Perspectives on phytolith research
Subtitle: 6th International Meeting on Phytolith Research
By: guest editors, Rosa Maria Albert, Marco Madella
Contributors: Albert, Rosa Maria; Madella, Marco
Series: Quaternary international -- v. 193
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 191
Subjects: Phytoliths; Congresses; Plant remains (Archaeology); Archaeology; Methodology
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Perspectives on Phytolith Research : 6th Internatinoal Meeting on Phytolith Research  -- R.M. Albert and M. Madella; title: Biomineralisation/environment interactions in conifers : Illustrated by hemlock, Tsuga canadensis (L.) Carr.  -- A.G. Sangster, M.J. Hodson and L.E.C. Ling; title: New methods to isolate organic materials from silicified phytoliths reveal fragmented glycoproteins but no DNA  -- R. Elbaum, C. Melamed-Bessudo, N. Tuross, A.A. Levy and S. Weiner; title: Atmospheric carbon isotope signatures in phytolith-occluded carbon  -- J.A. Carter; title: Comment on atmospheric carbon isotope signatures in phytolith occluded carbon, Carter, J.A., Quaternary International, this volume  -- G.M. dos Santos; title: Plant water availability and analytical microscopy of phytoliths : Implications for ancient irrigation in arid zones  -- M. Madella, M.K. Jones, P. Echlin, A. Powers-Jones and M. Moore; title: Palaeoecological significance of palms at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, based on phytolith remains ; title: R.M. Albert, M.K. Bamford and D. Cabanes; title: Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of Hungarian kurgans on the basis of the examination of palaeosoils and phytolith analysis  -- A. Barczi, A.A. Golyeva and Á. Peto; title: Calcium biominerals in typical Argiudolls from the Pampean Plain, Argentina : An approach to the understanding of their role within the calcium biogeochemical cycle  -- N.L. Borrelli, M. Osterrieth, F. Oyarbide and J. Marcovecchio; title: Taphonomical aspects of silica phytoliths in the loess sediments of the Argentinian Pampas  -- M. Osterrieth, M. Madella, D. Zurro and M. Fernanda Alvarez; title: Phytolith analysis of Chusquea ramosissima Lindm. (Poaceae : Bambusoideae) and associated soils  -- L. Montti, M.F. Honaine, M. Osterrieth and D.G. Ribeiro; title: Developing an approach for using the soil phytolith record to infer vegetation and disturbance regime changes over the past 200 years -- L.R. Morris, N.E. West, F.A. Baker, H. Van Miegroet and R.J. Ryel; title: Phytolith analysis of selected native plants and modern soils from southeastern Uruguay and its implications for paleoenvironmental and archeological reconstruction  -- J. Iriarte and E.A. Paz; title: Methodological concerns for analysis of phytolith assemblages : Does count size matter? -- C.A.E. Strömberg.