Piperno, D. R. 2006. Phytoliths. A Comprehensive Guide for Archaeologists and Paleoecologists.: ix +238 pp. Lanham, New York, Toronto, Oxford: AltaMira Press (Rowman & Littlefield). Price £39.00 (paperback). ISBN 0 7591 0385 2.

摘要: In 1833, in the course of his epic voyage discovery on HMS Beagle , Charles Darwin found himself moored off Cape Verde Atlantic Ocean. One day, he noticed persistent fall a fine dust, and observed how it scratched some astronomical instruments. He collected material for analysis mailed samples to German colleague, C. G. Ehrenberg. And so was made first phytoliths – microscopic, sculptured bodies opaline silica that develop within cells wide variety plants. These biogenic deposits are …