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132. Pironon, S., Ondo, I., Diazgranados, M., Allkin, R., Baquero, A.C., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro, C., Dennehy-Carr, Z., Govaerts, R., Hargreaves, S., Hudson, A.J., Lemmens, R., Milliken, W., Nesbitt, M., Patmore, K., Schmelzer, G., Turner, R.M., can Andel, T.R., Ulian, T., Antonelli, A. & Willis, K.J. 2024. Safeguard stewards of biodiversity knowledge. Response. Science 385(6708): 506.
131.. Pironon, S., Ondo, I., Diazgranados, M., Allkin, R., Baquero, A.C., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro, C., Dennehy-Carr, Z., Govaerts, R., Hargreaves, S., Hudson, A.J., Lemmens, R., Milliken, W., Nesbitt, M., Patmore, K., Schmelzer, G., Turner, R.M., can Andel, T.R., Ulian, T., Antonelli, A. & Willis, K.J. 2024. The global distribution of plants used by humans. Science 383(6680): 293-7.
130. Zipser, B., Scott, A.C., Allkin, R., Gan, P., Lardos, A., Lazarou, R., Lev, E., Nesbitt, M. and Patmore, K. 2023. Pharmaceutical terminology in ancient and medieval time – andrachne, chrysocolla and others. Studia Ceranea 13:. 715–36.
129. Lardos, A., Patmore, K., Allkin, R., Lazarou, R., Nesbitt, M., Scott, A.C. and Zipser, B., 2023. A systematic methodology to assess the identity of plants in historical texts: A case study based on the Byzantine pharmacy text John the Physician's Therapeutics. Journal of Ethnopharmacology doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2023.117622
128. Böck, B., Ghazanfar, S.A. and Nesbitt, M. 2023. An ancient Mesopotamian herbal. Kew Press. Amazon UK
127. Nesbitt, M. and Hill, B. 2023. The collection of ethnobotanical objects. Pp. 64-65 in N.M.J. Davies, C. Drinkell & T. Utteridge, The Herbarium Handbook. Kew Press. Kew shop
126. Hill, B. and M. Nesbitt. 2023. Processing ethnobotanical collections. Pp. 118-119 in N.M.J. Davies, C. Drinkell & T. Utteridge, The Herbarium Handbook. Kew Press.
125. Zipser B, Lardos A, Lazarou R, Allkin, R., Nesbitt, M., Scott, A.C.. Interpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus. Wellcome Open Research 2023, 8:502 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20061.1)
Book review: The Doctor's Garden: Medicine, Science, and Horticulture in Britain by Clare Hickman. Pharmaceutical Historian
124. Rix, M., Nesbitt, M. and King, C., 2023. 1063. Lathyrus oleraceus Lam.: Leguminosae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 40: 197–205.
123. Antonelli, A., Farooq, H., Colli-Silva, M., Araújo, J.P., Freitas, A.V., Gardner, E.M., Grace, O., Gu, S., Marline, L., Nesbitt, M. and Niskanen, T., 2023. People-inspired names remain valuable. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 1161–2 doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02108-7
122. Canales NА, Clarke AC, Nesbitt M, Gutaker R. 2022. Chapter 2. DNA from museum collections. In: de Boer H, Rydmark MO, Verstraete B, Gravendeel B (Eds) Molecular identification of plants: from sequence to species. Sofia: Advanced Books. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e98875
121. Driver, F., Cornish, C. & Nesbitt, M. 2022. Plant Humanities: Where Arts, Humanities & Plants Meet Where Next? Development Programme Final Report to UKRI. Egham: Royal Holloway, University of London.
120. Echeverri-Sanchez, H., Ávila, F., Sánchez-Garzón, N., Nesbitt, M. 2022. Colombian plants in Kew’s Economic Botany Collection. In Catalogue of Useful Plants of Colombia, edited by R. Negrão, A.K. Monro, C. Castellanos-Castro & M. Diazgranados, pp. 102-111. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
119. Allasi Canales, N., Pérez-Escobar, O.A., Powell, R.F., Töpel, M., Kidner, C., Nesbitt, M., Maldonado, C., Barnes, C.J., Rønsted, N., Przelomska, N.A.S., Leitch, I.J., Antonelli, A.. 2022. A highly contiguous, scaffold-level nuclear genome assembly for the fever tree (Cinchona pubescens Vahl) as a novel resource for Rubiaceae research. Gigabyte, 2022, 1–16. doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.71
118. Walker K., García Guillén E., Allasi Canales N., Medina L., Driver F., Rønsted N., Nesbitt M. 2022. Reconnecting the Cinchona (Rubiaceae) collections of the “Real Expedición Botánica al Virreinato del Perú” (1777–1816). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 79: e119. https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2613
117. Pérez-Escobar, O.A. S, Tusso, N.A.S. Przelomska, S. Wu, P. Ryan, M. Nesbitt, M.V. Silber, M. Preick, Z. Fei, M. Hofreiter, G.. Chomicki, and S.S. Renner. 2022. Genome sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus seeds reveals use of a bitter-fleshed species prior to watermelon domestication. Molecular Biology and Evolution doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac168
116. Nesbitt, M. & G. Fullerlove. 2022. Herbs and spices. Kew Pocketbooks. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Buy book
115. Nesbitt, M. 2022. Trade & exploration. In: A Cultural History of Plants in the Nineteenth Century, edited by David Mabberley. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 67-84.
114. Echeverri-Sanchez, H., Sánchez-Garzón, N., Nesbitt, M., Ávila, F. and Diazgranados, M. 2022. Enviados directo a Londres: Los objetos colombianos en la Colección de Botánica Económica del Real Jardín Botánico de Kew. Apuntes: Revista de Estudios sobre Patrimonio Cultural 34 doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.apu34.edlo
113. Nesbitt, M. & L. White. 2021. Festive flora. Kew Pocketbooks. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Buy book
112. Martins, L,, Fonseca-Kruel, V., Cabalzar, A., Lima Azevedo, D., Milliken, W., Nesbitt, M. & Scholz, A. 2021. A Maloca entre
Artefatos e Plantas Guia da Coleção Rio Negro de Richard Spruce em Londres. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental.
111. Wolcott, K.A., Chomicki, G., Staedler, Y.M., Wasylikowa, K., Nesbitt, M., Schönenberger, J., and Renner, S.S. 2021. Three-dimensional X-ray-computed tomography of 3300- to 6000-year-old Citrullus seeds from Libya and Egypt compared to extant seeds throws doubts on species assignments. Plants People Planet DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10220
110. Cornish, C., F. Driver, M. Nesbitt and J. Willison. 2021. Revitalizing the school museum: Using nature-based objects
for cross-curricular learning. Journal of Museum Education doi.org/10.1080/10598650.2021.1953324
109. McAlvay, A.C., C.G. Armstrong, J. Baker, L. Black Elk, S. Bosco, N. Hanazaki, L. Joseph, T. Eulalia Martínez-Cruz, M. Nesbitt, M.A. Palmer, W. Cocta Priprá de Almeida, J. Anderson, Z. Asfaw, I.T. Borokini, E. Juanita Cano-Contreras, S. Hoyte, M. Hudson, A.H. Ladio, G. Odonne, S. Peter, J. Rashford, J. Wall, S. Wolverton, and I. Vandebroek. 2021. Ethnobiology Phase VI: Decolonizing Institutions, Projects, and Scholarship. Journal of Ethnobiology 41: 170–191. doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-41.2.170
108. Pérez-Escobar, O.A., S. Bellot, N.A.S. Przelomska, J.M. Flowers, M. Nesbitt, P. Ryan, R.M. Gutaker, M. Gros-Balthazard, T. Wells, B.G. Kuhnhäuser, R. Schley, D. Bogarín, S. Dodsworth, R. Diaz, M. Lehmann, P. Petoe, W.L Eiserhardt, M. Preick, M. Hofreiter, I. Hajdas, M. Purugganan, A. Antonelli, B. Gravendeel, I.J. Leitch, M.F. Torres Jimenez, A.S.T. Papadopulos, G. Chomicki, S.S. Renner, W.J. Baker. 2021. Molecular clocks and archaeogenomics of a Late Period Egyptian date palm leaf reveal introgression from wild relatives and add timestamps on the domestication. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msab188, doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab188
107. Cornish, C., Driver, F., and Nesbitt, M. 2021. Kew’s mobile museum: economic botany in circulation. Pp. 96-120 in Driver, F., Nesbitt, M. and Cornish, C. (eds)., Mobile Museums: Collections in Circulation. London: UCL Press. Whole book
106. Driver, F., Nesbitt, M. and Cornish, C.. 2021. Introduction: mobilising and re-mobilising museum collections. Pp. 1-20 in Driver, F., Nesbitt, M. and Cornish, C. (eds)., Mobile Museums: Collections in Circulation. London: UCL Press. Whole book
105. Driver, F., Nesbitt, M. and Cornish, C. (eds). 2021. Mobile Museums: Collections in Circulation. London: UCL Press.
104. Nesbitt, M. & R. Stungo. 2020. The botany of basketry: a cross-cultural view from the Economic Botany Collection, Kew. In: Basketry & beyond: Constructing cultures. Norwich: Sainsbury Research Unit for the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, University of East Anglia, pp. 206-221.
103. Nesbitt, M., B. Curtis and A. Mills. 2020. From maker to museum: Polynesian barkcloth at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pp. 231-46 in F. Lennard & A. Mills (eds), Material approaches to Polynesian barkcloth: Cloth, collections, communities. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
102. Nesbitt, M. 2020. 17 plant profiles in F. Lennard & A. Mills (eds), Material approaches to Polynesian barkcloth: Cloth, collections, communities. Leiden: Sidestone Press. [1. Broussonetia papyrifera; 2. Artocarpus altilis; 3. Ficus prolixa; 4. Pipturus albidus; 5. Hibiscus tiliaceus; 6. Wikstroemia uva-ursi; 7. Neraudia melastomifolia; 8. Tacca leontopetaloides; 9. Bischofia javanica; 10. Aleurites moluccana; 11. Curcuma longa; 12. Morinda citrifolia; 13. Ficus tinctoria; 14. Cordia subcordata; 15. Casuarina equisetifolia; 16. Syzygium malaccense; 17. Rhizophora mangle; pp. 44-5, 70-1, 98-9, 142-3, 176-7, 200-1, 248-250, 276-7] Download whole book
101. Nesbitt, M., F. Lennard and A. Mills. 2020. .Afterword: Polynesian barkcloth past, present, future. Pp. 305-10 in F. Lennard & A. Mills (eds), Material approaches to Polynesian barkcloth: Cloth, collections, communities. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
100. Cornish, C., P. Allan, L. Gardiner, P. Nicol, H. Pardoe, C. Sherwood, R. Webster, D. Young and M. Nesbitt.. 2020. Between metropole and province : circulating botany in British museums, 1870–1940. Archives of Natural History 47: 124-46. doi.org/10.3366/anh.2020.0627
99. Rønsted, N., N. Allasi Canales, T.G. Hansen, C. Cornett, K. Walker, F. Driver, A. Antonelli, C. Maldonado, M. Nesbitt, C. Barnes. 2020. Historical chemical annotations of Cinchona bark collections are comparable to results from current day state-of-the-art High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography technologies. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 249 doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.112375
98. Walker, K. & M. Nesbitt. 2019. Just the tonic: the natural history of tonic water. Kew Press. Buy the book . More details
97. Porteous, G., M. Nesbitt, J.P. Kendon, C.J. Prychid, W. Stuppy, M. Conejero and D. Ballesteros. 2019. Unlocking the secrets of extreme seed longevity: the relevance of historic botanical collections to modern research. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1181. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01181
Renner, S.S, O. A. Pérez-Escobar, M.V. Silber, M. Nesbitt, M. Preick, M. Hofreiter, G. Chomicki. 2019. A 3500-year-old leaf from a Pharaonic tomb reveals that New Kingdom Egyptians were cultivating domesticated watermelon. BioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/642785v1
96. Fairbairn, A. & M. Nesbitt. 2019. Gordon C. Hillman 20 July 1943 to 1 July 2018. Anatolian Studies 69: iii–iv.
95. Mobile Museum Project. 2019. Curating a school museum: Teachers’ handbook. London: Royal Holloway, University of London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
94. da Fonseca-Kruel V.S., Martins, L., Cabalzar, A., Leonor López-Garcés, C., Coelho-Ferreira, M., van der Veld, P-J., Milliken, W. & Nesbitt, M. 2019. Biocultural Collections and Participatory Methods: Old, Current, and Future Knowledge. In: Albuquerque U., de Lucena R., Cruz da Cunha L., Alves R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, pp. 215-228. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8919-5_15
93. Diazgranados M., Allkin B., Black N., Canteiro C., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt M., Willis K. & Ulian T. 2018. List of Useful Plant species according to the State of the World`s Plants report (RBG Kew, 2016). Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity doi:10.5063/F14J0CCP
92. Nesbitt, M. & E. Fairnell. 2018. Use of biological collections. In The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences, ed. S.L. López Varela. John Wiley & Sons. doi.org/10.1002/9781119188230.saseas0590
91. Nesbitt, M. 2018. Obituary: Gordon C. Hillman (1943–2018). Nature Plants 4: 624. doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0239-1
Further obituaries for Gordon Hillman: The Times (unsigned), Reading University
90. Cunningham, A.B., W. Ingram, J.A. Brinckmann & M. Nesbitt, 2018. Twists, turns and trade: a new look at the Indian Screw tree (Helicteres isora), Journal of Ethnopharmacology 225: 128-135. doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2018.06.032
89. Fonseca Kruel, V., L. Martins, M. Nesbitt & W. Milliken. 2018. Nova pesquisa sobre as coleções de Richard Spruce na Amazônia: uma colaboração Brasil-Reino Unido. Ethnoscientia: Revista Brasileira de Etnobiologia e Etnoecologia dx.doi.org/10.22276/ethnoscientia.v3i2.127
88. Nesbitt, M. 2018. Botany in Victorian Jamaica. In T. Barringer & W. Modest (eds), Victorian Jamaica. Duke University Press, pp. 209-239. Book details
87. Cornish, C. & Nesbitt, M. 2018. The life cycle of a museum. In K. von Zinnenburg Carroll (ed.), Botanical Drift: Protagonists of the Invasive Herbarium. Berlin: Sternberg Press, pp. 19-28. Book details
86. Nesbitt, M. 2017. Everlasting flowers in Kew's Economic Botany Collection. Pp. 4-7 in R.L. Law, Life in Death. Kew: Kew Publishing.
85. Cornish, C., Driver, F. & Nesbitt, M. 2017. The Economic Botany Collection at Kew: Analysis of Accessions Data. Mobile Museum Working Paper 1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Royal Holloway, University of London. www.rhul.ac.uk/mobile-museum
84. Cabalzar, A., Stern da Fonseca Kruel, V., Martins, L., Milliken, W. & Nesbitt, M. (eds). 2017. Manual de Etnobotânica: Plantas, artefatos e Conhecimentos Indígenas. Instituto Socioambiental, São Paulo.
83. Nesbitt, M., Bates, J., Hillman, G. & Mitchell, S. 2017. The Archaeobotany of Aşvan: Environment & Cultivation in Eastern Anatolia from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval Period. London: British Institute at Ankara, Monograph 33. Book details JSTOR
82. Lennard, F.; Tamura, M. & Nesbitt, M. 2017. Re-evaluating student treatments of barkcloth artefacts from the Economic Botany Collection, Kew. In ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints, Copenhagen, 4-8 September 2017, ed. J. Bridgland, Paris: ICOM-CC.
81. van der Valk, J.M.A., Leon, C.J., Nesbitt, M.. 2017. Macroscopic authentication of Chinese materia medica (CMM): a UK market study of seeds and fruits. Journal of Herbal Medicine 8: 40-51.
80. Brand, E., Leon, C., Nesbitt, M., Guo, P., Huang, R., Chen, H., Liang, L. and Zhao, Z., 2017. Economic botany collections: A source of material evidence for exploring historical changes in Chinese medicinal materials. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 200: 209-227.
79. Nesbitt, M. & C. Cornish. 2016. Seeds of industry and empire: economic botany collections between nature and culture. Journal of Museum Ethnography 29: 53-70.
78. Nesbitt, M. 2016. 'Chapter 15. Plant remains' in Tille Höyük 3. The Iron Age. Vol. 2. Pottery, Objects and ConcIusions, by S. Blaylock, pp. 369-94. London: British Institute at Ankara. Book details
77. Nesbitt, M. 2016. Chapters in The Botanical Treasury (ed. C. Mills). London: Andre Deutsch. Pp. 34-7: Cinchona; pp. 58-61: Lagenaria siceraria; pp. 118-21: Paper Mulberry; pp. 166-9: Wheat. With M. Vorontsova - pp. 66-9: Saccharum officinale; pp. 90-3: Zea mays.
76. Cook, F.E.M. C.J. Leon, and M. Nesbitt. 2015. Potpourri as a sustainable plant product: identity, origin, and conservation status. Economic Botany 69
75. Nesbitt, M. 2015. "Cereals," pp. 94-97 in The archaeology of food: an encyclopedia. Edited by M. C. Beaudry and K. Metheny. Altamira Press. Book details
74. R. Santos, J. Hallett, M. Conceição Oliveira, M.M. Sousa, J. Sarraguça, M.S.J. Simmonds, M. Nesbitt. 2015. HPLC-DAD-MS analysis of colorant and resinous components of lac-dye: A comparison between Kerria and Paratachardina genera. Dyes and Pigments 118: 129-136.
73. Fritz, G. J., and M. Nesbitt. 2014. "Laboratory analysis and identification of plant macroremains," pp. 115-45 in Method and Theory in Paleoethnobotany. Edited by J. M. Marston, J. d. A. Guedes, and C. Warinner. University Press of Colorado. Book details
72. Rico Arce, M. de L., Nesbitt, M., Rodriguez, A. & Hiscock, C. 2013 (2014). Mexican Plant Materials Housed in the Economic Botany Collection of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Ibugana 5: 3-38.
71. Salick, J., K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. 2014. "Chapter 1. Biocultural collections: needs and goals," pp. 1-13 in Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Edited by J. Salick, K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
70. Dierig, D., H. Blackburn, D. Ellis, and M. Nesbitt. 2014. "Chapter 8. Curating seeds and other genetic resources for ethnobiology" pp. 107-25 in Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Edited by J. Salick, K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
69. Cornish, C., and M. Nesbitt. 2014. "Chapter 20. Historical perspectives on western ethnobotanical collections," pp. 271-93 in Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Edited by J. Salick, K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
68. Nesbitt, M. 2014. "Chapter 22. Use of herbarium specimens in ethnobotany," pp. 313-28 in Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Edited by J. Salick, K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
67. Salick, J., K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. 2014. Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 406pp. Free PDF - Whole Book
66. Cornish, C., P. Gasson, and M. Nesbitt. 2014. The wood collection (xylarium) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. IAWA Journal 35: 85-104
65. Nesbitt, M. 2013. Indian dyes and textiles at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. MARG: a Magazine of the Arts 65 (2), 100-105.
64. PR Crane, T Nagata, J Murata, T Ohi-Toma, A DuVal, M Nesbitt, C Jarvis. 2013. Ginkgo biloba: Connections with people and art across a thousand years. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 30: 239–260.
63. Brennan, E., Harris, L.-A.; Nesbitt, M. 2013. Jamaican Lace-Bark: Its History and Uncertain Future. Textile History 44: 235–253.
62. Serrano, A. F., Sousa, M. M., Hallett, J., Simmonds, M. S., Nesbitt, M., & Lopes, J. 2013. Identification of Dactylopius cochineal species with high-performance liquid chromatography and multivariate data analysis. Analyst 138: 6081–6090.
61. Cornish, C., P. Gasson, and M. Nesbitt. 2013. The wood collections at Kew: current status and activity (Part II). World of Wood 66(4):14-15.
60. Nagata, T., A. DuVal, H. W. Lack, G. Loudon, M. Nesbitt, M. Schmull, and P. R. Crane. 2013. An unusual xylotheque with plant illustrations from early Meiji Japan. Economic Botany 67: 87-97.
59. Nesbitt, M. 2013. Inspiring artefacts Pp. 22-24 in David Nash: a natural gallery. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
58. Cornish, C., P. Gasson, and M. Nesbitt. 2013. The wood collections at Kew: from toys to totem poles (Part I). World of Wood 66(3):14-16.
57. D Goyder, P Griggs, M Nesbitt, L Parker, K Ross-Jones. 2012. Sir Joseph Hooker's collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 29: 66-85.
56. G Willcox, M Nesbitt, F Bittmann. 2012. From collecting to cultivation: transitions to a production economy in the Near East. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 21: 81-83.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2011-. Economic Botany Collection - online database.
55. Brennan, E. and M. Nesbitt. 2010/11. Is Jamaican lace-bark (Lagetta lagetto) a sustainable material? Text: for the Study of Textile Art, Design and History 38: 17-23.
54. Nesbitt, M., McBurney, R.P.H., Broin, M., Beentje, H.J. 2010. Linking biodiversity, food and nutrition: The importance of plant identification and nomenclature. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 23: 486–498 doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2009.03.001
53. Nesbitt, M., Simpson, S. J. and Svanberg, I. (2010) History of rice in Western and Central Asia. In S. D. Sharma (ed.) Rice: origin, antiquity and history, 308-340, 535-541. Enfield, NH, Science Publishers. Book details: Science Publishers (USA).
Nesbitt, M. 2010. Puzzling panels. Kew Magazine Spring 2010: 54-55.
52. Nesbitt, M., R. Prosser and I. Williams. 2010. Rice-paper plant - Tetrapanax papyrifer: the Gauze of the Gods and its products. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 27(1): 71-92.
Nesbitt, M. 2009. The Economic Botany Collection. In Hunter Gatherer, by Jane Edden [Artist’s exhibition catalogue], pp. 6-8. London: Flowers.
51. Mason, S. and M. Nesbitt. 2009. “Acorns as food in southeast Turkey: implications for past subsistence in Southwest Asia,” in From foragers to farmers: papers in honour of Gordon C. Hillman. Edited by A.S. Fairbairn and E. Weiss, pp. 71-85. Oxford: Oxbow Books. To buy book, visit the Oxbow website.
50. Evers, A., and M. Nesbitt. 2006. "Cereals," in The encyclopedia of seeds: science, technology and uses. Edited by M. Black, J. D. Bewley, and P. Halmer, pp. 65-70. Wallingford: CABI. Details of book
49. Nesbitt, M. 2006. "Archaeobotany," in The encyclopedia of seeds: science, technology and uses. Edited by M. Black, J. D. Bewley, and P. Halmer, pp. 20-22. Wallingford: CABI.
48. Nesbitt, M. 2006. "Ethnobotany," in The encyclopedia of seeds: science, technology and uses. Edited by M. Black, J. D. Bewley, and P. Halmer, pp. 227-229. Wallingford: CABI.
47. M. Savard, M. Nesbitt, M.K. Jones. 2006. The role of wild grasses in subsistence and sedentism: new evidence from the northern Fertile Crescent. World Archaeology 38(2): 179-196.
46. Harcup, C. and M. Nesbitt. 2006. Attaining the Holy Grail: How to encourage wider engagement with museum collections through participation in new media projects. Museums and the Web Conference. Online publication
45. Nesbitt, M. 2006. Identification guide for Near Eastern grass seeds. London: Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 129pp. ISBN 0-905853-41-5.
44. Nesbitt, M. 2005. "Grains," in The cultural history of plants. Edited by G. Prance and M. Nesbitt, pp. 45-60. New York: Routledge.
43. Prance, G., and M. Nesbitt. Editors. 2005. The cultural history of plants. New York: Routledge.
42. Nesbitt, M. 2004. Can we identify a centre, a region, or a supra-region for Near Eastern plant domestication? Neo-Lithics 2004:38-40.
41. Savard, M., M. Nesbitt, and R. Gale. 2003. Archaeobotanical evidence for Neolithic diet and subsistence at M'lefaat (Iraq). Paléorient 29:93-106.
40. Riehl, S., and M. Nesbitt. 2003. "Crops and cultivation in the Iron Age Near East: change or continuity?," in From Bronze to Iron Ages in Anatolia and its Neighbouring Regions. Edited by B. Fischer, H. Genz, É. Jean, and K. Köroglu, pp. 301-314. Istanbul: Ege Yayinlari.
39. Powell, M. A., and M. Nesbitt. 2003. "Obst und Gemüse (Fruits and vegetables)," in Reallexikon der Assyriologie, vol. 10(1/2). Edited by G. Frantz-Szabó, pp. 26-30. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
38. Mori, N., T. Ishii, T. Ishido, S. Hirosawa, H. Watatani, T. Kawahara, M. Nesbitt, G. Belay, S. Takumi, Y. Ogihara, and C. Nakamura. 2003. Origin of domesticated emmer and common wheat inferred from chloroplast DNA fingerprinting. In 10th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, vol. 5, pp. 25-28. Rome: Istituto Sperimentale Cerealicoltura.
37. Nesbitt, M., S. Colledge, and M. A. Murray. 2003. Organisation and management of seed reference collections. Environmental Archaeology 8: 77-84.
36. Martinoli, D., and M. Nesbitt. 2003. Plant stores at Pottery Neolithic Höyücek, southwest Turkey. Anatolian Studies 53: 17-32.
35. Edwards, H. G. M., L. F. C. de Oliveira, and M. Nesbitt. 2003. Fourier-transform Raman characterization of brazilwood trees and substitutes. The Analyst 128: 82-87.
34. Nesbitt, M. 2002. "When and where did domesticated cereals first occur in southwest Asia?," in The dawn of farming in the Near East. Edited by R. Cappers and S. Bottema, pp. 113-132. Berlin: Ex Oriente.
33. Cope, T., and M. Nesbitt. 2002. Lygeum spartum. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 19: 35-39.
32. de Oliveira, L. F. C., H. G. M. Edwards, E. S. Velozo, and M. Nesbitt. 2002. Vibrational spectroscopic study of brazilin and brazilein, the main constituents of brazilwood from Brazil. Vibrational Spectroscopy 28: 243-249.
31. Nesbitt, M. 2001. "Wheat evolution: integrating archaeological and biological evidence," in Wheat taxonomy: the legacy of John Percival, vol. 3, Linnean, Special Issue. Edited by P. D. S. Caligari and P. E. Brandham, pp. 37-59. London: Linnean Society. Download complete volume
30. Nesbitt, M., and R. Hajioff. 2001. Notes and queries: argan oil. Petits Propos Culinaires 67: 121-124.
29. Nesbitt, M., and J. Postgate. 2001. "Nuss und Verwandtes (nuts)," in Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9(7/8). Edited by G. Frant-Szabó, pp. 633-635. Berlin: de Gruyter.
Nesbitt, M. 2000. "Plants and people in ancient Anatolia," in Across the Anatolian plateau: readings in the archaeology of ancient Turkey, vol. 57, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research. Edited by D. C. Hopkins, pp. 5-18. Boston, MA: American Schools of Oriental Research. See 15.
28. Nesbitt, M., and S. O'Hara. 2000. "Irrigation agriculture in Central Asia: a long-term perspective from Turkmenistan," in The archaeology of drylands: living at the margin. Edited by G. Barker and D. Gilbertson, pp. 103-122. London: Routledge.
27. Nesbitt, M. 1998. Preliminary report on the plant remains from M'lefaat. Cahiers de l'Euphrate 8: 232-233, 272.
26. —. 1998. Where was einkorn wheat domesticated? Trends in Plant Science 3:82-83.
25. Nesbitt, M., and D. Samuel. 1998. Letter. Wheat domestication: archaeobotanical evidence. Science 279:1432.
24. Rosenberg, M., M. Nesbitt, R. W. Redding, and B. L. Peasnall. 1998. Hallan Çemi, pig husbandry, and post-Pleistocene adaptations along the Taurus-Zagros arc (Turkey). Paléorient 24:25-41.
23. Nesbitt, M. 1997. Archaeobotanical identification of Near Eastern grass caryopses. Ph.D, University College London.
22. Nesbitt, M., and J. Goddard. 1997. Why draw seeds? Illustrating archaeobotany. Graphic Archaeology 1997:13-21.
21. Hillman, G. C., S. Mason, D. de Moulins, and M. Nesbitt. 1996 for 1995. Identification of archaeological remains of wheat: the 1992 London workshop. Circaea 12: 195-209.
20. Nesbitt, M. 1996. "Chalcolithic crops from Kuruçay Höyük: an interim report," in Kuruçay Höyük II. Edited by R. Duru, pp. 89-93, 134-137. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu.
19. —. 1996. "Agriculture," in The Oxford companion to archaeology. Edited by B. M. Fagan, pp. 19-21. New York: Oxford University Press.
18. Nesbitt, M., G. Hillman, L. Peña Chocarro, D. Samuel, and A. T. Szabó. 1996. "Checklist for recording the cultivation and uses of hulled wheats," in Hulled wheats. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Hulled Wheats. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops 4. Edited by S. Padulosi, K. Hammer, and J. Heller, pp. 234-245. Rome: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. Or download entire Hulled Wheats book from IPGRI
17. Nesbitt, M., and D. Samuel. 1996. "From staple crop to extinction? The archaeology and history of the hulled wheats," in Hulled wheats. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Hulled Wheats. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops 4. Edited by S. Padulosi, K. Hammer, and J. Heller, pp. 41-100. Rome: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. Download complete book
16. —. 1996. Archaeobotany in Turkey: a review of current research. Orient Express 1996:91-96.
15. Nesbitt, M. 1995. Plants and people in ancient Anatolia. Biblical Archaeologist 58:68-81.
14. —. 1995. Clues to agricultural origins in the northern fertile crescent. Diversity 11:142-143.
13. —. 1995. "4. The search for plant remains," in Qermez Dere, Tell Afar: interim report no. 3, vol. 14, Project Paper. Edited by T. Watkins, pp. 9-11, 40-45. Edinburgh: Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.
12. —. 1995. "Recovery of archaeological plant remains at Kaman-Kalehöyük," in Essays on ancient Anatolia and its surrounding civilizations, vol. 8, Bulletin of the Middle East Culture Centre in Japan. Edited by T. Mikasa, pp. 115-130. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
—. 1995. Anadolu'da Arkeobotani [Translation of article in Biblical Archaeologist 58: 68-81 (1995)]. Bilim ve Teknik 336:26-29. See 15.
11. Rosenberg, M., M. Nesbitt, R. W. Redding, and T. F. Strasser. 1995. Hallan Çemi Tepesi: some preliminary observations concerning early Neolithic subsistence behaviors in eastern Anatolia. Anatolica 21:1-12.
10. Nesbitt, M. 1994. Archaeobotanical research in the Merv Oasis [In G. Herrmann et al, The International Merv Project. Preliminary report on the second season (1993), 53-75. Iran 32:71-73.
9. —. 1993. "Ancient crop husbandry at Kaman-Kalehöyük: 1991 archaeobotanical report," in Essays on Anatolian Archaeology, vol. 7, Bulletin of the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan. Edited by T. Mikasa, pp. 75-97. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
8. —. 1993. Archaeobotanical evidence for early Dilmun diet at Saar, Bahrain. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 4:20-47.
7. —. 1993. "The archaeobotany of Turkey: a review," in OPTIMA. Proceedings of the fifth meeting. Edited by H. Demeriz and N. Özhatay, pp. 329-350. Istanbul: Istanbul Üniversitesi, Fen Fakültesi. Now out-of-date.
6. —. 1993. Archaeobotanical remains [In G. Herrmann et al, The International Merv Project, preliminary report on the first season (1992), 39-62]. Iran 31:56-58, plate XVc,d.
5. —. 1992. "VIII. A preliminary note on the charred plant remains," in Nemrik 9. Pre-pottery Neolithic site in Iraq. Volume 2: House No 1/ 1A/ 1B. Edited by S. K. Kozlowski, pp. 127. Warsaw: University of Warsaw.
4. Watkins, T., A. Betts, K. Dobney, and M. Nesbitt. 1991. Qermez Dere, Tel Afar: interim report no 2. Vol. 13. Project Paper. Edinburgh: Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.
3. Nesbitt, M. 1990. Seed reference collections and archaeobotany. Circaea 8:21-39. Superseded by 37.
2. Nesbitt, M., and J. Greig. 1989. A bibliography for the archaeobotanical identification of seeds from Europe and the Near East. Circaea 7:11-30.
1. Nesbitt, M., and G. D. Summers. 1988. Some recent discoveries of millet (Panicum miliaceum L. and Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) at excavations in Turkey and Iran. Anatolian Studies 38:85-97.
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132. Pironon, S., Ondo, I., Diazgranados, M., Allkin, R., Baquero, A.C., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro, C., Dennehy-Carr, Z., Govaerts, R., Hargreaves, S., Hudson, A.J., Lemmens, R., Milliken, W., Nesbitt, M., Patmore, K., Schmelzer, G., Turner, R.M., can Andel, T.R., Ulian, T., Antonelli, A. & Willis, K.J. 2024. Safeguard stewards of biodiversity knowledge. Response. Science 385(6708): 506.
131.. Pironon, S., Ondo, I., Diazgranados, M., Allkin, R., Baquero, A.C., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro, C., Dennehy-Carr, Z., Govaerts, R., Hargreaves, S., Hudson, A.J., Lemmens, R., Milliken, W., Nesbitt, M., Patmore, K., Schmelzer, G., Turner, R.M., can Andel, T.R., Ulian, T., Antonelli, A. & Willis, K.J. 2024. The global distribution of plants used by humans. Science 383(6680): 293-7.
130. Zipser, B., Scott, A.C., Allkin, R., Gan, P., Lardos, A., Lazarou, R., Lev, E., Nesbitt, M. and Patmore, K. 2023. Pharmaceutical terminology in ancient and medieval time – andrachne, chrysocolla and others. Studia Ceranea 13:. 715–36.
129. Lardos, A., Patmore, K., Allkin, R., Lazarou, R., Nesbitt, M., Scott, A.C. and Zipser, B., 2023. A systematic methodology to assess the identity of plants in historical texts: A case study based on the Byzantine pharmacy text John the Physician's Therapeutics. Journal of Ethnopharmacology doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2023.117622
128. Böck, B., Ghazanfar, S.A. and Nesbitt, M. 2023. An ancient Mesopotamian herbal. Kew Press. Amazon UK
127. Nesbitt, M. and Hill, B. 2023. The collection of ethnobotanical objects. Pp. 64-65 in N.M.J. Davies, C. Drinkell & T. Utteridge, The Herbarium Handbook. Kew Press. Kew shop
126. Hill, B. and M. Nesbitt. 2023. Processing ethnobotanical collections. Pp. 118-119 in N.M.J. Davies, C. Drinkell & T. Utteridge, The Herbarium Handbook. Kew Press.
125. Zipser B, Lardos A, Lazarou R, Allkin, R., Nesbitt, M., Scott, A.C.. Interpreting materia medica. A case study on Ioannes Archiatrus. Wellcome Open Research 2023, 8:502 (https://doi.org/10.12688/wellcomeopenres.20061.1)
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124. Rix, M., Nesbitt, M. and King, C., 2023. 1063. Lathyrus oleraceus Lam.: Leguminosae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 40: 197–205.
123. Antonelli, A., Farooq, H., Colli-Silva, M., Araújo, J.P., Freitas, A.V., Gardner, E.M., Grace, O., Gu, S., Marline, L., Nesbitt, M. and Niskanen, T., 2023. People-inspired names remain valuable. Nature Ecology & Evolution 7: 1161–2 doi.org/10.1038/s41559-023-02108-7
122. Canales NА, Clarke AC, Nesbitt M, Gutaker R. 2022. Chapter 2. DNA from museum collections. In: de Boer H, Rydmark MO, Verstraete B, Gravendeel B (Eds) Molecular identification of plants: from sequence to species. Sofia: Advanced Books. https://doi.org/10.3897/ab.e98875
121. Driver, F., Cornish, C. & Nesbitt, M. 2022. Plant Humanities: Where Arts, Humanities & Plants Meet Where Next? Development Programme Final Report to UKRI. Egham: Royal Holloway, University of London.
120. Echeverri-Sanchez, H., Ávila, F., Sánchez-Garzón, N., Nesbitt, M. 2022. Colombian plants in Kew’s Economic Botany Collection. In Catalogue of Useful Plants of Colombia, edited by R. Negrão, A.K. Monro, C. Castellanos-Castro & M. Diazgranados, pp. 102-111. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
119. Allasi Canales, N., Pérez-Escobar, O.A., Powell, R.F., Töpel, M., Kidner, C., Nesbitt, M., Maldonado, C., Barnes, C.J., Rønsted, N., Przelomska, N.A.S., Leitch, I.J., Antonelli, A.. 2022. A highly contiguous, scaffold-level nuclear genome assembly for the fever tree (Cinchona pubescens Vahl) as a novel resource for Rubiaceae research. Gigabyte, 2022, 1–16. doi.org/10.46471/gigabyte.71
118. Walker K., García Guillén E., Allasi Canales N., Medina L., Driver F., Rønsted N., Nesbitt M. 2022. Reconnecting the Cinchona (Rubiaceae) collections of the “Real Expedición Botánica al Virreinato del Perú” (1777–1816). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid 79: e119. https://doi.org/10.3989/ajbm.2613
117. Pérez-Escobar, O.A. S, Tusso, N.A.S. Przelomska, S. Wu, P. Ryan, M. Nesbitt, M.V. Silber, M. Preick, Z. Fei, M. Hofreiter, G.. Chomicki, and S.S. Renner. 2022. Genome sequencing of up to 6,000-Year-Old Citrullus seeds reveals use of a bitter-fleshed species prior to watermelon domestication. Molecular Biology and Evolution doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac168
116. Nesbitt, M. & G. Fullerlove. 2022. Herbs and spices. Kew Pocketbooks. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Buy book
115. Nesbitt, M. 2022. Trade & exploration. In: A Cultural History of Plants in the Nineteenth Century, edited by David Mabberley. London: Bloomsbury, pp. 67-84.
114. Echeverri-Sanchez, H., Sánchez-Garzón, N., Nesbitt, M., Ávila, F. and Diazgranados, M. 2022. Enviados directo a Londres: Los objetos colombianos en la Colección de Botánica Económica del Real Jardín Botánico de Kew. Apuntes: Revista de Estudios sobre Patrimonio Cultural 34 doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.apu34.edlo
113. Nesbitt, M. & L. White. 2021. Festive flora. Kew Pocketbooks. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Buy book
112. Martins, L,, Fonseca-Kruel, V., Cabalzar, A., Lima Azevedo, D., Milliken, W., Nesbitt, M. & Scholz, A. 2021. A Maloca entre
Artefatos e Plantas Guia da Coleção Rio Negro de Richard Spruce em Londres. São Paulo: Instituto Socioambiental.
111. Wolcott, K.A., Chomicki, G., Staedler, Y.M., Wasylikowa, K., Nesbitt, M., Schönenberger, J., and Renner, S.S. 2021. Three-dimensional X-ray-computed tomography of 3300- to 6000-year-old Citrullus seeds from Libya and Egypt compared to extant seeds throws doubts on species assignments. Plants People Planet DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10220
110. Cornish, C., F. Driver, M. Nesbitt and J. Willison. 2021. Revitalizing the school museum: Using nature-based objects
for cross-curricular learning. Journal of Museum Education doi.org/10.1080/10598650.2021.1953324
109. McAlvay, A.C., C.G. Armstrong, J. Baker, L. Black Elk, S. Bosco, N. Hanazaki, L. Joseph, T. Eulalia Martínez-Cruz, M. Nesbitt, M.A. Palmer, W. Cocta Priprá de Almeida, J. Anderson, Z. Asfaw, I.T. Borokini, E. Juanita Cano-Contreras, S. Hoyte, M. Hudson, A.H. Ladio, G. Odonne, S. Peter, J. Rashford, J. Wall, S. Wolverton, and I. Vandebroek. 2021. Ethnobiology Phase VI: Decolonizing Institutions, Projects, and Scholarship. Journal of Ethnobiology 41: 170–191. doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-41.2.170
108. Pérez-Escobar, O.A., S. Bellot, N.A.S. Przelomska, J.M. Flowers, M. Nesbitt, P. Ryan, R.M. Gutaker, M. Gros-Balthazard, T. Wells, B.G. Kuhnhäuser, R. Schley, D. Bogarín, S. Dodsworth, R. Diaz, M. Lehmann, P. Petoe, W.L Eiserhardt, M. Preick, M. Hofreiter, I. Hajdas, M. Purugganan, A. Antonelli, B. Gravendeel, I.J. Leitch, M.F. Torres Jimenez, A.S.T. Papadopulos, G. Chomicki, S.S. Renner, W.J. Baker. 2021. Molecular clocks and archaeogenomics of a Late Period Egyptian date palm leaf reveal introgression from wild relatives and add timestamps on the domestication. Molecular Biology and Evolution, msab188, doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msab188
107. Cornish, C., Driver, F., and Nesbitt, M. 2021. Kew’s mobile museum: economic botany in circulation. Pp. 96-120 in Driver, F., Nesbitt, M. and Cornish, C. (eds)., Mobile Museums: Collections in Circulation. London: UCL Press. Whole book
106. Driver, F., Nesbitt, M. and Cornish, C.. 2021. Introduction: mobilising and re-mobilising museum collections. Pp. 1-20 in Driver, F., Nesbitt, M. and Cornish, C. (eds)., Mobile Museums: Collections in Circulation. London: UCL Press. Whole book
105. Driver, F., Nesbitt, M. and Cornish, C. (eds). 2021. Mobile Museums: Collections in Circulation. London: UCL Press.
104. Nesbitt, M. & R. Stungo. 2020. The botany of basketry: a cross-cultural view from the Economic Botany Collection, Kew. In: Basketry & beyond: Constructing cultures. Norwich: Sainsbury Research Unit for the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, University of East Anglia, pp. 206-221.
103. Nesbitt, M., B. Curtis and A. Mills. 2020. From maker to museum: Polynesian barkcloth at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Pp. 231-46 in F. Lennard & A. Mills (eds), Material approaches to Polynesian barkcloth: Cloth, collections, communities. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
102. Nesbitt, M. 2020. 17 plant profiles in F. Lennard & A. Mills (eds), Material approaches to Polynesian barkcloth: Cloth, collections, communities. Leiden: Sidestone Press. [1. Broussonetia papyrifera; 2. Artocarpus altilis; 3. Ficus prolixa; 4. Pipturus albidus; 5. Hibiscus tiliaceus; 6. Wikstroemia uva-ursi; 7. Neraudia melastomifolia; 8. Tacca leontopetaloides; 9. Bischofia javanica; 10. Aleurites moluccana; 11. Curcuma longa; 12. Morinda citrifolia; 13. Ficus tinctoria; 14. Cordia subcordata; 15. Casuarina equisetifolia; 16. Syzygium malaccense; 17. Rhizophora mangle; pp. 44-5, 70-1, 98-9, 142-3, 176-7, 200-1, 248-250, 276-7] Download whole book
101. Nesbitt, M., F. Lennard and A. Mills. 2020. .Afterword: Polynesian barkcloth past, present, future. Pp. 305-10 in F. Lennard & A. Mills (eds), Material approaches to Polynesian barkcloth: Cloth, collections, communities. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
100. Cornish, C., P. Allan, L. Gardiner, P. Nicol, H. Pardoe, C. Sherwood, R. Webster, D. Young and M. Nesbitt.. 2020. Between metropole and province : circulating botany in British museums, 1870–1940. Archives of Natural History 47: 124-46. doi.org/10.3366/anh.2020.0627
99. Rønsted, N., N. Allasi Canales, T.G. Hansen, C. Cornett, K. Walker, F. Driver, A. Antonelli, C. Maldonado, M. Nesbitt, C. Barnes. 2020. Historical chemical annotations of Cinchona bark collections are comparable to results from current day state-of-the-art High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography technologies. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 249 doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2019.112375
98. Walker, K. & M. Nesbitt. 2019. Just the tonic: the natural history of tonic water. Kew Press. Buy the book . More details
97. Porteous, G., M. Nesbitt, J.P. Kendon, C.J. Prychid, W. Stuppy, M. Conejero and D. Ballesteros. 2019. Unlocking the secrets of extreme seed longevity: the relevance of historic botanical collections to modern research. Frontiers in Plant Science 10: 1181. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.01181
Renner, S.S, O. A. Pérez-Escobar, M.V. Silber, M. Nesbitt, M. Preick, M. Hofreiter, G. Chomicki. 2019. A 3500-year-old leaf from a Pharaonic tomb reveals that New Kingdom Egyptians were cultivating domesticated watermelon. BioRxiv www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/642785v1
96. Fairbairn, A. & M. Nesbitt. 2019. Gordon C. Hillman 20 July 1943 to 1 July 2018. Anatolian Studies 69: iii–iv.
95. Mobile Museum Project. 2019. Curating a school museum: Teachers’ handbook. London: Royal Holloway, University of London & Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
94. da Fonseca-Kruel V.S., Martins, L., Cabalzar, A., Leonor López-Garcés, C., Coelho-Ferreira, M., van der Veld, P-J., Milliken, W. & Nesbitt, M. 2019. Biocultural Collections and Participatory Methods: Old, Current, and Future Knowledge. In: Albuquerque U., de Lucena R., Cruz da Cunha L., Alves R. (eds) Methods and Techniques in Ethnobiology and Ethnoecology. Springer Protocols Handbooks. Humana Press, New York, pp. 215-228. doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-8919-5_15
93. Diazgranados M., Allkin B., Black N., Canteiro C., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt M., Willis K. & Ulian T. 2018. List of Useful Plant species according to the State of the World`s Plants report (RBG Kew, 2016). Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity doi:10.5063/F14J0CCP
92. Nesbitt, M. & E. Fairnell. 2018. Use of biological collections. In The Encyclopedia of Archaeological Sciences, ed. S.L. López Varela. John Wiley & Sons. doi.org/10.1002/9781119188230.saseas0590
91. Nesbitt, M. 2018. Obituary: Gordon C. Hillman (1943–2018). Nature Plants 4: 624. doi.org/10.1038/s41477-018-0239-1
Further obituaries for Gordon Hillman: The Times (unsigned), Reading University
90. Cunningham, A.B., W. Ingram, J.A. Brinckmann & M. Nesbitt, 2018. Twists, turns and trade: a new look at the Indian Screw tree (Helicteres isora), Journal of Ethnopharmacology 225: 128-135. doi.org/10.1016/j.jep.2018.06.032
89. Fonseca Kruel, V., L. Martins, M. Nesbitt & W. Milliken. 2018. Nova pesquisa sobre as coleções de Richard Spruce na Amazônia: uma colaboração Brasil-Reino Unido. Ethnoscientia: Revista Brasileira de Etnobiologia e Etnoecologia dx.doi.org/10.22276/ethnoscientia.v3i2.127
88. Nesbitt, M. 2018. Botany in Victorian Jamaica. In T. Barringer & W. Modest (eds), Victorian Jamaica. Duke University Press, pp. 209-239. Book details
87. Cornish, C. & Nesbitt, M. 2018. The life cycle of a museum. In K. von Zinnenburg Carroll (ed.), Botanical Drift: Protagonists of the Invasive Herbarium. Berlin: Sternberg Press, pp. 19-28. Book details
86. Nesbitt, M. 2017. Everlasting flowers in Kew's Economic Botany Collection. Pp. 4-7 in R.L. Law, Life in Death. Kew: Kew Publishing.
85. Cornish, C., Driver, F. & Nesbitt, M. 2017. The Economic Botany Collection at Kew: Analysis of Accessions Data. Mobile Museum Working Paper 1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & Royal Holloway, University of London. www.rhul.ac.uk/mobile-museum
84. Cabalzar, A., Stern da Fonseca Kruel, V., Martins, L., Milliken, W. & Nesbitt, M. (eds). 2017. Manual de Etnobotânica: Plantas, artefatos e Conhecimentos Indígenas. Instituto Socioambiental, São Paulo.
83. Nesbitt, M., Bates, J., Hillman, G. & Mitchell, S. 2017. The Archaeobotany of Aşvan: Environment & Cultivation in Eastern Anatolia from the Chalcolithic to the Medieval Period. London: British Institute at Ankara, Monograph 33. Book details JSTOR
82. Lennard, F.; Tamura, M. & Nesbitt, M. 2017. Re-evaluating student treatments of barkcloth artefacts from the Economic Botany Collection, Kew. In ICOM-CC 18th Triennial Conference Preprints, Copenhagen, 4-8 September 2017, ed. J. Bridgland, Paris: ICOM-CC.
81. van der Valk, J.M.A., Leon, C.J., Nesbitt, M.. 2017. Macroscopic authentication of Chinese materia medica (CMM): a UK market study of seeds and fruits. Journal of Herbal Medicine 8: 40-51.
80. Brand, E., Leon, C., Nesbitt, M., Guo, P., Huang, R., Chen, H., Liang, L. and Zhao, Z., 2017. Economic botany collections: A source of material evidence for exploring historical changes in Chinese medicinal materials. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 200: 209-227.
79. Nesbitt, M. & C. Cornish. 2016. Seeds of industry and empire: economic botany collections between nature and culture. Journal of Museum Ethnography 29: 53-70.
78. Nesbitt, M. 2016. 'Chapter 15. Plant remains' in Tille Höyük 3. The Iron Age. Vol. 2. Pottery, Objects and ConcIusions, by S. Blaylock, pp. 369-94. London: British Institute at Ankara. Book details
77. Nesbitt, M. 2016. Chapters in The Botanical Treasury (ed. C. Mills). London: Andre Deutsch. Pp. 34-7: Cinchona; pp. 58-61: Lagenaria siceraria; pp. 118-21: Paper Mulberry; pp. 166-9: Wheat. With M. Vorontsova - pp. 66-9: Saccharum officinale; pp. 90-3: Zea mays.
76. Cook, F.E.M. C.J. Leon, and M. Nesbitt. 2015. Potpourri as a sustainable plant product: identity, origin, and conservation status. Economic Botany 69
75. Nesbitt, M. 2015. "Cereals," pp. 94-97 in The archaeology of food: an encyclopedia. Edited by M. C. Beaudry and K. Metheny. Altamira Press. Book details
74. R. Santos, J. Hallett, M. Conceição Oliveira, M.M. Sousa, J. Sarraguça, M.S.J. Simmonds, M. Nesbitt. 2015. HPLC-DAD-MS analysis of colorant and resinous components of lac-dye: A comparison between Kerria and Paratachardina genera. Dyes and Pigments 118: 129-136.
73. Fritz, G. J., and M. Nesbitt. 2014. "Laboratory analysis and identification of plant macroremains," pp. 115-45 in Method and Theory in Paleoethnobotany. Edited by J. M. Marston, J. d. A. Guedes, and C. Warinner. University Press of Colorado. Book details
72. Rico Arce, M. de L., Nesbitt, M., Rodriguez, A. & Hiscock, C. 2013 (2014). Mexican Plant Materials Housed in the Economic Botany Collection of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Ibugana 5: 3-38.
71. Salick, J., K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. 2014. "Chapter 1. Biocultural collections: needs and goals," pp. 1-13 in Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Edited by J. Salick, K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
70. Dierig, D., H. Blackburn, D. Ellis, and M. Nesbitt. 2014. "Chapter 8. Curating seeds and other genetic resources for ethnobiology" pp. 107-25 in Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Edited by J. Salick, K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
69. Cornish, C., and M. Nesbitt. 2014. "Chapter 20. Historical perspectives on western ethnobotanical collections," pp. 271-93 in Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Edited by J. Salick, K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
68. Nesbitt, M. 2014. "Chapter 22. Use of herbarium specimens in ethnobotany," pp. 313-28 in Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Edited by J. Salick, K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
67. Salick, J., K. Konchar, and M. Nesbitt. 2014. Curating biocultural collections: a handbook. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 406pp. Free PDF - Whole Book
66. Cornish, C., P. Gasson, and M. Nesbitt. 2014. The wood collection (xylarium) of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. IAWA Journal 35: 85-104
65. Nesbitt, M. 2013. Indian dyes and textiles at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. MARG: a Magazine of the Arts 65 (2), 100-105.
64. PR Crane, T Nagata, J Murata, T Ohi-Toma, A DuVal, M Nesbitt, C Jarvis. 2013. Ginkgo biloba: Connections with people and art across a thousand years. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 30: 239–260.
63. Brennan, E., Harris, L.-A.; Nesbitt, M. 2013. Jamaican Lace-Bark: Its History and Uncertain Future. Textile History 44: 235–253.
62. Serrano, A. F., Sousa, M. M., Hallett, J., Simmonds, M. S., Nesbitt, M., & Lopes, J. 2013. Identification of Dactylopius cochineal species with high-performance liquid chromatography and multivariate data analysis. Analyst 138: 6081–6090.
61. Cornish, C., P. Gasson, and M. Nesbitt. 2013. The wood collections at Kew: current status and activity (Part II). World of Wood 66(4):14-15.
60. Nagata, T., A. DuVal, H. W. Lack, G. Loudon, M. Nesbitt, M. Schmull, and P. R. Crane. 2013. An unusual xylotheque with plant illustrations from early Meiji Japan. Economic Botany 67: 87-97.
59. Nesbitt, M. 2013. Inspiring artefacts Pp. 22-24 in David Nash: a natural gallery. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
58. Cornish, C., P. Gasson, and M. Nesbitt. 2013. The wood collections at Kew: from toys to totem poles (Part I). World of Wood 66(3):14-16.
57. D Goyder, P Griggs, M Nesbitt, L Parker, K Ross-Jones. 2012. Sir Joseph Hooker's collections at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 29: 66-85.
56. G Willcox, M Nesbitt, F Bittmann. 2012. From collecting to cultivation: transitions to a production economy in the Near East. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 21: 81-83.
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2011-. Economic Botany Collection - online database.
55. Brennan, E. and M. Nesbitt. 2010/11. Is Jamaican lace-bark (Lagetta lagetto) a sustainable material? Text: for the Study of Textile Art, Design and History 38: 17-23.
54. Nesbitt, M., McBurney, R.P.H., Broin, M., Beentje, H.J. 2010. Linking biodiversity, food and nutrition: The importance of plant identification and nomenclature. Journal of Food Composition and Analysis 23: 486–498 doi:10.1016/j.jfca.2009.03.001
53. Nesbitt, M., Simpson, S. J. and Svanberg, I. (2010) History of rice in Western and Central Asia. In S. D. Sharma (ed.) Rice: origin, antiquity and history, 308-340, 535-541. Enfield, NH, Science Publishers. Book details: Science Publishers (USA).
Nesbitt, M. 2010. Puzzling panels. Kew Magazine Spring 2010: 54-55.
52. Nesbitt, M., R. Prosser and I. Williams. 2010. Rice-paper plant - Tetrapanax papyrifer: the Gauze of the Gods and its products. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 27(1): 71-92.
Nesbitt, M. 2009. The Economic Botany Collection. In Hunter Gatherer, by Jane Edden [Artist’s exhibition catalogue], pp. 6-8. London: Flowers.
51. Mason, S. and M. Nesbitt. 2009. “Acorns as food in southeast Turkey: implications for past subsistence in Southwest Asia,” in From foragers to farmers: papers in honour of Gordon C. Hillman. Edited by A.S. Fairbairn and E. Weiss, pp. 71-85. Oxford: Oxbow Books. To buy book, visit the Oxbow website.
50. Evers, A., and M. Nesbitt. 2006. "Cereals," in The encyclopedia of seeds: science, technology and uses. Edited by M. Black, J. D. Bewley, and P. Halmer, pp. 65-70. Wallingford: CABI. Details of book
49. Nesbitt, M. 2006. "Archaeobotany," in The encyclopedia of seeds: science, technology and uses. Edited by M. Black, J. D. Bewley, and P. Halmer, pp. 20-22. Wallingford: CABI.
48. Nesbitt, M. 2006. "Ethnobotany," in The encyclopedia of seeds: science, technology and uses. Edited by M. Black, J. D. Bewley, and P. Halmer, pp. 227-229. Wallingford: CABI.
47. M. Savard, M. Nesbitt, M.K. Jones. 2006. The role of wild grasses in subsistence and sedentism: new evidence from the northern Fertile Crescent. World Archaeology 38(2): 179-196.
46. Harcup, C. and M. Nesbitt. 2006. Attaining the Holy Grail: How to encourage wider engagement with museum collections through participation in new media projects. Museums and the Web Conference. Online publication
45. Nesbitt, M. 2006. Identification guide for Near Eastern grass seeds. London: Institute of Archaeology, University College London, 129pp. ISBN 0-905853-41-5.
44. Nesbitt, M. 2005. "Grains," in The cultural history of plants. Edited by G. Prance and M. Nesbitt, pp. 45-60. New York: Routledge.
43. Prance, G., and M. Nesbitt. Editors. 2005. The cultural history of plants. New York: Routledge.
42. Nesbitt, M. 2004. Can we identify a centre, a region, or a supra-region for Near Eastern plant domestication? Neo-Lithics 2004:38-40.
41. Savard, M., M. Nesbitt, and R. Gale. 2003. Archaeobotanical evidence for Neolithic diet and subsistence at M'lefaat (Iraq). Paléorient 29:93-106.
40. Riehl, S., and M. Nesbitt. 2003. "Crops and cultivation in the Iron Age Near East: change or continuity?," in From Bronze to Iron Ages in Anatolia and its Neighbouring Regions. Edited by B. Fischer, H. Genz, É. Jean, and K. Köroglu, pp. 301-314. Istanbul: Ege Yayinlari.
39. Powell, M. A., and M. Nesbitt. 2003. "Obst und Gemüse (Fruits and vegetables)," in Reallexikon der Assyriologie, vol. 10(1/2). Edited by G. Frantz-Szabó, pp. 26-30. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
38. Mori, N., T. Ishii, T. Ishido, S. Hirosawa, H. Watatani, T. Kawahara, M. Nesbitt, G. Belay, S. Takumi, Y. Ogihara, and C. Nakamura. 2003. Origin of domesticated emmer and common wheat inferred from chloroplast DNA fingerprinting. In 10th International Wheat Genetics Symposium, vol. 5, pp. 25-28. Rome: Istituto Sperimentale Cerealicoltura.
37. Nesbitt, M., S. Colledge, and M. A. Murray. 2003. Organisation and management of seed reference collections. Environmental Archaeology 8: 77-84.
36. Martinoli, D., and M. Nesbitt. 2003. Plant stores at Pottery Neolithic Höyücek, southwest Turkey. Anatolian Studies 53: 17-32.
35. Edwards, H. G. M., L. F. C. de Oliveira, and M. Nesbitt. 2003. Fourier-transform Raman characterization of brazilwood trees and substitutes. The Analyst 128: 82-87.
34. Nesbitt, M. 2002. "When and where did domesticated cereals first occur in southwest Asia?," in The dawn of farming in the Near East. Edited by R. Cappers and S. Bottema, pp. 113-132. Berlin: Ex Oriente.
33. Cope, T., and M. Nesbitt. 2002. Lygeum spartum. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 19: 35-39.
32. de Oliveira, L. F. C., H. G. M. Edwards, E. S. Velozo, and M. Nesbitt. 2002. Vibrational spectroscopic study of brazilin and brazilein, the main constituents of brazilwood from Brazil. Vibrational Spectroscopy 28: 243-249.
31. Nesbitt, M. 2001. "Wheat evolution: integrating archaeological and biological evidence," in Wheat taxonomy: the legacy of John Percival, vol. 3, Linnean, Special Issue. Edited by P. D. S. Caligari and P. E. Brandham, pp. 37-59. London: Linnean Society. Download complete volume
30. Nesbitt, M., and R. Hajioff. 2001. Notes and queries: argan oil. Petits Propos Culinaires 67: 121-124.
29. Nesbitt, M., and J. Postgate. 2001. "Nuss und Verwandtes (nuts)," in Reallexikon der Assyriologie und Vorderasiatischen Archäologie 9(7/8). Edited by G. Frant-Szabó, pp. 633-635. Berlin: de Gruyter.
Nesbitt, M. 2000. "Plants and people in ancient Anatolia," in Across the Anatolian plateau: readings in the archaeology of ancient Turkey, vol. 57, Annual of the American Schools of Oriental Research. Edited by D. C. Hopkins, pp. 5-18. Boston, MA: American Schools of Oriental Research. See 15.
28. Nesbitt, M., and S. O'Hara. 2000. "Irrigation agriculture in Central Asia: a long-term perspective from Turkmenistan," in The archaeology of drylands: living at the margin. Edited by G. Barker and D. Gilbertson, pp. 103-122. London: Routledge.
27. Nesbitt, M. 1998. Preliminary report on the plant remains from M'lefaat. Cahiers de l'Euphrate 8: 232-233, 272.
26. —. 1998. Where was einkorn wheat domesticated? Trends in Plant Science 3:82-83.
25. Nesbitt, M., and D. Samuel. 1998. Letter. Wheat domestication: archaeobotanical evidence. Science 279:1432.
24. Rosenberg, M., M. Nesbitt, R. W. Redding, and B. L. Peasnall. 1998. Hallan Çemi, pig husbandry, and post-Pleistocene adaptations along the Taurus-Zagros arc (Turkey). Paléorient 24:25-41.
23. Nesbitt, M. 1997. Archaeobotanical identification of Near Eastern grass caryopses. Ph.D, University College London.
22. Nesbitt, M., and J. Goddard. 1997. Why draw seeds? Illustrating archaeobotany. Graphic Archaeology 1997:13-21.
21. Hillman, G. C., S. Mason, D. de Moulins, and M. Nesbitt. 1996 for 1995. Identification of archaeological remains of wheat: the 1992 London workshop. Circaea 12: 195-209.
20. Nesbitt, M. 1996. "Chalcolithic crops from Kuruçay Höyük: an interim report," in Kuruçay Höyük II. Edited by R. Duru, pp. 89-93, 134-137. Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu.
19. —. 1996. "Agriculture," in The Oxford companion to archaeology. Edited by B. M. Fagan, pp. 19-21. New York: Oxford University Press.
18. Nesbitt, M., G. Hillman, L. Peña Chocarro, D. Samuel, and A. T. Szabó. 1996. "Checklist for recording the cultivation and uses of hulled wheats," in Hulled wheats. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Hulled Wheats. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops 4. Edited by S. Padulosi, K. Hammer, and J. Heller, pp. 234-245. Rome: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. Or download entire Hulled Wheats book from IPGRI
17. Nesbitt, M., and D. Samuel. 1996. "From staple crop to extinction? The archaeology and history of the hulled wheats," in Hulled wheats. Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Hulled Wheats. Promoting the conservation and use of underutilized and neglected crops 4. Edited by S. Padulosi, K. Hammer, and J. Heller, pp. 41-100. Rome: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. Download complete book
16. —. 1996. Archaeobotany in Turkey: a review of current research. Orient Express 1996:91-96.
15. Nesbitt, M. 1995. Plants and people in ancient Anatolia. Biblical Archaeologist 58:68-81.
14. —. 1995. Clues to agricultural origins in the northern fertile crescent. Diversity 11:142-143.
13. —. 1995. "4. The search for plant remains," in Qermez Dere, Tell Afar: interim report no. 3, vol. 14, Project Paper. Edited by T. Watkins, pp. 9-11, 40-45. Edinburgh: Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.
12. —. 1995. "Recovery of archaeological plant remains at Kaman-Kalehöyük," in Essays on ancient Anatolia and its surrounding civilizations, vol. 8, Bulletin of the Middle East Culture Centre in Japan. Edited by T. Mikasa, pp. 115-130. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
—. 1995. Anadolu'da Arkeobotani [Translation of article in Biblical Archaeologist 58: 68-81 (1995)]. Bilim ve Teknik 336:26-29. See 15.
11. Rosenberg, M., M. Nesbitt, R. W. Redding, and T. F. Strasser. 1995. Hallan Çemi Tepesi: some preliminary observations concerning early Neolithic subsistence behaviors in eastern Anatolia. Anatolica 21:1-12.
10. Nesbitt, M. 1994. Archaeobotanical research in the Merv Oasis [In G. Herrmann et al, The International Merv Project. Preliminary report on the second season (1993), 53-75. Iran 32:71-73.
9. —. 1993. "Ancient crop husbandry at Kaman-Kalehöyük: 1991 archaeobotanical report," in Essays on Anatolian Archaeology, vol. 7, Bulletin of the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan. Edited by T. Mikasa, pp. 75-97. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz.
8. —. 1993. Archaeobotanical evidence for early Dilmun diet at Saar, Bahrain. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 4:20-47.
7. —. 1993. "The archaeobotany of Turkey: a review," in OPTIMA. Proceedings of the fifth meeting. Edited by H. Demeriz and N. Özhatay, pp. 329-350. Istanbul: Istanbul Üniversitesi, Fen Fakültesi. Now out-of-date.
6. —. 1993. Archaeobotanical remains [In G. Herrmann et al, The International Merv Project, preliminary report on the first season (1992), 39-62]. Iran 31:56-58, plate XVc,d.
5. —. 1992. "VIII. A preliminary note on the charred plant remains," in Nemrik 9. Pre-pottery Neolithic site in Iraq. Volume 2: House No 1/ 1A/ 1B. Edited by S. K. Kozlowski, pp. 127. Warsaw: University of Warsaw.
4. Watkins, T., A. Betts, K. Dobney, and M. Nesbitt. 1991. Qermez Dere, Tel Afar: interim report no 2. Vol. 13. Project Paper. Edinburgh: Department of Archaeology, University of Edinburgh.
3. Nesbitt, M. 1990. Seed reference collections and archaeobotany. Circaea 8:21-39. Superseded by 37.
2. Nesbitt, M., and J. Greig. 1989. A bibliography for the archaeobotanical identification of seeds from Europe and the Near East. Circaea 7:11-30.
1. Nesbitt, M., and G. D. Summers. 1988. Some recent discoveries of millet (Panicum miliaceum L. and Setaria italica (L.) P. Beauv.) at excavations in Turkey and Iran. Anatolian Studies 38:85-97.