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pollen analysis

The study of fossil and living pollen and spores, utilized in palaeoenvironmental and palaeoclimatic reconstruction, identifying natural and humanly induced vegetation changes, and developing relative chronologies.



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The pollen analysis indicated a shift to a "more open vegetation cover and reduced representation of ferns, particularly in the first 5 to 7 centimeters above the Toba ash.
Five sections deal with themes of dating, humans and animals, plants, approaches to environmental archaeology, and legislation; the portions on humans, animals, and plants carry the bulk of the book, with paper topics such as a study of fossil insect remains in environmental and archaeological investigations, human osteoarchaeology in Ireland, and pollen analysis and archaeology in Ireland.
 
 
 
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