New methods to isolate organic materials from silicified phytoliths reveal fragmented glycoproteins but no DNA

Quaternary International

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 11-19

  Elbaum, Rivka ^a   Melamed Bessudo, Cathy ^a   Tuross, Noreen ^b   Levy, Avraham A ^a   Weiner, Steve ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DNA; ETHNOBOTANY; IRON AGE; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYTOLITH; PROTEIN; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 57049112709     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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