Differentiating banana phytoliths: wild and edible Musa acuminata and Musa balbisiana

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1228-1236

  Ball, T ^a   Vrydaghs, L ^b   Van Den Hauwe, I ^c   Manwaring, J ^a   De Langhe, E ^c  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Bananas; Phytolith morphometry; Phytolith morphotypology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BOTANY; CULTIVATION; DOMESTICATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; MORPHOMETRY; PHYTOLITH;

MUSA ACUMINATA; MUSA BALBISIANA;

EID: 33745367658     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.12.010     Document Type: Article

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