Automated detection of outlines, measurements (width and length) and classification of macrobotanical remains, such as seeds.

GrainWise – is a software developed to facilitate the taxonomic classification of archaeobotanical remains.

Contact person: Kevin Klein (kkevin@students.uni-mainz.de)

  • Detected barley, dorsal axis, and measurements
  • Detected outline of barley
  • Detected einkorn, ventral axis, and measurements
  • Detected lentil, ventral axis, and measurements

COOPERATIONS

  • Univ.-Prof. Dr. Maria Ivanova Bieg (Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, JGU Mainz)
  • Dr. Sayuri Kochi (Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, JGU Mainz)
  • PD Dr. Elena Marinova-Wolff (State Office for Cultural Heritage, Baden-Württemberg, Archaeobotany Laboratory)

GrainWise determines the shapes of archaeobotanical remains through segmentation and measures their sizes. It automatically generates tables and makes the export of the segmentation via PAST possible.

SOFTWARE

Publications

in works.