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Contacts
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Rutgers University
Wright-Rieman Labs
610 Taylor Road
Piscataway, NJ 08854,
Phone: (732) 445-2044
FAX: (732) 445-3374 |
Feedback
If you have any questions or comments, please email Dr. Kenneth G. Miller or call his office: (732) 445-2044 |
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Department of Anthropology
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Quaternary Studies Graduate Program
Amanda Henry
George Washington University
"Secrets from reeds: Phytoliths as tools to recover ancient diets and environments"
Animal remains and human-made materials make up the majority of
'fossils' in the archaeological record, and it is from these sources that we have traditionally made our interpretation of past environments and past human diets. Plants are usually missing from such reconstructions, since large fossilized plant remains are rare. Recent studies of phytoliths and other plant microfossils have provided a method for examining ancient environments, and animal and human diets.
April 18, 2008 3:30
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