Paleobotany
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We describe a new species of the fossil genus Laurinoxylon from the El Bosque Formation (Eocene), Chiapas, Mexico. The new species is characterized by: diffuse porous wood with indistinct growth rings; solitary vessels and in radial... more
Premise of research. Extant Isoetes species, which all develop small pseudoherbaceous habits, are the only living remnants of the once diverse clade of rhizomorphic lycopsids, which included trees that grew to towering heights of 50 m.... more
Fossil floras have been recovered from a unique deposit of early Permian age in North-Central Texas. The site, Kola Switch, preserves three distinct floras in different lithofacies, in a succession from a single outcrop. The sedimentary... more
Taşlaşmış ormanlar yeryüzünde nadir olarak görülen ve geçmiş jeolojik dönemlerde ağaç kalıntılarının topluca taşlaştığı (fosilleştiği) alanlardır. Bir alanda taşlaşmış ormanlara rastlanılması o alanın milyonlarca yıllık geçmişine ışık... more
El trabajo arqueológico está sujeto a las fragmentaciones propias del pensamiento moderno, por eso refl exionar sobre ellas es necesario para poder generar conocimientos amplios que puedan involucrar a los signifi cados comprometidos en... more
Based on the results of detailed palynological research of Eopleistocene and low Neopleistocene deposits in the borehole 3 located within the southern edge of the Dnieper-Donets depression (village Chudnovtsy in the Lubny district of... more
Resumo O sítio arqueológico Lapa Grande de Taquaraçu é um pequeno abrigo calcário localizado numa zona limítrofe com a microrregião de Lagoa Santa, MG, cuja temporalidade está entre 11.500 anos AP aos 1000 AP aproximadamente. A fim de se... more
The report focuses on the results of the study of plantt macrofossils from the buried soil Ladoga settlement. Samples are taken from the e[cavation Staraya Ladoga archaeological expedition on the southern outskirts of the settlement. A... more
The diversity of Fabaceae in Mexico has a long geological history, and it is particularly rich in sediments from the Oligocene and Miocene. In this work, we describe the first record of two woods resembling ?Cercidoidea and Dialonoidea... more
This paper presents the initial findings of an archaeopalynological study to reconstruct and trace the evolution of the vegetation landscape at the site of the Roman villa of Noheda (Cuenca, Spain). The analysis of the pollen diagram... more
During the Early Bronze Age olive tree cultivation begins to be practiced and it comes to create complex production systems and economic relations, whose management, closely related to the environment and the climate of the Southern... more
This paper reflects on some aspects of urban archaeology fifty years after its diffusion in Europe, that highlighted the transformations between the end of the Roman city and the development of the medieval one. New techniques and tools –... more