PHYTOLITH AND STARCH ANALYSIS AT A BURIAL AND BOAT OUTLINE AT THE SANDCASTLE SITE, GUAM

Author(s): Linda Scott Cummings

Year: 1991

Summary

Five samples were examined fran a boat outline and burial recovered at the

Sandcastle Site on Guam for phytoliths. These samples were composed primarily

of coral fragments. They were examined to test the possibility of presence

and/or preservation phytoliths or other identifiable forms that might identify

the wood that the boat was constructed of.

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PHYTOLITH AND STARCH ANALYSIS AT A BURIAL AND BOAT OUTLINE AT THE SANDCASTLE SITE, GUAM. Linda Scott Cummings. PRI Technical Report ,1991-056. 1991 ( tDAR id: 375338) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8X929FS

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