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 …

Viruses are microorganisms that infect all kinds of living organisms including plants, and
cause remarkable lose in crop production. Although pesticides showed that they can protect …

Despite more than a century of detailed investigation of the Magdalenian period in Northern
Iberia, our understanding of the diets during this period is limited. Methodologies for the …

Dental calculus is increasingly recognized as a major reservoir of dietary information.
Palaeodietary studies using plant and animal micro remains (eg phytoliths, pollen, sponge …

Dental calculus (calcified dental plaque) is a source of multiple types of data on life history.
Recent research has targeted the plant microremains preserved in this mineralised deposit …

A análise do conteúdo de cálculo dentário de coleções osteológicas é uma ferramenta
poderosa para a Bioantropologia e a Bioarqueologia. Ela é particularmente importante para …

The excavation of shell middens and mounds is an important source of information
regarding past human diet, settlement, technology, and paleoenvironments. The contributors …

During the early Holocene two main paleoamerican cultures thrived in Brazil: the Tradição
Nordeste in the semi-desertic Sertão and the Tradição Itaparica in the high plains of the …

Examination of plant microfossils (phytoliths and starch granules) preserved in dental
calculus allows for the direct identification of some components of prehistoric diets. In this …

The character and date of the earliest settlement of the remote Pacific Islands remains an
important research objective. Tracing human origins in “Remote Oceania” reveals a series of …