Book contents
- Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
- Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Is Determinism Dead?
- Chapter 3 Incorporating New Methods I: The Stable Isotope Revolution
- Chapter 4 Incorporating New Methods II: Residue Chemistry
- Chapter 5 Incorporating New Methods III: Answering Palaeoeconomic Questions with Molecular Genetics
- Chapter 6 Incorporating New Methods IV: Phytoliths and Starch Grains in the Tropics and Beyond
- Chapter 7 Integrated Case Study I: Early Farming in Central Europe
- Chapter 8 Integrated Case Study II: Horse Domestication and the Origins of Pastoralism in Central Asia
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Chapter 6 - Incorporating New Methods IV: Phytoliths and Starch Grains in the Tropics and Beyond
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 October 2019
- Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
- Subsistence and Society in Prehistory
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Table
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Is Determinism Dead?
- Chapter 3 Incorporating New Methods I: The Stable Isotope Revolution
- Chapter 4 Incorporating New Methods II: Residue Chemistry
- Chapter 5 Incorporating New Methods III: Answering Palaeoeconomic Questions with Molecular Genetics
- Chapter 6 Incorporating New Methods IV: Phytoliths and Starch Grains in the Tropics and Beyond
- Chapter 7 Integrated Case Study I: Early Farming in Central Europe
- Chapter 8 Integrated Case Study II: Horse Domestication and the Origins of Pastoralism in Central Asia
- Chapter 9 Conclusion
- References
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 deals with how the microscopic study of phytoliths starch grains has revolutionised our understanding of archaeobotany in (sub)tropical regions as well has how these techniques might add further to research in other environments.
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- Subsistence and Society in PrehistoryNew Directions in Economic Archaeology, pp. 123 - 136Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019