Hi Ben

You might find the following article in the e-journal Internet Archaeology
of interest:

"A review of the archaeological evidence for food plants from the British
Isles: an example of the use of the Archaeobotanical Computer Database
(ABCD) by Philippa Tomlinson and Allan Hall

        http://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue1/tomlinson_index.html

This article also includes the full dataset, searchable by clickable map
and taxa.

(n.b. Issue 1 is a trial issue and is freely available. Other journal
issues are also available, but they just require the registration of a
free username and password.)

regards,
Judith
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Judith Winters, Editor
Internet Archaeology, the international electronic journal
http://intarch.ac.uk

Department of Archaeology, University of York,
King's Manor, YO1 7EP,  UK
Tel: +44 1904 433955
Fax: +44 1904 433939

> >I am interested in finding references regarding the use of plants as clues
> >for site identification.
> >
> >Are there certain kinds of plants that tend to colonize structure sites?
> >
> >What sorts of domesticates and exotics were most common around homes at
> >various times (e.g. boxelder, perry winkle, English ivy)?
> >
> >Once the types of plants to look for have been named, is there a
> >particularly good book to help with identifying these species in the field?
> >
> >Thank you in advance for any words of wisdom.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Ben Ford
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