Phytoliths
Subtitle: a comprehensive guide for archaeologists and paleoecologists
By: Dolores R. Piperno.
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Plant remains (Archaeology); Phytoliths.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface : with a short history of phytolith research; title: The production, deposition, and dissolution of phytoliths; title: Phytolith morphology; title: Phytoliths in domesticated plants and their wild ancestors; title: Laboratory techniques; title: The interpretation of phytolith assemblages : method and theory; title: The role of phytoliths in archaeology; title: The role of phytoliths in paleoecology.