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The Digital Plant Atlas project contains atlases and handbooks. Every atlas is published as a combination of book and website. The links here below will bring you to the websites that belong to the books which have been published so far. The website of the Digital Seed Atlas of the Netherlands is free for all since 2011, while some features of the websites belonging to the other atlases have limited access - for more information see further below.

 

To the website of the Digital Atlas of Economic Plants in Archaeology	To the website of the Digital Seed Atlas of the Netherlands	To the website of the Digital Atlas of Economic Plants

 

Introduction

The Digital Plant Atlas is an international project that makes a unique contribution
 to the identification of seeds, fruits, roots, tubers, bulbs, stem fragments, leaves, flowers, buds and resins. The plant parts
 are illustrated with high-quality colour photographs and accompanied by a
scale and their scientific name. The
local names in various languages
are included in an index.

        In 2006, the Digital Seed Atlas of the Netherlands appeared. In the beginning of 2010 the Digital Atlas of Economic Plants was published. The Digital Atlas of Economic Plants in Archaeology followed in 2012. We have also published two handbooks: the Handbook of Plant Palaeoecology in 2012, and the Handboek voor de Determinatie van Zaden en Vruchten in 2013. Later this year, this last handbook will appear in English as the A Manual for the Identification of Plant Seeds and Fruits.

Every atlas of the Digital Plant Atlas is published as a combination of book and website. The books contain full colour photographs of all the plant parts presented as well as extensive indices.  The website consists of a free and a protected part. In the free part, which is accessible for all,  one may browse through the Atlas and view all photographs in small format. In the protected part, which becomes accessible by purchasing the book, the photographs can be viewed in a larger format and examined in more detail. The Digital Seed Atlas of the Netherlands also has a Dutch and English search key based on seed and fruit characteristics, thus helping to name unknown specimens.The website belonging to the Digital Seed Atlas of the Netherlands has been free for all since 2011.

The authors and publishers

The Digital Plant Atlas is a joint project of the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (GIA), the Community and Conservation Ecology Group (COCON), both of the University of Groningen (the Netherlands), and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI, Berlin, Germany). The books are published by Barkhuis in the Groningen Archaeological Studies series. The databases have been designed and
are being maintained by the Digital Library section of the Library of the University of Groningen.

In case of questions please contact the authors.

Newsletter and discount

If you would like to be kept informed of the publication of these atlases, please register for the mailing list of the Digital Plant Atlas. Whenever a new atlas appears, you will be offered the opportunity to order it with a 25% discount!