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Fernando Giron Campero floating behind UCSB Dirt Lab

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Lana Martin in the field in Panama

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Amber VanDerwarker and Jennifer Alvarado consulting on a plant specimen

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Jennifer Alvarado sorting plants under the microscope

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Craig Smith identifying faunal remains from the C. W. Cooper site

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Dana Bardolph sorting plants at the microscope

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Greg Wilson and Craig Smith discussing the bones

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Craig Smith sorting faunal remains from C. W. Cooper

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Matt Biwer working at his desk

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Kristin Hoppa preparing a sample in the microbot lab

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Kristin Hoppa working in the Microbot lab

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Matt Biwer digging in Peru

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Mallory Melton identifying macrobotanical remains

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Main room of the Integrative Subsistence Lab

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Kristina Gill with fresh elderberries foraged from Santa Cruz Island

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Kristina Gill with carbonized blue dick corms from Santa Cruz Island

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Allison Jaqua floating samples with Flote-Tech machine

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Allison Gracer measuring maize kernels & cupules from the Central Illinois River Valley

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Amber VanDerwarker inventorying flotation samples at Tres Zapotes

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Craig Smith excavating in Peru

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Dana Bardolph photographing maize cupules

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Dana Bardolph at the site of Túcume, Peru

Directed by Dr. Amber VanDerwarker, the Integrative Subsistence Laboratory (ISL) is dedicated to the analysis of plant and animal remains recovered from New World archaeological sites. The analysis of ancient plants is referred to as paleoethnobotany or archaeobotany – ISL focuses on the identification of macrobotanical remains (carbonized plants you can see with the naked eye) and microbotanical remains, specifically phytoliths and starch grains. The analysis of ancient animals is referred to as zooarchaeology or archaeozoology and deals with both vertebrate fauna and shellfish. Our lab houses comparative collections for seeds, phytoliths, starch grains, and limited vertebrates. (We are currently in the process of photographing our plant comparative collections to make images available through our website.)