An ethnoarchaeological study of livestock dung fuels from cooking installations in northern Tunisia [PDF]
, 2016 Livestock dung is a valuable material in many rural communities worldwide. In our research area, the site of Althiburos and its surroundings, now el Médéïna, in northwestern Tunisia, dung is the main source of fuel for domestic purposes, primarily the ...
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Blame it on the goats? Desertification in the Near East during the Holocene [PDF]
, 2016 The degree to which desertification during the Holocene resulted from climatic deterioration or alternatively from overgrazing has puzzled Quaternary scientists in many arid regions of the world.
Albert, Rosa-María +5 more
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Pacific Bananas: Complex Origins, Multiple Dispersals? [PDF]
, 2008 This paper reviews recent genetic evidence for the origins of the traditional cultivated bananas of the Pacific, and shows that they are unexpectedly complex. Current assumption of their prevailing west-to-east spread from Southeast Asia into the Pacific
Kennedy, Jean
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South African Journal of Botany, 2011 AbstractStudy of phytoliths of pteridophytes is an emerging area of research. Literature on this aspect is limited but increasing. Some recent findings have shown that phytoliths may have systematic and phylogenetic utility in pteridophytes. Phytoliths are functionally significant for the development and survival of pteridophytes. Experiments with some
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Reconstrucción de la vegetación en África Oriental durante el Plio-Pleistoceno a través del estudio de fitolitos: La Garganta de Olduvai (Tanzania) [PDF]
, 2006 Los fitolitos han sido ampliamente documentados en los sedimentos paleoantropológicos de la Garganta de Olduvai en Tanzania. La investigación que se está llevando a cabo actualmente en la zona por parte de OLAPP (Olduvai Landscape Palaeoanthropology ...
Albert Cristóbal, Rosa María
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Preliminary ethnoarchaeological research on modern animal husbandry in Bestansur, Iraqi Kurdistan: integrating animal, plant and environmental data [PDF]
, 2014 This paper presents preliminary results from an ethnoarchaeological study of animal husbandry in the modern village of Bestansur, situated in the lower Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan.
Aziz, Kamal Rauf +4 more
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Plant uses in different bronze and iron age settlements from the Nuoro province (Sardinia). The results of phytolith analyses from several ceramic fragments and grinding stones. [PDF]
, 2014 Ceramic vessels and milling stones are important components of the archaeological record in several Nuraghi from the Pranemuru Plateau (Sardinia). To obtain information on the possible uses of the milling stones and the content vessels is of great ...
Albert Cristóbal, Rosa Maria +1 more
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Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2015 The taxonomic value of phytolith assemblages and their degree of variability within different species of the same genus is still an undervalued issue in the botanical range of phytolith studies.
Zsuzsa Lisztes-Szabó +5 more
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Quaternary Science AdvancesPhytolith content and its preservation in soils form a robust tool for paleoecological reconstruction. Post-depositional processes, however, influence the preservation of phytolith assemblages in soils thus making the paleoecological inferences biased ...
Waseem Qader +4 more
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Bananas: The Spread of a Tropical Forest Fruit as an Agricultural Staple [PDF]
, 2015 The banana (Musa) is one of the world’s most important crops and the most valuable fruit in the global market. In the search for varieties that are more pest- and disease-resistant plant breeders are increasingly looking to the wild progenitors,—as ...
Castillo, Cristina, Fuller, Dorian
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