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 …

Phytolith analysis has become an increasingly popular archaeobotanical tool in the past few
decades. Phytoliths have been used to support key hypotheses relating to the domestication …

Stable carbon isotope analysis of plant remains is a promising tool for researchers studying
palaeoclimate and past agricultural systems. The potential of the technique is clear: it offers …

Phytolith is a form of SiO 2 in plants. Carbon can be sequestrated as phytolith-occluded
carbon (PhytOC) during the formation of phytoliths. PhytOC is characterized by its high …

Durum wheat plants grown under optimum irrigation conditions in Jordan were processed in
three different ways: 1) using a dry ashing method, 2) using acid extraction and 3) using both …

This study investigates patterns in the process of construction during a period of
urbanization early in the Middle Bronze Age of the southern Levant. Detailing the …

The ancient civilizations were dependent upon sophisticated systems of water management.
The hydraulic engineering works found in ancient Angkor (ninth to thirteenth century AD) …

CHAPTER ONE Fig. 1.1. Map to show location of region and key Neolithic sites. Fig. 1.2.
Screen shot from IADB. Fig. 1.3. Processing of heavy residue from flotation. Fig. 1.4. Project …

Reconstructing past water availability, both as rainfall and irrigation, is important to answer
questions about the way society reacts to climate and its changes and the role of irrigation in …

The use of caves and/or rock shelters as a refugee for herds was a common practice in the
Mediterranean area since the early Neolithic. Shepherds move the herds to pastures in …