Phytoliths are efficient proxies in archaeology, plant taxonomy, palaeoenvironment, and
palaeoecology reconstruction, the research of which has been developing rapidly in recent …

ABSTRACT Quaternary (last 2.6 million years) botany involves studying plant megafossils
(eg tree stumps), macrofossils (eg seeds, leaves), and microfossils (eg pollen, spores) …

Easter Island deforestation has traditionally been viewed as an abrupt island‐wide event
caused by the prehistoric Rapanui civilization, which precipitated its own cultural collapse …

The archaeological landscape on Rapa Nui (Easter Island) contains a palimpsest of surface
archaeological features reflecting a long history of settlement and land use. The popular …

Human dental calculus is an excellent target for examining the plant component of ancient
diets. Microfossils become imbedded within dental calculus throughout life, providing an …

Microfossil analysis of human dental calculus provides consumption‐specific and
archaeologically relevant data for evaluating diet and subsistence in past populations …

The Arecaceae (palm) family is one of the most common and economically important plant
groups in Amazonia, and play large roles in ecosystem functioning and carbon dynamics …

For over 2 decades, there have been calls for Polynesian archaeologists to identify
radiocarbon samples to taxon and material type, and preferentially date short-lived …

It is widely recognised that Polynesian settlers developed central Pacific islands into
productive economic landscapes, but the character and tempo of these transformations are …

The location of the immediate eastern Polynesian origin for the settlement of Easter Island
(Rapa Nui), remains unclear with conflicting archeological and linguistic evidence. Previous …