Phytoliths : a comprehensive guide for archaeologists and paleoecologists

1. Verfasser: Piperno, Dolores R.
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, 2006.
Umfang/Format: ix, 238 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • Preface : with a short history of phytolith research
  • The production, deposition, and dissolution of phytoliths
  • Phytolith morphology
  • Phytoliths in domesticated plants and their wild ancestors
  • Laboratory techniques
  • The interpretation of phytolith assemblages : method and theory
  • The role of phytoliths in archaeology
  • The role of phytoliths in paleoecology