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Sites
Amarna, Egypt: I have worked at this site, directed by Barry Kemp (Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge) since 1987 on a variety of projects, all linked by ancient food. I established a pump-driven flotation recovery system for plant remains and charcoal as well as small bones and insects (recovered well by flotation in desiccated environments). I oversaw the archaeobotanical recovery and analysis of both Amarna occupation periods: the well-known Pharaonic New Kingdom, and the Late Antique levels, until 1999, when I handed over responsibility for archaeobotany in order to concentrate on my residue research. In addition, I have experimented extensively with ancient Pharaonic cereal processing techniques, drawing together the excellent archaeo¬logical evidence for both domestic and state processing. I have made a survey and recovered surface stone tools, mainly saddle querns, from across the site. I have prepared a typology of the querns.
Tell Zagan and Tell Hwes, Syria (1987-1989): recovery and description of small assemblage of plant remains from rural Bronze Age sites.
Tell Nustell, Syria (1988-1989): recovery of small assemblage of plant remains from rural Bronze Age site.
Qaryat Medad, Tell Guftan, Tell Shheil, and others, Syria (1988-1989): in a large-scale flotation programme I recovered a substantial assemblage of plant remains from a series of Medieval Islamic (9th-14th c. AD) rural sites of the middle Euphrates valley; now fully published.
Kinet Höyük (Turkey): I set up an archaeobotanical recovery system at this multi-period site in 1995 at the invitation of Dr. Marie-Henriette Gates (Bilkent University, Turkey). I am facilitating analysis of the plant macro-remains.
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