Phytoliths as proxies of the past

I Rashid, SH Mir, D Zurro, RA Dar, ZA Reshi - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Phytoliths are silica casts of plant cells, created within and between living tissues across
almost all plant clades. Because they are abundant, durable and distinctive, phytoliths are …

[图书][B] Paleoethnobotany: a handbook of procedures

DM Pearsall - 2016 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Dung in the dumps: what we can learn from multi-proxy studies of archaeological dung pellets

D Fuks, ZC Dunseth - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2021 - Springer
A key question in archaeobotany concerns the role of herbivore dung in contributing plant
remains to archaeobotanical assemblages. This issue has been discussed for at least 40 …

[图书][B] Reconstructing archaeological sites: Understanding the geoarchaeological matrix

P Karkanas, P Goldberg - 2018 - books.google.com
A guide to the systematic understanding of the geoarchaeological matrix Reconstructing
Archaeological Sites offers an important text that puts the focus on basic theoretical and …

Mapping past human land use using archaeological data: A new classification for global land use synthesis and data harmonization

KD Morrison, E Hammer, O Boles, M Madella… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In the 12,000 years preceding the Industrial Revolution, human activities led to significant
changes in land cover, plant and animal distributions, surface hydrology, and biochemical …

Cannabis and frankincense at the Judahite shrine of Arad

E Arie, B Rosen, D Namdar - Tel Aviv, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Two limestone monoliths, interpreted as altars, were found in the Judahite shrine at Tel
Arad. Unidentified dark material preserved on their upper surfaces was submitted for organic …

An ethnoarchaeological study of cooking installations in rural Uzbekistan: development of a new method for identification of fuel sources

S Gur-Arieh, E Mintz, E Boaretto… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2013 - Elsevier
Mud constructed cooking installations such as ovens and hearths are common in modern,
pre-modern and archaeological domestic contexts in West and Central Asia. Archaeological …

[HTML][HTML] Scientific advances in geoarchaeology during the last twenty years

M Canti, DJ Huisman - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Advances in areas of archaeological science with a strong geological, sedimentological or
pedological component have significantly furthered the understanding of formation …

From Evenk campfires to prehistoric hearths: charcoal analysis as a tool for identifying the use of rotten wood as fuel

A Henry, I Théry-Parisot - Journal of archaeological science, 2014 - Elsevier
We present a new approach combining ethnoarchaeology and experimentation aiming
towards a better understanding of prehistoric firewood use and management. The example …

Dung burning in the archaeobotanical record of West Asia: where are we now?

RN Spengler - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2019 - Springer
In the early 1980s Naomi Miller changed the field of palaeoethnobotany; her research into
whether the ancient seed eaters of southwest Asia were human or herbivore opened an …