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Phytolith Analysis

Phytolith Analysis is an archaeobotanical analytical method that recovers, identifies, and quantifies microscopic silica bodies formed in plant tissues (phytoliths) from archaeological and natural sediments in order to reconstruct past vegetation, environmental conditions, and human–plant interactions.

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Phytoliths: a comprehensive guide for archaeologists and paleoecologists

Choice Reviews Online · 2006 · 1.4K citations

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International Code for Phytolith Nomenclature 1.0

Marco Madella, Anne Alexandre, Terry Ball · Annals of Botany · 2005 · 882 citations · Full text

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Morphological Classification of Grass Phytoliths

Page C. Twiss, Erwin Suess, Roger M. Smith · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1969 · 772 citations

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Starch grain and phytolith evidence for early ninth millennium B.P. maize from the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico

Dolores R. Piperno, Anthony J. Ranere, Irene Holst et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2009 · 723 citations · Full text

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Phytolith Analysis: An Archaeological and Geological Perspective.

Irwin Rovner, Dolores R. Piperno · Man · 1989 · 686 citations

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  1. DR
    Dolores R. Piperno

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    34 publications · 5.3K citations

    31

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  2. HL
    Houyuan Lü

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    33 publications · 2.9K citations

    29

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  3. RM
    Rosa M. Albert

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    24 publications · 2K citations

    22

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  4. AA
    Anne Alexandre

    Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement, France

    23 publications · 2.9K citations

    19

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  5. MM
    Marco Madella

    Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats, Spain

    21 publications · 2.4K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    35 h-index

    207 publications

    15.6K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    34 h-index

    188 publications

    13.6K citations

  3. Centre de Recherche et d’Enseignement de Géosciences de l’Environnement

    Aix-en-Provence, France

    29 h-index

    111 publications

    10.1K citations

  4. Institute of Geology and Geophysics

    Beijing, China

    29 h-index

    113 publications

    10.4K citations

  5. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    24 h-index

    36 publications

    5.8K citations

  6. Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats

    Barcelona, Spain

    24 h-index

    27 publications

    2.4K citations

  7. Universitat de Barcelona

    Barcelona, Spain

    21 h-index

    38 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    20 h-index

    64 publications

    3.5K citations

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  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    83 publications · 7.3K citations

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  2. Quaternary International

    63 publications · 3K citations

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  3. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology

    34 publications · 2.9K citations

    25

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  4. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology

    39 publications · 2.2K citations

    24

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  5. Quaternary Research

    QR · 18 publications · 1.5K citations

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