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Phytolith Preservation

Phytolith Preservation is the process by which inorganic silica deposits produced by plant cells resist postmortem degradation and persist in archaeological or paleoenvironmental contexts, distinguished from other plant remains preservation mechanisms by their physicochemical stability and independence from organic matter decay.

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2017–2026

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Potential of Opal Phytoliths for use in Paleoecological Reconstruction

Irwin Rovner · Quaternary Research · 1971 · 314 citations

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Understanding Fossil Phytolith Preservation: The Role of Partial Dissolution in Paleoecology and Archaeology

Dan Cabanes, Ruth Shahack‐Gross · PLoS ONE · 2015 · 157 citations · Full text

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Phytoliths in woody plants from the Miombo woodlands of Mozambique

Julio Mercader, Tim Bennett, Chris Esselmont et al. · Annals of Botany · 2009 · 156 citations · Full text

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A combined procedure for recovering phytoliths and starch residues from soils, sedimentary deposits and similar materials

Mark Horrocks · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2005 · 106 citations

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Human impact around settlement sites: a phytolith and mineralogical study for assessing site boundaries, phytolith preservation, and implications for spatial reconstructions using plant remains

Dan Cabanes, Yuval Gadot, Maite Cabanes et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2012 · 62 citations

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Authors

63

  1. HL
    Hongyan Liu

    Peking University, China

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  2. CW
    Changsui Wang

    University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    2 publications · 55 citations

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  3. RS
    Ruth Shahack‐Gross

    Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

    2 publications · 219 citations

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  4. DC
    Dan Cabanes

    Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

    2 publications · 219 citations

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  5. YW
    Yan Wu

    Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

    2 publications · 55 citations

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Institutions

35

  1. Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    199 citations

  2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    178 citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    199 citations

  4. Northeast Normal University

    Changchun, China

    2 h-index

    12 publications

    286 citations

  5. Weizmann Institute of Science

    Rehovot, Israel

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    405 citations

  6. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Brussels, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    16 citations

  7. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  8. Université Libre de Bruxelles

    Brussels, Belgium

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Archaeological Science

    6 publications · 293 citations

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  2. Quaternary Research

    QR · 1 publications · 314 citations

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  3. PLoS ONE

    1 publications · 157 citations

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  4. Quaternary International

    1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. Environmental Archaeology

    1 publications · 16 citations

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