Plants, People and Places : Recent Studies in Phytolithic Analysis.
Phytoliths - rigid microscopic bodies that occur in most plant species - have gone a long way since that day when Darwin became curious about a fine powder deposited on the instruments of the HMS Beagle. This fascinating subject started because of curiosity, and in that respect it was a good start s...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Havertown :
Oxbow Books,
2007.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | Phytoliths - rigid microscopic bodies that occur in most plant species - have gone a long way since that day when Darwin became curious about a fine powder deposited on the instruments of the HMS Beagle. This fascinating subject started because of curiosity, and in that respect it was a good start since curiosity is probably the most important drive behind first-rate research. Fortunately curiosity is still present in phytolith research; the articles in this book are full of curiosity and ingenuity. Phytolith research has grown since the times of Darwin and in the last three decades has bloome. |
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Notas: | The archaeo-stratigraphical sequence. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (532 pages) |
ISBN: | 9781782974307 178297430X 9781782974321 1782974326 |