H. Thieme)

FORESTIMPACT

Wood use and management during the Prehispanic and Colonial period in the Canary Islands: adaptation and human impact on insular environments (FORESTIMPACT) Ref. PID2021-125055NA-I00

Reverse Engineering Pleistocene Spears

Reverse Engineering Pleistocene Spears: interdisciplinary perspectives on raw materials and performance

WoodTRACES