Dental wash: a problematic method for extracting microfossils from teeth

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1622-1628

  Boyadjian, Célia Helena C ^a   Eggers, Sabine ^a   Reinhard, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioarchaeology; Dental calculus; Diet; Microfossil; Paleoethnobotany; Shellmound; Vegetal remains

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; DIATOM; DIET; ETHNOBOTANY; EXTRACTION METHOD; MICROFOSSIL; PHYTOLITH; STARCH; TOOTH;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34548695436     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.12.012     Document Type: Article

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