Ancient Grains

The website of Delwen Samuel and Mark Nesbitt

We both work in archaeobotany - studying the archaeology of plants. Delwen Samuel’s interests include bread and beer in ancient Egypt, cereals and nutrition in the Old World, and food microscopy and other techniques of residue analysis. She is based in the Division of Nutritional Sciences at Kings College London. Mark Nesbitt’s interests are in the prehistory and history of plant use in the Near East, especially Turkey, in all aspects of wheat and other Old World cereals, and in the beginnings of farming. Although still publishing in these areas, his day job is on current-day aspects of botany at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

On our website you can find out more about our work, and the places where we have done fieldwork, and download our publications.

Contact details

 

Delwen Samuel
Division of Nutritional Sciences
Kings College London
Franklin-Wilkins Building (4th floor)
150 Stamford St
London SE1 9NN


delwen@ancientgrains.org

Mark Nesbitt
Jodrell Laboratory
Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew
Richmond
Surrey
TW9 3AB

mark@ancientgrains.org

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