A combined procedure for recovering phytoliths and starch residues from soils, sedimentary deposits and similar materials

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1169-1175

  Horrocks, M ^a,b  

^a MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Density separation; Phytoliths; Plant microfossils; Starch residues

Indexed keywords

MICROFOSSIL; MICROSCOPY; PHYTOLITH; PLANT;

EID: 20544477876     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.02.014     Document Type: Article

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