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 …

Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) and Common millet (Panicum miliaceum) are the oldest
domesticated dry farming crops in Eurasia. Identifying these two millets in the …

Our understanding of subsistence strategies, resources and lifeways of Finnish Iron Age
populations remains incomplete despite archaeological, osteological, macrobotanical, and …

Opaline phytoliths are formed when plants accumulate silica at the cellular level. This
biomineralization process reproduces, to some extent, the original plant tissue in the form of …

The study of plant exploitation and early use of cereals in Africa has seen over the years a
great input from charred and desiccated macrobotanical remains. This paper presents the …

Morphometric analysis (measurements of size and shape) has become a significant
research tool in phytolith studies. The International Phytolith Society (IPS) appointed the …

Dendritic phytoliths that precipitate in grass inflorescences are often used in archaeology to
trace the use of cereals (ie grasses harvested for their edible grain) and their domestication …

Archaeologists use survey artifacts to study any number of interesting topics. The focus of
this study is to test the usefulness of starch grains and phytoliths found on artifacts recovered …

The analysis of phytoliths has progressed immensely in recent years. Increases in the
number of phytolith works within several disciplines has substantially extended our …

Morphometric analysis has proven to be an effective tool for distinguishing among phytolith
assemblages produced by closely related plant taxa. Elongate dendritic epidermal phytoliths …