Windows on the African Past

Christine SieversSedges from Sibudu, South Africa: Evidence for their Use Gerlinde Bigga & Stefanie Kahlheber From Gathering to Agricultural Intensification: Archaeobotanical Remains from Mege, Chad Basin, NE NigeriaJacob Morales, Juan Francisco Navarro-Mederos & Amelia Rodríguez-RodríguezPlant Offerings to the Gods: Seed Remains from a Pre-Hispanic Sacrificial Altar in La Gomera Island (Canary Islands, Spain) Ursula ThanheiserIsland of the Blessed: 8000 Years of Plant Exploitation in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt Ahmed G. Fahmy, Renée Friedman & Mohamed A. FadlEconomy and Ecology of Predynastic Hierakonpolis, Egypt: Archaeobotanical Evidence from a Trash Mound at HK11C Elena Marinova, Gertrud J.M. van Loon, Marleen De Meyer & Harco WillemsPlant Economy and Land Use in Middle Egypt during the Late Antique/Early Islamic Period: Archaeobotanical Analysis of Mud Bricks and Mud Plasters from the Area of Dayr al-Barsha Rim Hamdy & Nesrin M.N. El HadidiIdentification of Plant Materials used in the Coiled Basketry Collection at the Agricultural Museum (Giza, Egypt) Kai Uwe Radomski & Katharina NeumannGrasses and Grinding Stones: Inflorescence Phytoliths from Modern West African Poaceae and Archaeological Stone Artefacts Hugo R. Oliveira, Diane L. Lister & Martin K. JonesPhylogeography of Cereal Landraces and the Spread of Agriculture in Northwest Africa: Review and Prospects Linda Olmi, Anna Maria Mercuri, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Stefano Biagetti, Sarah Fordyce, Enrico Cappellini, Isabella Massamba N'siala & Savino di LerniaMorphological and Genetic Analyses of Early and Mid Holocene Wild Cereals from the Takarkori Rockshelter (Central Sahara, Libya): First Results and ProspectsChristopher EhretA Linguistic History of Cultivation and Herding in Northeastern Africa Birgit Ricquier & Koen BostoenStirring up the Porridge: How Early Bantu Speakers Prepared their Cereals A. Catherine D'Andrea & Pamela WadgeT'ef (Eragrostis tef): A Legacy

"Windows on the African Past nicely captures the diversity of approaches used in this growing field [African Archaeobotany] and is a must-read for anyone seriously interested the role of plants in African history." Amanda L. Logan, University of Michigan, USA (Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa, vol. 47 (3), 2012).