While archaeobotanists and archaeologists today have a much clearer picture of the range of foods used by ancient peoples of Mesoamerica in their daily subsistence and dietary practices, the information on the nature, extent, structure, and timing of chili pepper use or consumption in the archaeological record remains scant. (journals.plos.org)
Since 1989, archaeobotanist Ehud Weiss of Israel's Bar - Ilan University and his team have collected some 150,000 specimens of plant remains from the settlement known as Ohalo II. (discovermagazine.com)
Archaeologists around the world are condemning the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology for laying off 18 researchers, in particular one of the world's leading archaeobotanists, Naomi Miller, who has been in the field for 30 years. (sciencemag.org)