PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS OF FEATURE FILL SAMPLES FROM THE EL DORNAJO SITE, ECUADOR

Summary

Sediment samples from six different features were submitted for plant opal phytolith

analysis from the El Dornajo site, located 10 km inland from the southern coast of Ecuador.

This site has two distinct upper and lower occupations, and is affiliated with the Jambeli culture.

Previous macrofloral analysis by other researchers failed to identify any economical plant

remains. The goal of this analysis is to recover evidence of economic plant use from features

associated with the upper and lower occupations.

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