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Phytolithologist
Phytolithologist Phy`to*li*thol"o*gist, n. One versed in phytolithology; a paleobotanist.
Phytolithology
Phytolithology Phy`to*li*thol"o*gy, n. [Phyto- + lithology.] The branch of science which treats of fossil plants; -- usually called paleobotany, sometimes paleophytology.

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- Phytolith structures Phytoliths (from Gr****, "plant stone") are rigid, microscopic mineral deposits found in some plant tissues, often persisting after...
- maize's postulated cradle of origin, do****ent the presence of maize phytoliths and starch grains at 8700 BP, the earliest date recorded for the crop...
- Complutense de Madrid, pp. 9–10. Piperno, D. R. (1984). The Application of Phytolith Analysis to the Reconstruction of Plant Subsistence and Environments in...
- archaeologist specialising in archaeobotany, specifically the analysis of ancient phytoliths. Weisskopf studied at the UCL Institute of Archaeology as a mature student...
- unicellular and multicellular phytoliths. The goals of the analysis will largely determine how phytoliths are counted. Errors in phytolith concentration and identification...
- plant defense mechanisms. In more advanced plants, the silica phytoliths (opal phytoliths) are rigid microscopic bodies occurring in the cell. Several...
- Br****icaceae family do not ac****ulate silica and therefore do not produce phytoliths. The earliest evidence of humans using mustard plants as food dates to...
- early as before 500 BCE, based on archaeological evidence like banana phytoliths in Cameroon and Uganda and remains of Neolithic chicken bones in Zanzibar...
- are an important investment by the tree and may be thorny or contain phytoliths, lignins, tannins or poisons to discourage herbivory. Trees have evolved...
- ; Holst, Irene; Iriarte, Jose; ****au, Ruth (2009). "Starch grain and phytolith evidence for early ninth millennium B.P. maize from the Central Balsas...