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Evidence from Escalera al Cielo: Abandonment of a Terminal Classic Puuc Maya Hill Complex in Yucatán, Mexico [PDF]

, 2012
This is a postprint (author's final draft) version of an article published in Journal of Field Arhcaeology in 2012. The final version of this article may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/0093469012Z.00000000025 (login may be required).
Bey, George J., III, Gallareta Negrón, Tomás, Parker, Evan, Simms, Stephanie R.   +3 more
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Phytolith Content Negatively Affects Forage Quality of Eragrostis curvula (Schrad.) Nees

Agronomy, 2023
Phytoliths are intra and extracellular siliceous deposits present in different plant tissues. Si uptake and transport are mediated by Lsi genes and its concentration is associated with forage quality.
Jimena Gallardo, Marina Díaz, José Carballo, Antonio Garayalde, Viviana Echenique   +4 more
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Carbon sequestration law by phytoliths in the bamboo forests: Insights for the management of phytolith carbon sink

Global Ecology and Conservation
Phytolith-occluded organic carbon (PhytOC) plays a crucial role as a stable and enduring carbon sink in the intricate web of terrestrial ecosystems. Bamboo forests exhibit the most prominent ability of phytolith carbon sequestration among terrestrial ...
Li Liu, Linjiao Wang, Lukang Song, Maoyin Sheng   +3 more
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Miocene phytolith and diatom dataset from 10.3Myo diatomite formation, Fernley, Nevada, USA

Data in Brief, 2023
Phytoliths are opal silica particles formed within plant tissues. Diatoms are aquatic, single-celled photosynthetic algae with silica skeletons. Phytolith and diatom morphotypes vary depending on local environmental and climatic conditions and because ...
Jacopo Niccolò Cerasoni, Megan C. O'Toole, Richa Patel, Yoel E. Stuart   +3 more
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A Prehispanic Maya Pit Oven? Microanalysis of Fired Clay Balls from the Puuc Region, Yucatán, Mexico [PDF]

, 2013
This is a postprint (author's final draft) version of an article published in Journal of Archaeological Science in 2013. The final version of this article may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.10.014 (login may be required).
Berna, Francesco, Bey, George J., III, Simms, Stephanie R.   +2 more
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In‐vitro puncture experiment using alligator teeth tracks the formation of dental microwear and its association with hardness of the diet

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract With the development of dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA), there has been an increasing application of DMTA for dietary estimation in extant and fossil reptiles, including dinosaurs. While numerous feeding experiments exist for herbivorous mammals, knowledge remains limited for carnivorous reptiles. This study aimed to qualitatively and
K. Usami, M. O. Kubo
wiley   +1 more source

Pre-Columbian land use in the ring-ditch region of the Bolivian Amazon [PDF]

, 2015
The nature and extent of pre-Columbian (pre-1492 AD) human impact in Amazonia is a contentious issue. The Bolivian Amazon has yielded some of the most impressive evidence for large and complex pre-Columbian societies in the Amazon basin, yet there ...
Alcina Franch J, Altamirano DF, Barnadas JM, Block D, Colinvaux P, Denevan WM, Dobyns HF, Eder FJ, Edwards DG, Faegri K, Juggins S, Lathrap D, Meggers B, Mühlen GS, Nordenskiöld E, Oliver JR, Piperno DR, Piperno DR, Piperno DR, Posey D, Prümers H, Prümers H, Prümers H, Prümers H, Prümers H, Prümers H, Prümers H, Prümers H, Saldanha J, Saunaluoma S, Schaan DP, Whitlock C   +31 more
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Inter‐microscope comparability of dental microwear texture data obtained from different optical profilometers: Part II Deriving instrument‐specific correction equations for meta‐analyses using published data

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Dental microwear texture analysis (DMTA) has emerged as a valuable method for investigating the feeding ecology of vertebrates. Over the past decade, three‐dimensional topographic data from microscopic regions of tooth surfaces have been collected, and surface texture parameters have been published for both extant and fossil species.
Mugino O. Kubo, T. Kubo, Ellen Schulz‐Kornas, T. M. Kaiser, Daniela E. Winkler   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Production of carbon occluded in phytolith is season-dependent in a bamboo forest in subtropical China.

PLoS ONE, 2014
Carbon (C) occluded in phytolith (PhytOC) is a stable form of C; when PhytOC is returned to the soil through litterfall it is stored in the soil which can be an effective way for long-term C sequestration.
Zhang-Ting Huang, Pei-Kun Jiang, Scott Xiaochuan Chang, Yan Zhang, Yu-Qi Ying   +4 more
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Variation in phytoliths morphology of Erianthus arundinaceus

Journal of Sugarcane Research, 2021
Five improved Erianthus arundinaceus clones were studied for variations in phytoliths present in leaves. Phytoliths were extracted by acid digestion and the morphology was studied by light microscopy.
Jayabose Chellappa, A Bhaskaran, C Palaniswami   +2 more
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