selected publications

Prof. Dr. Katharina Neumann

Campus Westend, Poelzig-Bau
Zimmer Q4, 6.416
Tel.: 069 798-32093
Fax: 069 798-32104
Email: K.Neumann@em.uni-frankfurt.de


Postanschrift:
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften
Abt. III, Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Grüneburgplatz 1
60323 Frankfurt am Main

Research topics

•  African vegetation history

•  Phytoliths as a tool for African palaeoenvironments and ancient plant use

•  History of crops and agricultural systems in Africa

•  Charcoal and wood identification, DELTA wood anatomy database

Research areas

•  West and Central Africa

•  Field research in Sudan, Burkina Faso, Nigeria, Mali, Cameroon

Projects 

•  2005-2007: Holocene vegetation history of Ounjougou (Mali), in cooperation with Universities Genève, Caen, Angers (DFG)

•  2003-2009: Research Unit 510, Ecological and cultural change in West and Central Africa (DFG)

•  1999-2002: The Dahomey Gap: Vegetation history of the forest-savanna boundary in Benin and Southwest Nigeria , in cooperation with Universities Cotonou, Ibadan, Angers (VW Foundation)

•  1988-2002: Vegetation history and archaeobotany in the West African savannas , in Joint Research Project 268 West African Savanna (DFG)

•  1983-1988: “Holocene vegetation history of the Eastern Sahara”, in Project „Settlement history of the Eastern Sahara“, University of Cologne (DFG)