| Description |
xxiv, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Advances in archaeological and museum science ; v. 1 |
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Advances in archaeological and museum science ; v. 1
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| Contents |
1. Phytolith Systematics: An Introduction / Susan C. Mulholland and George Rapp, Jr. -- 2. Great Expectations: A Short Historical Review of European Phytolith Systematics / Alix H. Powers -- 3. Developing a Phytolith Classification System / Deborah M. Pearsall and Elizabeth H. Dinan -- 4. A Morphological Classification of Grass Silica-Bodies / Susan C. Mulholland and George Rapp, Jr. -- 5. Toward a Classification Scheme of Sedge (Cyperaceae) Phytoliths / Amy L. Ollendorf -- Appendix 5.1. Sedges Reported in the Scientific Literature -- 6. Predicted World Distribution of C[subscript 3] and C[subscript 4] Grass Phytoliths / Page C. Twiss -- 7. Preliminary Identification of Silica Skeletons from Near Eastern Archaeological Sites: An Anatomical Approach / Arlene Miller Rosen -- 8. Cereal Grain Phytoliths of Southwest Asia and Europe / Lawrence Kaplan, Mary B. Smith and Lesley Ann Sneddon -- Appendix 8.1. Synonymy of Wild Wheats Included in Phytolith Study |
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Appendix 8.2. Cereal Grains and Grasses - Common Names and Polyploidy -- Appendix 8.3. Key to Phytoliths of Cereal Grains of Southwestern Asia and Europe -- 9. Illustrated Phytoliths from Assorted Food Plants / Linda Scott Cummings -- 10. Classification of Opal Phytoliths Formed in Selected Dicotyledons Native to the Great Plains / Steven R. Bozarth -- 11. Phytolith Taxonomy in Selected Species of Texas Cacti / John G. Jones and Vaughn M. Bryant, Jr. -- 12. Silica Deposition in Subterranean Organs / Allan G. Sangster and Martin J. Hodson -- 13. Darwin and Design in Phytolith Systematics: Morphometric Methods for Mitigating Redundancy / Irwin Rovner and John C. Russ -- 14. Annotated Bibliography of Phytolith Systematics / Susan C. Mulholland, Elizabeth J. Lawlor and Irwin Rovner |
| Analysis |
Archaeology Use of Science |
| Notes |
"Published in cooperation with the Society for Archaeological Sciences." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-322) and indexes |
| Subject |
Archaeological geology.
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Phytoliths.
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Plant remains (Archaeology)
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| Author |
Mulholland, Susan C.
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Rapp, George Robert, 1930-
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Society for Archaeological Sciences (U.S.)
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| LC no. |
92009588 |
| ISBN |
0306442086 |
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