Phytoliths
Dublin Core
Title
Phytoliths
Subject
Phytoliths
Description
Phytoliths procured from artefact residues, archaeological sediments, and modern plant samples.
Source
McMaster Paleoethnobotanical Research Facility
Creator
S. Prado
Collection Items
Hordeum vulgare (var. Bere) (Barley)
Elongate dendritic long cells (multi-cellular articulated) - Diagnostic
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Triticum spelta (Spelt Wheat)
Elongate dendritic long cells (multi-cellular articulated) - Diagnostic
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Hordeum vulgare (var. Bere) (Barley)
Elongate dendritic long cells (multi-cellular articulated) - Diagnostic
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Hordeum vulgare (var. Bere) (Barley)
Rondels, diagnostic at Family level: Poaceae (Pooideae and Chlorideae).
These rondels were common in this modern sample of Hordeum inflorescence bracts alongside the elongate dendritic forms.
These rondels were common in this modern sample of Hordeum inflorescence bracts alongside the elongate dendritic forms.
Triticum monococcum (Einkorn)
Elongate dendritic long cells (multi-cellular articulated) - Diagnostic
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Triticum dicoccum (Emmer)
Elongate dendritic long cells (multi-cellular articulated) - Diagnostic
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Plant part: cereal inflorescence
Equisetum arvense (Field/Common Horsetail)
Stomata and epidermal phytoliths.
Stomata and epidermal cells are diagnostic at the genus level (Equisetum). Epidermal cells feature "granulate surfaces and elevated projections along the edges" (Morris et al. 2009: 346; Piperno…
Stomata and epidermal cells are diagnostic at the genus level (Equisetum). Epidermal cells feature "granulate surfaces and elevated projections along the edges" (Morris et al. 2009: 346; Piperno…
Equisetum fluviatile (Water Horsetail)
Articulated epidermal and stomata cells.
Stomata and epidermal cells are diagnostic at the genus level (Equisetum). Epidermal cells feature "granulate surfaces and elevated projections along the edges" (Morris et al. 2009: 346; Piperno…
Stomata and epidermal cells are diagnostic at the genus level (Equisetum). Epidermal cells feature "granulate surfaces and elevated projections along the edges" (Morris et al. 2009: 346; Piperno…
Schoenoplectus lacustris (Common club-rush)
Cone phytoliths typical of sedges
Supporting literature:
Mehra, PN and Sharma, OP 1965 Epidermal silica ceIls in the Cyperaceae. Botanical Gazette 126: 53-58.
Ollendorf, A.L., 1992. Toward a classification scheme of sedge (Cyperaceae)…
Supporting literature:
Mehra, PN and Sharma, OP 1965 Epidermal silica ceIls in the Cyperaceae. Botanical Gazette 126: 53-58.
Ollendorf, A.L., 1992. Toward a classification scheme of sedge (Cyperaceae)…
