Author : María Alejandra Korstanje
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 47,99 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Science
ISBN :
18 interdisciplinary papers from Latin America on phytolith and othr microfossil studies. Essays are grouped in six sections: past and future of phytolith analysis; taphonomy and laboratory issues; current research and taxonomy of phytoliths; regional environments and palaeoecology; regional environments, human ecology and agriculture; processing, storage and consumption: microssils on artifacts and human beings. Spanish text with English abstracts.
Author : Richard H. Madden
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 459 pages
File Size : 16,39 MB
Release : 2010-06-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521872413
A wealth of new information on the diversity, evolution and geochronology of the uniquely complete fossil record of Gran Barranca.
Author : Jago Cooper
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 18,24 MB
Release : 2012-04-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1607321688
Archaeologists have long encountered evidence of natural disasters through excavation and stratigraphy. In Surviving Sudden Environmental Change, case studies examine how eight different past human communities-ranging from Arctic to equatorial regi
Author : Deborah M. Pearsall
Publisher : UPenn Museum of Archaeology
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 16,54 MB
Release : 1993-01-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781931707022
Paleobotanical studies are assuming an increasingly important role in archaeology, providing information on prehistoric social structures, environments, and economic concerns. This volume presents the latest applications of phytolith analysis in archaeology and paleoecology. It demonstrates the versatility of the discipline. MASCA Vol. 10
Author : Marco Madella
Publisher : Oxbow Books
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 10,33 MB
Release : 2007-02-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 178297430X
Phytoliths - rigid microscopic bodies that occur in most plant species - have gone a long way since that day when Darwin became curious about a fine powder deposited on the instruments of the HMS Beagle. This fascinating subject started because of curiosity, and in that respect it was a good start since curiosity is probably the most important drive behind first-rate research. Fortunately curiosity is still present in phytolith research; the articles in this book are full of curiosity and ingenuity. Phytolith research has grown since the times of Darwin and in the last three decades has bloomed. The papers in this collection span most of the application of phytolith analysis (from archaeology, palaeoenvironmental studies and botany, to name just some) and the majority of them were presented at the 4th International Meeting on Phytolith Research that was held in Cambridge (UK) in August 2002.
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Page : 688 pages
File Size : 13,26 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Botany
ISBN :
Author : Dolores R. Piperno
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 2006-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0759114463
The study of phytoliths—inorganic silica remnants plants leave behind when they die and decay—has developed dramatically over the last twenty years. New publications have documented a diverse array of phytoliths from many regions around the globe, while new understandings have emerged as to how and why plants produce phytoliths. Together, these developments make phytoliths a powerful tool in reconstructing past environments and human uses of plants. In Phytoliths, Dolores Piperno makes sense of the discipline for both those working directly with phytoliths in the field or the lab as well as for those who rely on the results of phytolith studies for their own research. Including over a hundred images, Piperno's book will be of great benefit to archaeologists and paleobotanists in the classroom or the lab.
Author : Jean Dominique Meunier
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 30,38 MB
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780415889452
This impeccably-researched volume skillfully reports and discusses advances in phytolith research, addressing in particular the use of phytoliths for deciphering fundamental issues in earth science and human history. Comprising thirty reviews and original papers, findings are presented in the following five sections: · phytoliths in palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology · phytoliths, diet and health · archaeological structures, ancient agricultures and palaeoethnobotany · methodology, taxonomy and taphonomy · soil-plant interaction.
Author : Martin John Hodson
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 21,54 MB
Release : 2020-06-25
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ISBN : 2889637743
Author : Heloisa Helena Gomes Coe
Publisher : Nova Science Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,53 MB
Release : 2014
Category : Phytoliths
ISBN : 9781633219526
Phytolith studies are placed in the interaction of many scientific fields in both natural and human sciences. Although phytolith studies go back over 150 years, in the last 20 years they have increased substantially, with many publications in scientific journals of recognised quality. This book presents a review and synthesis of recent works in some areas of the Southeast and Southern Brazil and the Pampean Plain in Argentina, which have concentrated on numerous phytolith studies and may provide new contributions to the knowledge of phytoliths in these regions. This book has eleven chapters structured in sections. As an introduction a review of phytolith production and functions, organ and tissue localisation and distribution among plant families is presented. It also describes the main phytolith morphologies found in plants, soils and sediments and their taxon assignment. The taxonomic value of these amorphous silica biomineralisations and the classifications employed in different phytolith studies are also discussed. A summary of some phytolith indexes, used in palaeoenvironmental studies from different regions and based on the relative abundances of morphologies, is presented. Lastly, applications and limitations of phytolith studies are also mentioned.
