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Project

Paleobotanical reconstructions of refugia in the Congo basin
Code
01D24508
Duration
01 October 2008 → 30 September 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Natural sciences
    • Evolutionary biology
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Theory and methodology of archaeology
  • Engineering and technology
    • Multimedia processing
    • Biological system engineering
    • Signal processing
Keywords
wood anatomy dating techniques paleobotany
 
Project description
 

The paleobotanical reconstruction of suspected glacial refugia will be conducted by qualitative and quantitative anatomical research (e.g. 3-D X-ray tomography, 14C dating) and the analysis of stable isotope ratios of archaeological wood from the collections of the RMCA and from new samples. To support this research, an ecological characterisation of (living) indicator species and their surrounding habitat will be made.