Curating South American plants
Christine Hastorf, Professor
Anthropology
Closed. This professor is continuing with Fall 2024 apprentices on this project; no new apprentices needed for Spring 2025.
UC Berkeley's McCown archaeobotany laboratory completes a range of archaeological analyses and research. This project will focus organizing and editing plant type collections in order to clarify the digital file, prepare them for herbaria or dispose of them.
Role: Reading and editing digital database files of plant taxa. Checking the plant's condition and either mounting them on herbariun sheets or disposing of them through incenration. This project will take place in the UC Berkeley McCown Archaeobotanical Laboratory in the Anthropology Department.
Qualifications: An interest in plants and their categories is appreciated. Attention to detail is essential. Some familiarity with databases is good.
Hours: 3-5 hrs
Social Sciences Mathematical and Physical Sciences