IMAGOTYPE

ARCHAEOBOTANICAL LABORATORY
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND HISTORY

The Archaeobotanical Laboratory is in charge of the identification and interpretation of botanical materials recovered in archaeological research projects, approved by the Archeology Council of the National Institute of Anthropology and History. This type of work provides parallel data to archaeological projects when it is possible to recover material of plant origin.

The organic remains that are collected in these places can be useful in the reconstruction of palaeoenvironments, and to give a perspective about how man has used the resources of his environment in past times. The elements represented in its imagotype refer to the most outstanding materials within this field.