Ana Smuk
Biographic Data
| ID | 5154588 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Smuk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana |
| FAMILY NAME | Smuk |
| SIGNATURE | SMUK A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Groningen |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5941-3729 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ecological assessment of wetland suitability for early cultivation in the Dutch lowlands
Environmental suitability for cultivation is central to understanding the pace and character of the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in the Dutch lowlands. Although cultivation at Swifterbant sites is well documented, it remains unclear how widespread suitable conditions were beyond settlement locations, when they emerged, and how long they persisted. This limits assessment of the extent to which wetland ecology may have constrained or enabled the…
Iwgp 2025
IWGP 2025: 300 archaeobotanists from far and wide take over Groningen. In July 2025, the University of Groningen hosted the twentieth meeting of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP), organized by the Laboratory for Palaeobotany and Palynology of the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA) and the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE). It was the second time since 1983 that the conference was organized in Groningen. After 44 ye…
Advancing Methodological Integration in Multi-Proxy Archaeobotany
Dutch wetlands hold key evidence for the onset of farming, yet plant proxies from levee records outside excavated settlements have been largely underused. This study applies a comparative framework to plant macroremains, pollen, phytoliths and charred herbaceous plant tissues (CHPT) from a levee core to assess wetland suitability for early agriculture. Proxies were sampled from identical horizons, converted to relative depth-wise densities and re…
Untangling the Taphonomy of Charred Plant Remains in Ritual Contexts
Food has played a central role in death rituals throughout human history, yet finding evidence of these practices in the archaeological record can be problematic. In particular, linking charred plant remains to inhumation burials requires careful consideration of the taphonomic processes involved. Here we focus on the recovery of charred plant macro-remains from four Late Antique and medieval cemeteries and one late medieval church in Croatia. Th…
Food and agriculture in Slavonia, Croatia, during the Late Middle Ages
This paper presents the results from archaeobotanical remains collected from ten medieval settlements and fort sites in the region of present-day Slavonia, Croatia. From the 12th century ad , Slavonia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, although the region benefited from a certain amount of autonomy. Examining the archaeobotanical data from this period shows a diverse agricultural system, where crop fields, gardens, orchards, pastures and woodlan…
Food and agriculture in Slavonia, Croatia, during the Late Middle Ages
This paper presents the results from archaeobotanical remains collected from ten medieval settlements and fort sites in the region of present-day Slavonia, Croatia. From the 12th century ad , Slavonia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, although the region benefited from a certain amount of autonomy. Examining the archaeobotanical data from this period shows a diverse agricultural system, where crop fields, gardens, orchards, pastures and woodlan…
Food and agriculture in Slavonia, Croatia, during the Late Middle Ages
This paper presents the results from archaeobotanical remains collected from ten medieval settlements and fort sites in the region of present-day Slavonia, Croatia. From the 12th century ad , Slavonia was part of the Kingdom of Hungary, although the region benefited from a certain amount of autonomy. Examining the archaeobotanical data from this period shows a diverse agricultural system, where crop fields, gardens, orchards, pastures and woodlan…
Untangling the Taphonomy of Charred Plant Remains in Ritual Contexts
Food has played a central role in death rituals throughout human history, yet finding evidence of these practices in the archaeological record can be problematic. In particular, linking charred plant remains to inhumation burials requires careful consideration of the taphonomic processes involved. Here we focus on the recovery of charred plant macro-remains from four Late Antique and medieval cemeteries and one late medieval church in Croatia. Th…
Ecological assessment of wetland suitability for early cultivation in the Dutch lowlands
Environmental suitability for cultivation is central to understanding the pace and character of the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in the Dutch lowlands. Although cultivation at Swifterbant sites is well documented, it remains unclear how widespread suitable conditions were beyond settlement locations, when they emerged, and how long they persisted. This limits assessment of the extent to which wetland ecology may have constrained or enabled the…
Iwgp 2025
IWGP 2025: 300 archaeobotanists from far and wide take over Groningen. In July 2025, the University of Groningen hosted the twentieth meeting of the International Workgroup for Palaeoethnobotany (IWGP), organized by the Laboratory for Palaeobotany and Palynology of the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA) and the Dutch Cultural Heritage Agency (RCE). It was the second time since 1983 that the conference was organized in Groningen. After 44 ye…
Advancing Methodological Integration in Multi-Proxy Archaeobotany
Dutch wetlands hold key evidence for the onset of farming, yet plant proxies from levee records outside excavated settlements have been largely underused. This study applies a comparative framework to plant macroremains, pollen, phytoliths and charred herbaceous plant tissues (CHPT) from a levee core to assess wetland suitability for early agriculture. Proxies were sampled from identical horizons, converted to relative depth-wise densities and re…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (4 works) · Soil and Environmental Studies (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Taphonomy (2 works) · Agriculture (1 work) · Agronomy (1 work) · Amazonian Archaeology and Ethnohistory (1 work) · ancient agriculture (1 work) · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies (1 work)