Mineralised Plant and Invertebrate Remains: A Guide to the Identification of Calcium Phosphate Replaced Remains

by David N. Smith and Wendy J. Carruthers

This photographic guide will assist scientists working with archaeological plant or insect remains in the identification of calcium-phosphate replaced biological remains. Diagnostic criteria and images are presented for the most commonly occurring taxa found as mineralised remains in cesspits, drains and middens, dating from the prehistoric to post-medieval periods .

Phosphatic mineralisation primarily preserves soft tissues and often results...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800341202
• ISBN13: 9781800341203
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Historic England
• Length: 102 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.9"