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1 online resource (vi, 237 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Chiefly papers originally presented at the 4th International Meeting on Phytolith Research. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-233). |
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Pt. 1. Methodological Approaches -- 1. Can slide preparation methods cause size biases in phytolith assemblages? Results from a preliminary study / C. A. E. Stromberg -- 2. Phytolith analysis of ploughed land thin sections. Contribution to the early development of Medieval Brussels (Treurenberg site, Belgium) / L. Vrydaghs, Y. Devos, K. Fechner and A. Degraeve -- Pt. 2. Botanical Research -- 3. A survey of phytoliths produced by the vegetation of Dhofar, Oman / B. Ball, G. I. Baird, A. al-Farsi, S. A. Ghazanfur and L. A. Woolstenhulme -- 4. Microfossils characterization from south Andean economic plants / M. A. Korstanje and M. P. Babot -- 5. Morphological characteristics observed in the leaf phytoliths of selected Gymnosperms of eastern Australia / J. Parr and L. Watson -- 6. Silicification of conifers and its significance to the environment / A. G. Songster and M. J. Hodson -- Pt. 3. Applications in Archaeology -- 7. Hearth structure and function at level J (50 kyr, bp) from Abric Romani (Capellades, Spain): phytolith, charcoal, bones and stone-tools / D. Cabanes, E. Allue, J. Vallverdu, I. Caceres, M. Vaquero and I. Pasto -- 8. The analysis of phytolith from Braehead archaeological site (Scotland, UK) / M. Madella -- 9. Microstratigraphy of an Early Historic refuse pit: a phytolithological approach / S. P. Eksambekar and M. D. Kajale -- 10. Phytolith analytical study on a Late Chalcolithic -- Early Historical archaeo-stratigraphical sequence from Balathal, south Rajasthan, India / M. D. Kajale and S. P. Eksambekar -- 11. Phytolith analysis, sheep, diet and fecal material at Ambathala pastoral station (Queensland, Australia) / D. Bowdery -- 12. Phytoliths as artifacts: evidence of threshing on silica bodies / L. S. Cummings -- Pt. 4. Palaeoecological Studies in Archaeological Contexts -- 13. Phytoliths and micropalaeontological data in a boggy soil / A. A. Bobrov -- 14. Phytoliths from the Pleistocene site of Ambrona (Soria, Spain) / A. Pinilla, A. Perez Gonzalez and M. Santonja -- 15. Phytolith and pedoanthracological analysis of "off-site" Holocene sequences from Mondragon (middle Rhone Valley, south of France) / C. Delhon -- Pt. 5. Applications in Palaeoecology -- 16. Preliminary phytolith analysis of Sarmiento Formation in the Gran Barranca (central Patagonia, Argentina) / A. F. Zucol, M. Brea, E. Bellosi, A. A. Carlini and G. Vucetich -- 17. Various phytolith types as bearers of different kinds of ecological information / A. Golyeva -- 18. Micromorphology and phytoliths study in coastal dunes of the southeastern Pampean plains (Buenos Aires, Argentina) / M. L. Osterrieth and M. Fernandez Honaine -- 19. Phytoliths in soils and plants of the wetlands of the River Ciguela (Ciudad Real, Spain) / A. Pinilla, A. Martin and A. Sanchez. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Phytoliths -- Congresses.
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Phytoliths. |
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Plant remains (Archaeology) -- Congresses.
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Plant remains (Archaeology) |
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Paleoecology -- Congresses.
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Paleoecology. |
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Madella, Marco.
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Zurro, Débora.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: International Meeting on Phytolith Research (4th : 2002 : Cambridge, England). Plants, people and places 184217245X (DLC) 2008378358 (OCoLC)72150812 |
| ISBN |
9781782974307 (electronic book) |
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178297430X (electronic book) |
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184217245X |
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9781842172452 |
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