The BRAIN (Botanical Records of Archaeobotany Italian Network) database and network
was developed by the cooperation of archaeobotanists working on Italian archaeological
sites. Examples of recent research including pollen or other plant remains in analytical and
synthetic papers are reported as an exemplar reference list. This paper retraces the main
steps of the creation of BRAIN, from the scientific need for the first research cooperation
to the website which has a free online access since 2015
