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Book Synopsis Phytolith Systematics by : Susan C. Mulholland
Download or read book Phytolith Systematics written by Susan C. Mulholland and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first in theAdvances in Archaeological and Museum Science series sponsored by the Society for Archaeological Sciences. The purpose of this biennial series is to provide summaries of advances in closely defined topics in archaeometry, archaeological science, environmental archaeology, preservation technology and museum conservation. The Society for Archaeological Sciences (SAS) exists to encourage interdisci plinary collaboration between archaeologists and colleagues in the natural and physical sciences. SAS members are drawn from many disciplinary fields. However, they all share a common belief that physical science techniques and methods constitute an essential component of archaeological field and laboratory studies. The General Editors wish to express their appreciation to Renee S. Kra and Frances D. Moskovitz of Radiocarbon for their special expertise and assistance in the production of this volume. We also appreciate the contribution of the two reviewers for their excellent comments and suggestions. The General Editor responsible for undertaking the development of this volume was R. E. Taylor.
Download or read book Phytoliths written by Dolores R. Piperno and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2006-01-30 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The study of phytoliths—inorganic silica remnants plants leave behind when they die and decay—has developed dramatically over the last twenty years. New publications have documented a diverse array of phytoliths from many regions around the globe, while new understandings have emerged as to how and why plants produce phytoliths. Together, these developments make phytoliths a powerful tool in reconstructing past environments and human uses of plants. In Phytoliths, Dolores Piperno makes sense of the discipline for both those working directly with phytoliths in the field or the lab as well as for those who rely on the results of phytolith studies for their own research. Including over a hundred images, Piperno's book will be of great benefit to archaeologists and paleobotanists in the classroom or the lab.
Book Synopsis Phytolith Systematics by : Susan C. Mulholland
Download or read book Phytolith Systematics written by Susan C. Mulholland and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-15 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Phytolyth Analysis by : Dolores R. Piperno
Download or read book Phytolyth Analysis written by Dolores R. Piperno and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-28 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a methodological guide to the use of plant opal phytolith analysis in paleoenvironmental and paleoecological reconstruction. It is the first book-length treatment of this promising technique, which has undergone rapid development within the past few years and is now beginning to be used with considerable success by paleobotanists who serve the archaeological and paleontological research communities. It will be mandatory reading for all paleobotanists, paleoecologists, and archaeological scientists.
Book Synopsis Phytoliths - Applications in Earth Science and Human History by : Jean Dominique Meunier
Download or read book Phytoliths - Applications in Earth Science and Human History written by Jean Dominique Meunier and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This impeccably-researched volume skillfully reports and discusses advances in phytolith research, addressing in particular the use of phytoliths for deciphering fundamental issues in earth science and human history. Comprising thirty reviews and original papers, findings are presented in the following five sections: · phytoliths in palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology · phytoliths, diet and health · archaeological structures, ancient agricultures and palaeoethnobotany · methodology, taxonomy and taphonomy · soil-plant interaction.
Book Synopsis First European Meeting on Phytolith Research by : Ascensión Pinilla
Download or read book First European Meeting on Phytolith Research written by Ascensión Pinilla and published by Editorial CSIC - CSIC Press. This book was released on 1997* with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Frontiers in Phytolith Research by : Martin John Hodson
Download or read book Frontiers in Phytolith Research written by Martin John Hodson and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology by : Cristiano Nicosia
Download or read book Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology written by Cristiano Nicosia and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-08-10 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology goes beyond a mere review of current literature and features the most up to date contributions from numerous scientists working in the field. The book represents a groundbreaking and comprehensive resource covering the plethora of applications of micromorphology in archaeology. Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology offers researchers, students and professionals a systematic tool for the interpretation of thin sections of archaeological contexts. This important resource is also designed to help stimulate the use of micromorphology in archaeology outside Europe, where the technique is less frequently employed. Moreover, the authors hope to strengthen the proper application of soil micromorphology in archaeology, by illustrating its possibilities and referring in several cases to more specialized publications (for instance in the field of plant remains, pottery and phytoliths). Written for anyone interested in the topic, this important text offers: Contributions from most of the world's leading authorities on soil micromorphology A series of chapters on the major topics selected among the most recurrent in literature about archaeological soil micromorphology Systematic descriptions of all important micromorphological features Special analytical tools employed on thin sections, such as SEM/EDS, image analysis, fluorescence microscopy, mass spectrometry, among others Numerous cross-references 400 illustrated full-colour plates The resource provides the most current and essential information for archaeologists, geoarchaeologists, soil scientists and sedimentologists. Comprehensive in scope, Archaeological Soil and Sediment Micromorphology offers professionals and students a much-needed tool for the interpretation of thin sections of archaeological contexts.
Book Synopsis A Bronze Age Landscape in the Russian Steppes by : David W. Anthony
Download or read book A Bronze Age Landscape in the Russian Steppes written by David W. Anthony and published by Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press. This book was released on 2016-12-31 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first English-language monograph that describes seasonal and permanent Late Bronze Age settlements in the Russian steppes, this is the final report of the Samara Valley Project, a US-Russian archaeological investigation conducted between 1995 and 2002. It explores the changing organization and subsistence resources of pastoral steppe economies from the Eneolithic (4500 BC) through the Late Bronze Age (1900-1200 BC) across a steppe-and-river valley landscape in the middle Volga region, with particular attention to the role of agriculture during the unusual episode of sedentary, settled pastoralism that spread across the Eurasian steppes with the Srubnaya and Andronovo cultures (1900-1200 BC). Three astonishing discoveries were made by the SVP archaeologists: agriculture played no role in the LBA diet across the region, a surprise given the settled residential pattern; a unique winter ritual was practiced at Krasnosamarskoe involving dog and wolf sacrifices, possibly related to male initiation ceremonies; and overlapping spheres of obligation, cooperation, and affiliation operated at different scales to integrate groups defined by politics, economics, and ritual behaviors.
Book Synopsis The Paleontology of Gran Barranca by : Richard H. Madden
Download or read book The Paleontology of Gran Barranca written by Richard H. Madden and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wealth of new information on the diversity, evolution and geochronology of the uniquely complete fossil record of Gran Barranca.
Book Synopsis Documenting Domestication by : Melinda A. Zeder
Download or read book Documenting Domestication written by Melinda A. Zeder and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2006-06-20 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A genetic revolution has transformed the study of the domestication of plants and animals. Documenting Domestication presents the best research and resolves issues that had been intractable in the past."—Richard I. Ford, University of Michigan
Book Synopsis The Silica Bodies of Tropical American Grasses by : Dolores R. Piperno
Download or read book The Silica Bodies of Tropical American Grasses written by Dolores R. Piperno and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silica bodies from over 200 species of Neotropical grasses comprising 80 different genera from all currently recognized subfamilies have been isolated from plant tissue and have been described. Silica-body shapes are significant at varying taxonomic levels, from the family to the genus. The Bambusoideae, especially, contribute large numbers of tribal- and genus-specific forms. Significant correlations are found between phytolith shape and the source plant's taxonomic relationships and postulated phylogeny. Disarticulated short-cell phytoliths occurring in ancient soils and sediments can be used to make identifications of certain taxa in the Poaceae below the level of family. Silica bodies observed in fossil grasses may elucidate the evolutionary history of the Poaceae.
Book Synopsis Phytolith Analysis Applied to Pleistocene-Holocene Archaeological Sites in the Australian Arid Zone by : Doreen Bowdery
Download or read book Phytolith Analysis Applied to Pleistocene-Holocene Archaeological Sites in the Australian Arid Zone written by Doreen Bowdery and published by BAR International Series. This book was released on 1998 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To explore the potential for phytolith analysis in Australian arid zone sediments silica phytoliths (plant microfossils) were isolated from archaeological sediments collected at three arid zone sites. Line drawings of phytoliths extracted from archaeological deposits and contemporary plant material provided a reference point for purposes of classification, analysis and quantification. Various changes in these phytoliths were observed from the earliest occupation through to the Holocene, which correlate with changes in lithic artefacts. In particular, the appearance of grass seed grinders was recorded in the cultural assemblage after the introduction of new grass taxa. The timing of the change has some correlation with the final inundation of the land barrier to the north and sea level stabilisation. Other analyses suggest a continuous reduction in precipitation. These positive results indicate that phytolith analysis has great potential in arid areas, providing a window into vegetation history and contributing data to an archaeological site history.
Book Synopsis Methods in Paleoecology by : Darin A. Croft
Download or read book Methods in Paleoecology written by Darin A. Croft and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-27 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume focuses on the reconstruction of past ecosystems and provides a comprehensive review of current techniques and their application in exemplar studies. The 18 chapters address a wide variety of topics that span vertebrate paleobiology and paleoecology (body mass, postcranial functional morphology, evolutionary dental morphology, microwear and mesowear, ecomorphology, mammal community structure analysis), contextual paleoenvironmental studies (paleosols and sedimentology, ichnofossils, pollen, phytoliths, plant macrofossils), and special techniques (bone microstructure, biomineral isotopes, inorganic isotopes, 3-D morphometrics, and ecometric modeling). A final chapter discusses how to integrate results of these studies with taphonomic data in order to more accurately characterize an ancient ecosystem. Current investigators, advanced undergraduates, and graduate students interested in the field of paleoecology will find this book immensely useful. The length and structure of the volume also makes it suitable for teaching a college-level course on reconstructing Cenozoic ecosystems.
Book Synopsis An Annotated Bibliography of Phytolith Analysis and Atlas of Selected New Zealand Subantarctic and Subalpine Phytoliths by : Vanessa C. Thorn
Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography of Phytolith Analysis and Atlas of Selected New Zealand Subantarctic and Subalpine Phytoliths written by Vanessa C. Thorn and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Phytolith Studies at Bid Hidatsa, North Dakota by : Susan C. Mulholland
Download or read book Phytolith Studies at Bid Hidatsa, North Dakota written by Susan C. Mulholland and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Phytolith Analysis of Buried Soils in the Young Loess Sequence of Hungary by : Salvatore A. Engel-Di Mauro
Download or read book A Phytolith Analysis of Buried Soils in the Young Loess Sequence of Hungary written by Salvatore A. Engel-Di Mauro and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
