Microfossils (Other Keyword)

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Dietary Patterns of Paquime: New Evidence from Dental Calculus and Microfossils (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel King. Michael Searcy. Kyle Waller.

As part of a larger multinational project, we gathered and analyzed 112 samples of dental calculus (fossilized plaque) from human remains discovered at Paquimé and other sites in the Casas Grandes river valley to identify various microfossils still present in the silica matrix. Once identified, we used the prehistoric plant remains to reconstruct human/plant relationships present during the Viejo and Medio periods in and around Paquimé. Our data suggest that maize was used throughout both time...


Phytolith Analysis of Sediments from Early Agricultural Fields at Las Capas, Arizona (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Chad Yost.

Phytolith analysis of field sediments at the Early Agricultural site of Las Capas document a rich microfossil record of the plant communities that grew in farmed irragric soils and the local environment. Although irrigation water tapped from the Santa Cruz River carried a significant load of naturally derived phytoliths, the signature of cultivated and encouraged plants was clearly recognizable among the diverse identified genera and species. Maize is well-represented, but there is a strong...


Áreas fuente de arcilla: estudio analítico y experimental (2011)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Daniel Alberto Santacreu. Jaume García Rosselló.

This resource is a citation record only, the Center for Digital Antiquity does not have a copy of this document. The information in this record has been migrated into tDAR from the EXARC Bibliography, originally compiled by Roeland Paardekooper, and updated. Most of these records consist of a document citation and other metadata but do not have the documents themselves uploaded. If you have a digital copy of the document and would like to have it curated in tDAR, please contact us using the...


Reconstructing Water Levels and Access to Hoyo Negro (2015)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Shawn Collins. Eduard Reinhardt. Dominique Rissolo.

"Hoyo Negro" was discovered in the Sac Actun Cave system in the Yucatan Peninsula; Mexico which contained abundant fossil remains of Pleistocene animals including the remains of a young PaleoIndian woman. There are several cenotes of varying size and age which may have been used by Paleoamericans to access Hoyo Negro. The two closest cenotes are "Ich Balam" and "Oasis". To determine if these cenotes provided access to Hoyo Negro during occupation of the area, the paleoenvironmental evolution of...