Phytoliths - Applications in Earth Science and Human History

Jean Dominique Meunier, Fabrice Colin (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

384 Seiten

2001
A A Balkema Publishers (Verlag)
978-90-5809-345-5 (ISBN)

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Presenting advances in the field of phytolith research, this well-structured collection of reviews and papers focuses in particular upon the use of phytoliths for deciphering fundamental issues in earth science and human history.

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.

Jean Dominique Meunier

Preface

Review Paper ‘A Crumudgeon’s View of Grasss Phytolithology’

Phytoliths in palaeoclimatology and palaeoecology

Phytoliths, diet and health

Archaeological structures and ancient agriculture

Methodology, taxonomy and taphonomy

Soil-plant interactions

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2001
Verlagsort	Rotterdam
Sprache	englisch
Maße	174 x 246 mm
Gewicht	861 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Botanik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Mineralogie / Paläontologie
ISBN-10	90-5809-345-X / 905809345X
ISBN-13	978-90-5809-345-5 / 9789058093455
Zustand	Neuware