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Sally and Alvin V. Shoemaker Chair

Department of Anthropology

University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

University of Pennsylvania

Publications: Books
Teaching: Courses
Publications: Articles

FACILITIES

 The new Paleoecology Lab at Penn is under construction!

COLLECTIONS

  • Pollen reference collection: The collection focuses on South Asia, especially taxa of semi-arid regions, and the North American Southwest, though there is also coverage of the Midwestern U.S., the Middle East and the Gulf, and Hawai’I.
  • Macrobotanical Reference Collection: The collection focuses on South Asia, especially taxa of semi-arid regions, and the North American Southwest, though we also have reasonable collections for the more arid parts of the Old World from East Asia to Africa. Like all our collections, this is a work in progress and the database may be incomplete.
  • The Xylarium: This is our newest and least-developed reference collection, with fewer than 300 samples.  We do have microscopic facilities now for taxonomic work on wood: come and help us develop this!
  • Other: We also have reference works on botanical analysis, a shared Mendeley Database with citations and articles.