Phytoliths: A Comprehensive Guide for Archaeologists and Paleoecologists - Couverture souple

Piperno, Dolores R.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0759103852 ISBN 13 : 9780759103856

Editeur : Altamira Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Dolores R. Piperno is an archaeologist with a joint appointment at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and the National Museum of Natural History.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Altamira Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0759103852
• ISBN 13: 9780759103856
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 248
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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