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Consumption, Trade and Innovation. Exploring the Botanical Remains from the Roman and Islamic Ports at Quseir al-Qadim, Egypt

Scale and scope of the research activity were very substantial, involving identification, analysis and publication of a very large and rich botanical dataset. Additionally, the book presents a synthesis of trade, agriculture, food and wood use during the Roman and Islamic periods, bringing together developments in the Mediterranean, Middle East and Indian Ocean. The assemblage comprised 68,000 items from 130 economic plants, including many rare species that required development of identification criteria. Author was responsible for final identifications (except wood), analysis and writing (except Bayesian section) of 125,000-word, 313 page book (42 months), plus supervision of RAs across 40 months.