Courses will be held in the Penn Museum’s Center for the Analysis of Archaeological Materials (CAAM) located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia PA.

Field Archaeobotany – May 28-30, 2025 with Dr. Chantel White

This course will cover the principles and practicalities of field archaeobotany with a focus on carbonized macrobotanical remains. Attendees will learn: excavation sampling strategies, how to build a water-recycling flotation system, recording and flotation processing techniques, how to test recovery rates, and how to set up a field laboratory and sort heavy fraction. We will also review permitting issues for importing archaeological samples to the US and procedures for creating a botanical reference collection.