Paleo-Biology

Wood, charcoal, seeds and pollen from archaeological excavations and natural sediments (peats).

Services include: site investigation, sampling/advice on sampling strategies (e.g. choice for dendrochronological datable samples), analysis of botanical material, text for publication.

Information: reconstruction environment in which prehistoric man lived and the way he managed it. Gathering information on past woodlands.

WORKING EXPERIENCE

1996-	Last years working in close co-operation with Mags Gowen & Co., Glenageary at Derryville bog (Lisheen mines) and Exchange Street Upper (Temple Bar, Dublin). Palaeo-environmental work (seeds, pollen, wood and charcoal) on various projects in Netherlands and Ireland.
1995-1996	Wood and charcoal from terp Wijnaldum (Friesland). Manuscript in preparation.
1994	Ilipinar-Hacilar Tepe (Turkey): advisor archaeological excavations for The Netherlands Historical Archaeological Institute in Istanbul.
1989	Various projects on wood and charcoal in Netherlands for Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
1981-1984	Research on pollen, following a grant by WOTRO. Research proceeded at the faculty of mathematics and natural science of Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.
1978-1981	Student-assistant. Various projects with wood and charcoal from archaeological deposits for Biologisch Archaeologisch Institute in Groningen.

Experience: Europe (Netherlands, Ireland, England, France), Far East (Indonesia), North Africa (Carthage), Near East (Turkye). Several publications. Last years working in close co-operation with Mags Gowen & Co., Glenageary at Derryville bog (Lisheen mines) and Exchange Street Upper (Temple Bar, Dublin).

Focus for coming years: Irish prehistoric sites.

PUBLICATIONS

• I.L.M. Stuijts, W.A. Casparie 1995. Ilipinar wood remains. The Ilipinar Excavatons I, five seasons of fieldwork in NW Anatolia, 10. Ed. J. Roodenberg. Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut, Istanbul.
• W.A. Casparie, M.C. van Heuveln, G.L.G.A. Kortekaas, I.L.M. Stuijts 1995. Vijftig houtsoorten in Groningen. In: Handzaam hout uit Groninger grond, houtgebruik in de historische stad.
• W.A. Casparie, M.C. van Heuveln, I.L.M. Stuijts 1994. Het houtgebruik. In: Oudheden onder De Hunze: 161-188.
• I.M. Stuijts 1993. Late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation of West Java, Indonesia. Modern Quaternary Research in Southeast Asia part 12. Monography. Thesis.
• I. Stuijts 1991. Kinderoffers in de Tophet (Carthago); houtskoolonderzoek. Paleo-aktueel 2: 58-62.
• I. Stuijts, J.C. Newsome, J.R. Flenley 1988. Evidence for Late Quaternary vegetational change in the Sumatran and Javan highlands. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 55: 207-216.
• I. Stuijts 1985. De Romeinse castella te Valkenburg ZH bijlage 1. Houtdeterminatie. In: Archaeologie en Oecologie van Holland tussen Rijn en Vlie - red. J.H.F. Bloemers: 88-93.
• I. Stuijts 1984. Palynological study of Situ Bayongbong, West Java. Modern Quaternary Research in Southeast Asia 8: 17-27.
• W. van Zeist, A.A. Polhaupessy, I.M. Stuijts 1979. Two pollen diagrams from West Java, a preliminary report. Modern Quaternary Research in Southeast Asia 5: 43-56.