What starch grain is that? - A geometric morphometric approach todetermining plant species origin

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 58, Issue , 2015, Pages 9-25

  Coster, Adelle C F ^a   Field, Judith H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geometric analysis; Identification; Morphometric analysis; Starch grains

Indexed keywords

GEOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROFOSSIL; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PLANT; STARCH; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84991383823     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2015.03.014     Document Type: Article

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