Archaeobotany and Archaeozoology
What is it and can it help us understand the Bible better?
The study of plant and animal remains found at archaeological sites.
Early farnmers crop up in Jordan - http://www.articlearchives.com/humanities-social-science/anthropology-archaeology/580842-1.html
Literature on archaeological remains of cultivated plants 1981-2004- http://www.archaeobotany.de/database.html Important research archive of archaeobotanical literature from around the world with a strong section of materials from the lands of the Bible.
More literature on archaeobotany in Israel - http://www.springerlink.com/content/?k=archaeobotany+in+israel
Archaeobotanical Reports from Syria - http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~nmiller0/syria.html
Early farming and the origins of farming Near Eastern archaeobotany - http://pagesperso-orange.fr/g.willcox/ - Contains an excellent section of photos of plant life from six archaeological sites in the Fertile Crescent.