Simultaneous thin section and phytolith observations of finely stratified deposits from Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey: Implications for paleoeconomy and Early Holocene paleoenvironment

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 576-588

  Shillito, Lisa Marie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Microarchaeology; Micromorphology; Middens; Palaeoenvironment; Phytoliths

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HOLOCENE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MIDDEN; NEOLITHIC; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PHYTOLITH; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; TAPHONOMY;

TURKEY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79961230209     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1470     Document Type: Article

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