Journal
ARCHAEOMETRY
Volume 53, Issue -, Pages 631-641Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2010.00582.x
Keywords
PHYTOLITH; WHEAT; CEREALS; IRRIGATION; TAPHONOMY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; TURKEY; CATALHOYUK
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An investigation of wheat husk phytoliths from a midden deposit at Neolithic Catalhoyuk provided the opportunity to investigate the impact of taphonomic processes on conjoined phytolith size. Wheat husk phytoliths from a possible crop processing deposit were examined using three methods. The results indicate that the size of conjoined forms decreases significantly as a result of laboratory extraction and slide preparation. Observations of the phytolith layer in thin section show some of the depositional and post-depositional processes affecting phytolith size. These results indicate that these taphonomic factors need further investigation before conjoined phytolith size can be used to infer past water availability and agricultural practices.
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