Phytoliths : a comprehensive guide for archaeologists and paleoecologists

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Phytoliths : a comprehensive guide for archaeologists and paleoecologists

Dolores R. Piperno

AltaMira Press, 2006

  • :hbk.
  • :pbk.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-228) and index

Contents of Works

  • Introduction : with a short history of phytolith research
  • The production, deposition, and dissolution of phytoliths
  • Phytolith morphology
  • Phytoliths in domesticated plants and their wild ancestors
  • Field techniques and research design
  • Laboratory techniques
  • The interpretation of phytolith assemblages : method and theory
  • The role of phytoliths in archaeology
  • The role of phytoliths in paleoecology

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