Silicon in the soil–plant continuum: Intricate feedback mechanisms within ecosystems

O Katz, D Puppe, D Kaczorek, NB Prakash, J Schaller - Plants, 2021‏ - mdpi.com
Plants' ability to take up silicon from the soil, accumulate it within their tissues and then
reincorporate it into the soil through litter creates an intricate network of feedback …

Sedimentological perspective on phytolith analysis in palaeoecological reconstruction

W Qader, SH Mir, J Meister, RA Dar, M Madella… - Earth-Science …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Phytoliths are essential palaeoecological proxies that play an immensely important role in
palaeoclimatic studies. Their inert composition and general hardiness allow phytoliths to be …

Phytoliths in paleoecology: analytical considerations, current use, and future directions

CAE Strömberg, RE Dunn, C Crifò… - Methods in paleoecology …, 2018‏ - Springer
Phytoliths, microscopic plant silica bodies, are often preserved in modern and fossil soils
and sediment, as well as in archaeological contexts. They record unique characteristics of …

Understanding fossil phytolith preservation: the role of partial dissolution in paleoecology and archaeology

D Cabanes, R Shahack-Gross - PloS one, 2015‏ - journals.plos.org
Opaline phytoliths are important microfossils used for paleoecological and archaeological
reconstructions that are primarily based on relative ratios of specific morphotypes. Recent …

Archaeobotanical proxies and archaeological interpretation: A comparative study of phytoliths, pollen and seeds in dung pellets and refuse deposits at Early Islamic …

ZC Dunseth, D Fuks, D Langgut, E Weiss… - Quaternary Science …, 2019‏ - Elsevier
This article presents a systematic methodological comparison of three archaeobotanical
proxies (phytoliths, pollen and seeds) applied to an assemblage of dung pellets and …

Dung in the dumps: what we can learn from multi-proxy studies of archaeological dung pellets

D Fuks, ZC Dunseth - Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 2021‏ - Springer
A key question in archaeobotany concerns the role of herbivore dung in contributing plant
remains to archaeobotanical assemblages. This issue has been discussed for at least 40 …

[HTML][HTML] Formation, morphology and interpretation of darkened faecal spherulites

MG Canti, C Nicosia - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Faecal spherulites are a common indicator of dung in archaeological deposits and most of
the basic processes of their formation and taphonomy have been explained. However, a …

A morphometric study of variance in articulated dendritic phytolith wave lobes within selected species of Triticeae and Aveneae

T Ball, L Vrydaghs, T Mercer, M Pearce… - Vegetation History and …, 2017‏ - Springer
Morphometric analysis has proven to be an effective tool for distinguishing among phytolith
assemblages produced by closely related plant taxa. Elongate dendritic epidermal phytoliths …

Faecal spherulites

MG Canti, JÉ Brochier - Archaeological soil and sediment …, 2017‏ - Wiley Online Library
Faecal spherulites are distinctive microscopic crystalline calcium carbonate features found
in animal dung. They are frequently preserved in areas of alkaline sediment or in situations …

The archaeology and history of the Negev and neighbouring areas in the third millennium BCE: a new paradigm

I Finkelstein, MJ Adams, ZC Dunseth… - Tel Aviv, 2018‏ - Taylor & Francis
Conventional theory described two settlement waves in the Negev Highlands in the third
millennium BCE—in the EB II and the Intermediate Bronze Age—and a period with no …