Phytolith analysis is increasingly being applied in studies of Neotropical forest history and
associated pre-Columbian human influences, especially in the Amazon Basin. In order to …

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 …

Phytolith analysis is now sufficiently mature to provide an independent source of data in
tropical paleoethnobotany and paleoecology. At the same time, ongoing studies of phytoliths …

This paper presents a phytolith analysis of selected native plants and modern surface soils
from southeastern Uruguay. A modern phytolith reference collection was established based …

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 …

Rice can be cultivated in a range of arable systems, including upland rainfed, lowland
rainfed or irrigated, flooded or décrue, and deep water cultivation. These agricultural …

Multiplicity, when different phytolith morphotypes are produced within a taxon, and
redundancy, when the same phytolith morphotypes are produced by different taxa, are …

Phytoliths are micrometric particles of amorphous silica that form inside or between the cells
of higher plant tissues throughout the life of a plant. Phytolith morphological assemblages …

To identify the phytolith signal of lacustrine environments, which are prone to preserving
faunal remains including hominins, we analyzed the phytolith content of 46 grass and sedge …

We present a synthesis of modern phytolith studies from Africa, to infer the potential and
limitations of phytolith assemblages to reconstruct vegetation and tree cover density. The …