Pervasiveness of phytoliths in prehistoric southwestern diet and implications for regional and temporal trends for dental microwear

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 981-988

  Reinhard, Karl J ^a   Danielson, Dennis R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b US Army Central ID Lab ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ancestral Pueblo; Archaic; Coprolite; Pathology; Southwest; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

DENTAL HEALTH; PHYTOLITH; PREHISTORIC; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AGAVE; CACTACEAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 20444397027     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.01.014     Document Type: Article

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