This new edition of the definitive work on doing paleoethnobotany brings the book up to date
by incorporating new methods and examples of research, while preserving the overall …

The analysis of fifty modern phytolith assemblages demonstrates the practicality of opal-
phytolith analysis as a surrogate for pollen analysis in the North American Great Plains. The …

The reconstruction of African tropical grassland history during the late Holocene can be
carried out using phytolith analysis. Fossil phytolith assemblages from Lake Guiers, in the …

Correlation of phytoliths from sediments to grass taxa is a complex process, even at the
subfamily level. Grass phytolith taxonomies are reviewed and compared to the phytolith …

This edited volume of papers assembles a sampling of current phytolith research. Although
hardly comprehensive, it presents an impressive array of robust analytical applications …

The 13 C/12 C ratios of occluded carbon within opal phytoliths from the northern Great
Plains show potential as a basis for paleoclimatic reconstruction. A significant correlation …

This research provides a key to understanding the paleoenvironmental evolution of the
region, which is important because of the long history of human occupation of the area and …

In a region too dry for the effective use of the traditional palynological approach, loess
deposits of the central Great Plains offer a source of proxy information for the reconstruction …

The stable C isotope composition of organic matter and opal phytoliths in diverse
ecosystems demonstrate that soils carry a C isotopic signature that reflects long-term inputs …

Abstract In the central Great Plains of the United States, radiocarbon dating of loess and
buried soils is clarifying the late Quaternary loess chronology for the period 25,000 to 10,000 …