Table of Contents

1. Phytolith Systematics: An Introduction.- 2. Great Expectations: A Short Historical Review of European Phytolith Systematics.- 3. Developing a Phytolith Classification System.- 4. A Morphological Classification of Grass Silica-Bodies.- 5. Toward a Classification Scheme of Sedge (Cyperaceae) Phytoliths.- 6. Predicted World Distribution of C3 and C4 Grass Phytoliths.- 7. Preliminary Identification of Silica Skeletons from Near Eastern Archaeological Sites: An Anatomical Approach.- 8. Cereal Grain Phytoliths of Southwest Asia and Europe.- 9. Illustrated Phytoliths from Assorted Food Plants.- 10. Classification of Opal Phytoliths Formed in Selected Dicotyledons Native to the Great Plains.- 11. Phytolith Taxonomy in Selected Species of Texas Cacti.- 12. Silica Deposition in Subterranean Organs.- 13. Darwin and Design in Phytolith Systematics: Morphometric Methods for Mitigating Redundancy.- 14. Annotated Bibliography of Phytolith Systematics.- Plant Name Index.- General Index.- About the Editors.- Correspondence.

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