Author : María Alejandra Korstanje
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 49,64 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 : 24,57 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 : 24,75 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
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Publisher :
Page : 688 pages
File Size : 24,4 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Botany
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Author : Arthur James Wells
Publisher :
Page : 1922 pages
File Size : 24,96 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Bibliography, National
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Author : Dan Lawrence
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 11,91 MB
Release : 2020-08-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1789695740
This volume presents papers in honour of Tony James Wilkinson, who was Professor of Archaeology at Durham University from 2006 until his death in 2014. Though commemorative in concept, the volume is an assemblage of new research representing emerging agendas and innovative methods in remote sensing and their application in Near Eastern archaeology.
Author : Darin A. Croft
Publisher : Springer
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2018-10-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 3319942654
This volume focuses on the reconstruction of past ecosystems and provides a comprehensive review of current techniques and their application in exemplar studies. The 18 chapters address a wide variety of topics that span vertebrate paleobiology and paleoecology (body mass, postcranial functional morphology, evolutionary dental morphology, microwear and mesowear, ecomorphology, mammal community structure analysis), contextual paleoenvironmental studies (paleosols and sedimentology, ichnofossils, pollen, phytoliths, plant macrofossils), and special techniques (bone microstructure, biomineral isotopes, inorganic isotopes, 3-D morphometrics, and ecometric modeling). A final chapter discusses how to integrate results of these studies with taphonomic data in order to more accurately characterize an ancient ecosystem. Current investigators, advanced undergraduates, and graduate students interested in the field of paleoecology will find this book immensely useful. The length and structure of the volume also makes it suitable for teaching a college-level course on reconstructing Cenozoic ecosystems.
Author : Susan C. Mulholland
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 34,17 MB
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1489911553
This volume is the first in theAdvances in Archaeological and Museum Science series sponsored by the Society for Archaeological Sciences. The purpose of this biennial series is to provide summaries of advances in closely defined topics in archaeometry, archaeological science, environmental archaeology, preservation technology and museum conservation. The Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS) exists to encourage interdisci plinary collaboration between archaeologists and colleagues in the natural and physical sciences. SAS members are drawn from many disciplinary fields. However, they all share a common belief that physical science techniques and methods constitute an essential component of archaeological field and laboratory studies. The General Editors wish to express their appreciation to Renee S. Kra and Frances D. Moskovitz of Radiocarbon for their special expertise and assistance in the production of this volume. We also appreciate the contribution of the two reviewers for their excellent comments and suggestions. The General Editor responsible for undertaking the development of this volume was R. E. Taylor.
Author : Dolores R. Piperno
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 13,43 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 : Dolores R. Piperno
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,85 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This is a methodological guide to the use of plant opal phytolith analysis in paleoenvironmental and paleoecological reconstruction. It is the first book-length treatment of this promising technique, which has undergone rapid development within the past few years and is now beginning to be used with considerable success by paleobotanists who serve the archaeological and paleontological research communities. It will be mandatory reading for all paleobotanists, paleoecologists, and archaeological scientists.
