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Authors: Tran Dinh Nghia,
Title: Ve cong tac nghien cuu co thuc vat trong khao co hoc [ About palaeobotanic investigation in archaeology]
Date: 1980
Source: Khao Co Hoc
Language: Vietnamese
Notes: Diacriticals from original publication not included
Abstract: English summary on page 72 as follows: Application of the palaeobotanical investigation in natural landscape reconstruction is one of the most intensively developed branch in archaeology as well as palaeobotany. The author describes the principles and applicable sphere of palaeobotanical methods commonly adapted to archaeological researches, viz, palynological analysis, studies of fossil and subfossil fruits and seeds, xylotaxonomical investigations, diatoms analysis... Among the mentioned methods, palynological analysis is the one widely used. The author describes characters of the pollen and spore spectra from the lake and cave deposits, namely: representation of the general vegetational landscape of the region and incomplete character of some of pollen spectra of the archaeological deposits, depending on the position and circumstances of the deposition. Based on an analysis of temporary trends in archaeologico - palaeobotanical investigations in the world, the author prposes to apply these palaeobotanical methods to the reconstruction of natural landscape and to the study of agricultural history of various cultural periods in our country.
Date Created: 2/10/2004
Number: 36
Page Start: 13
Page End: 18

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