Phytoliths as proxies of the past

I Rashid, SH Mir, D Zurro, RA Dar, ZA Reshi - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Phytoliths are silica casts of plant cells, created within and between living tissues across
almost all plant clades. Because they are abundant, durable and distinctive, phytoliths are …

[كتاب][B] The social archaeology of food: Thinking about eating from prehistory to the present

CA Hastorf - 2017‏ - books.google.com
Cover--Half-title--Title page--Copyright information--Dedication--Table of contents--List of
figures--Preface--Acknowledgments--Chapter 1 Introduction: The Social Life of food--The …

Surface analysis of stone and bone tools

WJ Stemp, AS Watson, AA Evans - … Topography: Metrology and …, 2015‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Microwear (use-wear) analysis is a powerful method for identifying tool use that
archaeologists and anthropologists employ to determine the activities undertaken by both …

[كتاب][B] Lithics

W Andrefsky - 1998‏ - books.google.com
This book is the first comprehensive manual on stone artifact analysis, with detailed
examples of how to measure, record and analyse stone tools and stone tool production …

[كتاب][B] Lithic analysis

GH Odell - 2006‏ - books.google.com
Procedures by which archaeological stone tools have been analyzed have tradition ally
operated on an apprenticeship model, whereby a novice acquires competency at the elbow …

[كتاب][B] Archaeological artefacts as material culture

L Hurcombe - 2014‏ - taylorfrancis.com
This book is an introduction to the study of artefacts, setting them in a social context rather
than using a purely scientific approach. Drawing on a range of different cultures and …

[كتاب][B] Ancient starch research

R Torrence, H Barton - 2016‏ - books.google.com
What role did plant resources have in the evolution of the human species? Why and how
have plants been managed and transported to new environments? Where, how, and why …

Woodworking activities by early humans: a plant residue analysis on Acheulian stone tools from Peninj (Tanzania)

M Domínguez-Rodrigo, J Serrallonga… - Journal of Human …, 2001‏ - Elsevier
The emergence of the Acheulian stone tool industry, between 1· 7 and 1· 5m. ya, constitutes
one of the earliest evidences of complex behavior in the process of human evolution. The …

The decomposition of starch grains in soils: implications for archaeological residue analyses

M Haslam - Journal of archaeological science, 2004‏ - Elsevier
Recent research involving starch grains recovered from archaeological contexts has
highlighted the need for a review of the mechanisms and consequences of starch …

Maize in ancient Ecuador: results of residue analysis of stone tools from the Real Alto site

DM Pearsall, K Chandler-Ezell, JA Zeidler - Journal of Archaeological …, 2004‏ - Elsevier
The antiquity of maize (Zea mays, Poaceae) in Ecuador, and its role in Formative Period
subsistence, are topics of current debate. Real Alto, a large Early Formative village at which …