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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Madella, Marco
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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.
Notas:The archaeo-stratigraphical sequence.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (532 pages)
ISBN:9781782974307
178297430X
9781782974321
1782974326