Phytoliths in paleoecology: analytical considerations, current use, and future directions

CAE Strömberg, RE Dunn, C Crifò… - Methods in paleoecology …, 2018 - Springer
Phytoliths, microscopic plant silica bodies, are often preserved in modern and fossil soils
and sediment, as well as in archaeological contexts. They record unique characteristics of …

Columbus' footprint in Hispaniola: A paleoenvironmental record of indigenous and colonial impacts on the landscape of the central Cibao Valley, northern Dominican …

A Castilla-Beltrán, H Hooghiemstra, MLP Hoogland… - Anthropocene, 2018 - Elsevier
The 1100-year sedimentary record of Laguna Biajaca reveals human-driven landscape
changes in the central Cibao Valley, Dominican Republic, Hispaniola. This sediment-filled …

Early agriculture in Sri Lanka: New Archaeobotanical analyses and radiocarbon dates from the early historic sites of Kirinda and Kantharodai (Kandarodai)

C Murphy, A Weisskopf, W Bohingamuwa… - … Research in Asia, 2018 - Elsevier
Archaeobotanical evidence from two Early Historic sites in Sri Lanka, Kantharodai and
Kirinda, is reported, providing significant evidence for agricultural diversity beyond the …

Elusive wild foods in South East Asian subsistence: Modern ethnography and archaeological phytoliths

A Weisskopf - Quaternary international, 2018 - Elsevier
A common predicament in archaeobotany is the relatively low proportion of the plant
material exploited by humans that survives into the archaeobotanical record. Ethnobotanical …

Emergence of grassy habitats during the greenhouse–icehouse systems transition in the Middle Eocene of southern South America

AF Zucol, JM Krause, M Brea, MS Raigemborn… - Ameghiniana, 2018 - BioOne
Phytolith assemblages recovered from the middle Eocene Koluel-Kaike Formation in Central
Patagonia, southern South America, confirm the presence of herbaceous components …

Phytolith analysis from the archaeological site of Kota Cina (North Sumatra, Indonesia)

Y Chabot, A Garnier, IM Geria - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2018 - Elsevier
In archaeological sites where plant remains (charcoal, seeds, pollens…) are not preserved,
phytoliths constitute a major proxy to provide information about resources and human …

[HTML][HTML] Spirematospermum wetzleri (Heer) Chandler (Zingiberaceae) from the Miocene of Weichang, Hebei Province, North China and the phytogeographic history …

Y Li, TM Yi, YZ Li, CS Li - Journal of Palaeogeography, 2018 - Springer
Spirematospermum is a well-known extinct zingiberalean taxon, characterized by trilocular
capsules containing many distinctive, spirally striate and arillate seeds. It is frequently found …

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Archaeobotanical evidence from two Early Historic sites in Sri Lanka, Kantharodai and
Kirinda, is reported, providing significant evidence for agricultural diversity beyond the …