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Phytoliths: A Comprehensive Guide for Archaeologists and Paleoecologists

Piperno, Dolores R.·2006
DOI 10.5040/9798216409281
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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.

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  • With phytolith assemblages, palms, understory herbs and grasses tend to be overrepresented, whereas several woody taxa produce non-diagnostic or no phytoliths.

    “With phytolith assemblages, palms, understory herbs and grasses tend to be overrepresented, whereas several woody taxa produce non-diagnostic or no phytoliths”

    From Phytolith assemblages reflect variability in human land use and the modern environment (2024) · cites this paper as Piperno 2006

  • Phytoliths are non-organic silica microfossils formed inside many plants that can be preserved on geological timescales, even in settings where organic matter (including pollen) is not preserved.

    “Phytoliths are non-organic silica microfossils formed inside many plants that can be preserved on geological timescales, even in settings where organic matter (including pollen) is not preserved”

    From Phytolith assemblages reflect variability in human land use and the modern environment (2024) · cites this paper as Piperno 2006

  • Maize (Zea mays) is indicated by Cross 1 phytoliths >21 μm and Wavy-top rondels.

    “Maize (Zea mays) was indicated by Cross 1 phytoliths > 21 μm and Wavy-top rondels”

    From Phytolith assemblages reflect variability in human land use and the modern environment (2024) · cites this paper as Piperno 2006

  • Phytoliths are a suitable proxy for detecting human disturbances in tropical forests, because taxa associated with human land use, such as Poaceae, Arecaceae, and Heliconiaceae, are abundant phytolith producers.

    “Phytoliths are a suitable proxy for detecting human disturbances in tropical forests, because taxa associated with human land use, such as Poaceae, Arecaceae, and Heliconiaceae, are abundant phytolith producers”

    From Phytolith assemblages reflect variability in human land use and the modern environment (2024) · cites this paper as Piperno 2006

  • Arboreal phytoliths from the forested sites are likely from a few taxa of trees and shrubs that produce phytoliths.

    “The arboreal phytoliths from the forested sites are likely from a few taxa of trees and shrubs that produce phytoliths (Piperno 2006; Piperno and McMichael 2020).”

    From Phytolith assemblages reflect variability in human land use and the modern environment (2024) · cites this paper as Piperno 2006

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Authors
Piperno, D. R.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Published
2006
DOI
10.5040/9798216409281
Cited by
177
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