Lee A. Newsom is professor of anthropology at Flagler College and professor emerita at Pennsylvania State University. She is a professional archaeologist and wood anatomist, with decades of expertise working with modern and archaeological wood. Her research and teaching emphasize archaeological wood in all forms and from all types of preservation environment. Her subjects include fuelwood, wood technology, resource management, human ecology, and cultural/forest resilience.

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• 1. Introduction; 2. Archaeological wood; 3. Woody plants; 4. Wood anatomy basics; 5. Working with archaeological good: wood anatomy and identification process; 6. Working with archaeological wood: primary data, analysis, and interpretation.

Lee A. Newsom is professor of anthropology at Flagler College and professor emerita at Pennsylvania State University. She is a professional archaeologist and wood anatomist, with decades of expertise working with modern and archaeological wood. Her research and teaching emphasize archaeological wood in all forms and from all types of preservation environment. Her subjects include fuelwood, wood technology, resource management, human ecology, and cultural/forest resilience.

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• 1. Introduction; 2. Archaeological wood; 3. Woody plants; 4. Wood anatomy basics; 5. Working with archaeological good: wood anatomy and identification process; 6. Working with archaeological wood: primary data, analysis, and interpretation.

Lee A. Newsom is professor of anthropology at Flagler College and professor emerita at Pennsylvania State University. She is a professional archaeologist and wood anatomist, with decades of expertise working with modern and archaeological wood. Her research and teaching emphasize archaeological wood in all forms and from all types of preservation environment. Her subjects include fuelwood, wood technology, resource management, human ecology, and cultural/forest resilience.

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• 1. Introduction; 2. Archaeological wood; 3. Woody plants; 4. Wood anatomy basics; 5. Working with archaeological good: wood anatomy and identification process; 6. Working with archaeological wood: primary data, analysis, and interpretation.