Phytoliths: applications in earth sciences and human history

 Content: Review paper --
 Curmudgeon\'s view of grass phytolithology / P.C. Twiss --
 1: Phytoliths in paleoclimatology and paleoecology --
 New 100,000-year phytolith record from the Columbia Basin, Washington, USA / M. Blinnikov, et al. --
 Phytolith record in soils interstratified with late quaternary tephras overlying the eastern region of Towada volcano, Japan / T. Sase, M. Hosono --
 Evidence for land use history by opal phytolith analysis: examples from the central african tropics (Eastern Kivu, D.R. Congo) / F. Runge --
 2: Phytoliths, diet and health --
 Use of inflorescence phytoliths from the Triticeae in food science / M.J. Hodson, et al. --
 Method for examination of exogenous deposits on dental surfaces / P.F. Puech, et al. --
 Comparison between the distribution of dental micro-striations and plant material included in the calculus of human teeth / L. Buchet, et al. --
 3: Archaeological structures and ancient agriculture --
 Cultural behavior and botanical history: phytolith analysis in small places and narrow intervals / I. Rovner --
 Elements occluded within phytoliths / D.M. Hart --
 Characterization of organic compounds in phytoliths: improving the resolving power of phytolith [delta1̂3]C as a tool for palaeoecological reconstruction of C3 and C4 grasses / F.A. Smith, K.B. Anderson --
 Individual characterization of phytoliths: experimental approach and consequences on paleoenvironment understanding / Pironon J., et al. --
 5: Soil-plant interactions --
 Silicon and aluminium codeposition in the cell wall phytoliths of gymnosperm leaves / A.G. Sangster, M.J. Hodson --
 Relation between silica and organic matter in a soil: an ultrastructural study / F. Watteau, et al. --
 Phytoliths assemblages in podzol and podzolic soils of the south-west coast of Ohotsk sea / A.A. Bobrov, E.K. Bobrova --
 Prospects for phytolith study on quaternary laterite in South China / W.M. Wang, et al.