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Inproceedings Reference Collection in the wild or cultivation: Archaeobotanical and iconographical approaches to the use of Fragaria vesca L. in medieval and early modern times
During the middle ages, strawberry, Fragaria vesca, is frequent in the settlements from north-western Europe. The species can often be recorded in huge quantities. The issue of its cultivated or wild status has to be discussed. It is impossible to determine whether the species is wild, cultivated or domesticated from simple anatomical observation of its achenes. Several elements could influence the presence and abundance of strawberry: the fruit of the strawberry produces many achenes; these are very resistant to biodegradation and they keep even well in contexts where organic decomposition of organic matter is strong. In medieval and early modern times they are quite common finds in the filling of cesspits and kitchen rubbish pits. The presence from Fragaria vesca in the archaeobotanical assemblages from cesspits can be resulting from collections from the wild, but also specimens cultivated in gardens. Indeed, the species is a characteristic component of forest borders and clearings and collection of the fruits was easy. However, from iconographic and textual sources, we can observe that strawberry was depicted as a garden plant on several religious paintings, due to its strong symbolic meaning as symbol of the pureness of Saint Mary. In addition, from the tenth century to the early modern times, the species is increasingly frequent in archaeobotanical assemblages. Through these several elements, we can imagine that the cultivation of strawberry could have taken place earlier than was previously estimated.
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Inproceedings Reference Collection valorisation and stakeholder involvement for the sustainable management of African aquatic ecosystems as best practices in capacity building
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2016
Article Reference Collections anthropologiques de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique (IRSNB)
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Inproceedings Reference Collections of the Palaeontological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences: databases and catalogues.
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Article Reference Colonization and diversification by the Chydorus sphaericus complex in the East African sky islands
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Inproceedings Reference Colourful rivers: archaeobotanical remains of dye plants from fluvial deposits in late medieval towns in Belgium
During the late medieval period, the southern low countries were among the most densely urbanised areas in Europe. The towns owned part of their growth and prosperity to the flourishing cloth industry, in which dyestuffs played an essential role. Throughout this period dye plants were intensively cultivated, traded on a large scale, and widely used by specialised craftsman organised in guilds. Due to the need for constant water supply and wastewater discharge, dyeing activities were often concentrated in the proximity of rivers. Although dyeing practices are well documented in late medieval historical sources, material evidence remains scarce. The aim of this presentation is to describe and discuss archaeobotanical finds of dye plants, recently found in urban fluvial deposits from Brussels and to put these in perspective with finds from other towns in the area. In 2019 a large excavation in the city centre of Brussels revealed the remains of the late medieval port. Besides the discovery of impressive quay walls, meters thick excellently preserved fluvial deposits were excavated and extensively sampled. One of the most remarkable characteristics of the macrobotanical assemblages dating from the 13th to the 15th century is the presence of numerous weld (Reseda luteola) seeds and madder (Rubia tinctoria) root fragments, found in nearly all studied samples. Several samples also contained woad (Isatis tinctoria) pod fragments. These three species are considered as the most important medieval dye plants in the region. Additionally, fruits and flower head fragments of fuller's teasel (Dipsacus sativus) were observed in most samples. Most likely all these plant remains must be interpreted as waste from textile working, discarded in the urban waters.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2022
Article Reference Combined High-Throughput Imaging and Sequencing: Addressing the collections on demand requirement in SYNTHESYS+ project
Imagine you are a scientist, working on collections. You have your pet taxon and you need information which is distributed in a number of books and publications but also in the specimens deposited in$~$Museums or Herbaria. Instead of paying visits to these establishments, around the world, you wish there was a means to transform all the information you need into a digitized form of the physical objects, you can reach from the screen of your laptop, tablet or cell phone. You dream you were able to watch, inspect and even dissect the type material you need online but also to compare it with others they way sequences are blasted against large databases, these days. You plan to make global research on this taxon and try to derive patterns from both the molecular and organismal level of the biological organization and to link the patterns resulting to the drivers of change for this taxon.$~$This is the vision of the Virtual Museum of Natural History and one of the ways to achieve this vision is to address the “collections on demand” requirement. One of the possible means to address this requirement is the digitization through the use of the micro-ct technology. The micro-CT virtual laboratory (vLab), developed by LifeWatchGreece research infrastructure (RI), makes it possible the online exploration and dissemination of micro-CT datasets, which are only rarely made available to the public due to their large size and a lack of dedicated online platforms for the interactive manipulation of 3D data. This presentation shows the development of such a “collections on demand” function, implemented by the SYNTHESYS+ project (DiSSCo RI), which combines such high-throughput technologies, that is micro-ct and genomics, to address the scientific communityʼs requirements. We show that this approach to combine patterns deriving from the application of novel techniques, which represent different kinds of observations is possible and we propose certain case studies as examples. The innovation aspects of this function include: Expansion and development of cost models for Collections on Demand; Development of standards and guidelines for exchange of collection-derived imaging data; Construction of new data pipelines and standard workflows, enabling access to complex digital content such as 3D scans; Development of novel molecular lab protocols, workflows and informatics pipelines, to enable large scale; DNA sequencing of NH collections.
Located in Library / RBINS Staff Publications 2019
Techreport Reference Combining data and deterministic modelling to monitor and predict seabed evolution in areas of marine aggregate extraction. Abstract. 47th Internationl Liège Colloquium, Marine Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Prediction.
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Proceedings Reference Combining offshore wind and wave energy extraction: an environmental perspective
Wind farm areas may provide an opportunity for the deployment of wave energy converters (WEC) in an environment with reduced risk of collision or accidental disturbance. Complementary use of electric infrastructure (export cable) and maintenance may provide additional economic incentives. We discuss a number of uncertainties and negative environmental interactions that were identified during the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the first offshore energy park combining offshore wind and wave energy extraction. Assumptions on possible impacts were inferred from research and monitoring results from both WEC pilot projects and offshore wind farms separately as well as from the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) submitted by the developer. A number of uncertainties were identified with regards to seabirds, non indigenous species, marine mammals and maritime safety which will have to be addressed prior to a full scale deployment. As a result, the environmental license that was granted includes a pilot phase during which the above mentioned environmental impacts will be quantified.
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Misc Reference Comment caractériser un assemblage de termites: un test de la méthode des transects
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