The Early Holocene palaeoenvironment of Ounjougou (Mali): Phytoliths in a multiproxy context

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 276, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 87-106

  Neumann, Katharina ^a   Fahmy, Ahmed ^b   Lespez, Laurent ^c   Ballouche, Aziz ^d   Huysecom, Eric ^e  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Helwan University   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Early Holocene; Grassland; Micromorphology; Palynofacies; Phytoliths; Pollen; Pottery; West African Sahel

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMASS; CEREAL; CHARCOAL; DICOTYLEDON; FACIES; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRASS; GRASSLAND; HOLOCENE; MORPHOTYPE; PALEOBOTANY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL; PHYTOLITH; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; RECONSTRUCTION; SEASONALITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TAPHONOMY; TAXONOMY; WILD POPULATION;

AFRICA; MALI; MOPTI [MALI]; OUNJOUGOU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

CHLORIDOIDEAE; MARANTACEAE; PANICOIDEAE; POACEAE;

EID: 67349286217     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2009.03.001     Document Type: Article

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