Phytolith analysis of selected native plants and modern soils from southeastern Uruguay and its implications for paleoenvironmental and archeological reconstruction

Quaternary International

Volumn 193, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 99-123

  Iriarte, José ^a   Paz, Eduardo Alonso ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; PLANT; SOIL ANALYSIS; TAXONOMY;

SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; FILICOPHYTA; POACEAE;

EID: 57049178458     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.10.008     Document Type: Article

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