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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Dolores Rita Piperno is an American archaeologist specializing in archaeobotany. She is a senior scientist emeritus of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Balboa, Panama and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington.
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- Phytoliths: A Comprehensive Guide for Archaeologists and Paleoecologists (2006) (1150)
- Phytolith analysis : an archaeological and geological perspective (1989) (633)
- Current perspectives and the future of domestication studies (2014) (552)
- The Origins of Agriculture in the Lowland Neotropics (1998) (548)
- Starch grain and phytolith evidence for early ninth millennium B.P. maize from the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico (2009) (490)
- Microfossils in calculus demonstrate consumption of plants and cooked foods in Neanderthal diets (Shanidar III, Iraq; Spy I and II, Belgium) (2010) (436)
- Processing of wild cereal grains in the Upper Palaeolithic revealed by starch grain analysis (2004) (408)
- The earliest archaeological maize (Zea mays L.) from highland Mexico: new accelerator mass spectrometry dates and their implications. (2001) (383)
- Starch Fossils and the Domestication and Dispersal of Chili Peppers (Capsicum spp. L.) in the Americas (2007) (346)
- The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the New World Tropics (2011) (336)
- Starch grains reveal early root crop horticulture in the Panamanian tropical forest (2000) (300)
- Early Agriculture in the Maya Lowlands (1996) (275)
- Phylogenetic relationships among domesticated and wild species of Cucurbita (Cucurbitaceae) inferred from a mitochondrial gene: Implications for crop plant evolution and areas of origin (2002) (260)
- The silica bodies of tropical American grasses : morphology, taxonomy, and implications for grass systematics and fossil phytolith identification (1998) (241)
- The presence of starch grains on prehistoric stone tools from the humid neotropics : Indications of early tuber use and agriculture in Panama (1998) (240)
- A 14 300-YR PALEOECOLOGICAL PROFILE OF A LOWLAND TROPICAL LAKE IN PANAMA' (1992) (232)
- Changes in starch grain morphologies from cooking (2009) (220)
- The cultural and chronological context of early Holocene maize and squash domestication in the Central Balsas River Valley, Mexico (2009) (211)
- Starch grains on human teeth reveal early broad crop diet in northern Peru (2008) (207)
- Phytolith Evidence for Early Holocene Cucurbita Domestication in Southwest Ecuador (2003) (204)
- Late Pleistocene Temperature Depression and Vegetation Change in Ecuadorian Amazonia (1990) (202)
- Sparse Pre-Columbian Human Habitation in Western Amazonia (2012) (196)
- Plant foods and the dietary ecology of Neanderthals and early modern humans. (2014) (189)
- Using plant microfossils from dental calculus to recover human diet: a case study from Tell al-Raqā'i, Syria (2008) (186)
- Vegetational History of a Site in the Central Amazon Basin Derived from Phytolith and Charcoal Records from Natural Soils (1996) (182)
- Paleoenvironments and Human Occupation in Late-Glacial Panama (1990) (145)
- Climate change and the integrity of science. (2010) (137)
- Identification of teosinte, maize, and Tripsacum in Mesoamerica by using pollen, starch grains, and phytoliths (2007) (136)
- A 1500‐year El Niño/Southern Oscillation and rainfall history for the Isthmus of Panama from speleothem calcite (2004) (134)
- A Comparison and Differentiation of Phytoliths from Maize and Wild Grasses: Use of Morphological Criteria (1984) (131)
- Early maize agriculture and interzonal interaction in southern Peru (2006) (121)
- Late Pleistocene and Holocene environmental history of the Iguala Valley, Central Balsas Watershed of Mexico (2007) (118)
- Distinguishing rice (Oryza sativa Poaceae) from wild Oryza species through Phytolith analysis: Results of preliminary research (1995) (117)
- Distinguishing rice (Oryza sativa poaceae) from wildOryza species through phytolith analysis, II Finalized method (1998) (114)
- Particularism and the retreat from theory in the archaeology of agricultural origins (2014) (106)
- Evidence for the control of phytolith formation in Cucurbita fruits by the hard rind (Hr) genetic locus: Archaeological and ecological implications (2002) (105)
- Opal phytoliths found on the teeth of the extinct ape Gigantopithecus blacki: implications for paleodietary studies. (1990) (105)
- Microfossil evidence for pre-Columbian maize dispersals in the neotropics from San Andrés, Tabasco, Mexico (2007) (104)
- Phytoliths in Cucurbita and other Neotropical Cucurbitaceae and their Occurrence in Early Archaeological Sites from the Lowland American Tropics (2000) (103)
- Phytoliths as a tool for investigations of agricultural origins and dispersals around the world (2016) (102)
- A 2400 yr Mesoamerican rainfall reconstruction links climate and cultural change (2012) (101)
- Antiquity of Maize Cultivation in Ecuador: Summary and Reevaluation of the Evidence (1990) (100)
- Paleoecological and archaeological implications of a Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene record of vegetation and climate from the Pacific coastal plain of Panama (2003) (99)
- Identifying crop plants with phytoliths (and starch grains) in Central and South America: A review and an update of the evidence (2009) (95)
- Opal phytoliths in Southeast Asian flora (1998) (95)
- Current research in phytolith analysis : applications in archaeology and paleoecology (1993) (93)
- Preceramic maize from Paredones and Huaca Prieta, Peru (2011) (92)
- The occurrence of phytoliths in the reproductive structures of selected tropical angiosperms and their significance in tropical paleoecology, paleoethnobotany and systematics (1989) (89)
- Amazonia and the Anthropocene: What was the spatial extent and intensity of human landscape modification in the Amazon Basin at the end of prehistory? (2015) (86)
- Anthropogenic influence on Amazonian forests in pre‐history: An ecological perspective (2015) (85)
- Paleoecological perspectives on human adaptation in central Panama. II the Holocene (1991) (82)
- Late Pleistocene/Holocene Environments in the middle Yangtze River Valley, China and rice (oryza sativa L.) domestication: The phytolith evidence (2000) (82)
- QUATERNARY ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY AND AGRICULTURAL IMPACT ON VEGETATION IN CENTRAL AMERICA (2006) (81)
- Phytoliths in the Reproductive Structures of Maize and Teosinte: Implications for the Study of Maize Evolution (1993) (80)
- Spatial and temporal scales of pre-Columbian disturbance associated with western Amazonian lakes (2012) (78)
- Phytolith analysis and tropical paleo-ecology: production and taxonomic significance of siliceous forms in new world plant domesticates and wild species (1985) (73)
- Preceramic Maize in Central Panama: Phytolith and Pollen Evidence (1985) (73)
- New evidence for the processing of wild cereal grains at Ohalo II, a 23 000-year-old campsite on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, Israel (2012) (70)
- Simple technologies and diverse food strategies of the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene at Huaca Prieta, Coastal Peru (2017) (69)
- A record of long- and short-term climatic variation from northwest Yucatan: Cenote San Jose Chulchaca (1996) (64)
- Terminal Pleistocene/Early Holocene human adaptation in coastal Ecuador: the Las Vegas evidence (2003) (63)
- Early agriculture in southeast Asia: phytolith evidence from the Bang Pakong Valley, Thailand (1994) (62)
- Environmental and Archaeological Implications of a Late Quaternary Palynological Sequence, Poyang Lake, Southern China (1999) (61)
- Aboriginal agriculture and land usage in the Amazon Basin, Ecuador (1990) (58)
- Human Behavioral Ecology, Phenotypic (Developmental) Plasticity, and Agricultural Origins (2009) (57)
- Assessing elements of an extended evolutionary synthesis for plant domestication and agricultural origin research (2017) (57)
- Dinosaurs Dined on Grass (2005) (53)
- Phytolith and charcoal evidence for prehistoric slash-and-burn agriculture in the Darien rain forest of Panama (1994) (52)
- Ancient Manioc Agriculture South of the Ceren Village, El Salvador (2012) (52)
- Phytolith taphonomy and distributions in archeological sediments from Panama (1985) (51)
- Teosinte before domestication: Experimental study of growth and phenotypic variability in Late Pleistocene and early Holocene environments (2015) (50)
- Phytolith Assemblages Along a Gradient of Ancient Human Disturbance in Western Amazonia (2015) (48)
- Paleoethnobotany in the Neotropics from Microfossils: New Insights into Ancient Plant Use and Agricultural Origins in the Tropical Forest (1998) (46)
- Pre-pottery farmers on the Pacific coast of southern Mexico (2010) (45)
- Prehistoric human occupation and impacts on Neotropical forest landscapes during the Late Pleistocene and Early/Middle Holocene (2011) (44)
- Chronology, mound-building and environment at Huaca Prieta, coastal Peru, from 13 700 to 4000 years ago (2012) (43)
- The status of phytolith analysis in the American tropics (1991) (40)
- Phytolithic analysis of geological sediments from Panama (1985) (38)
- Historical fire and bamboo dynamics in western Amazonia (2013) (38)
- Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating in Archaeological and Paleoecological Research:A Case Study of Phytoliths from Modern Neotropical Plants and a Review of the Previous Dating Evidence (2016) (36)
- Comment on “Persistent effects of pre-Columbian plant domestication on Amazonian forest composition” (2017) (34)
- Evidence for a Cultivar and a Chronology from Patterned Wetlands in Central Veracruz, Mexico (1988) (33)
- On the Emergence of Agriculture in the New World (1994) (27)
- Phytolith and charcoal records from deep lake cores in the American tropics (1993) (26)
- The nature and status of phytolith analysis (1993) (26)
- Finding forest management in prehistoric Amazonia (2019) (24)
- Niche construction and optimal foraging theory in Neotropical agricultural origins: A re-evaluation in consideration of the empirical evidence (2017) (23)
- Non-affluent foragers: resource availability, seasonal shortages, and the emergence of agriculture in Panamanian tropical forests. (1989) (22)
- Archaeology in the lowland American tropics: Plant microfossils and their application in the New World tropics (1995) (22)
- The potential role of genetic assimilation during maize domestication (2017) (20)
- The Origins of Food Production in Mesoamerica (2012) (19)
- A few kernels short of a cob: on the Staller and Thompson late entry scenario for the introduction of maize into northern South America (2003) (19)
- On Maize and the Sunflower (2001) (19)
- 25. PHYTOLITHS AND MICROSCOPIC CHARCOAL FROM LEG 155: A VEGETATIONAL AND FIRE HISTORY OF THE AMAZON BASIN DURING THE LAST 75 K.Y. 1 (1997) (17)
- A 5,000-year vegetation and fire history for tierra firme forests in the Medio Putumayo-Algodón watersheds, northeastern Peru (2021) (16)
- 5. Identifying Manioc (Manihot Esculenta Crantz) And Other Crops In Pre-Columbian Tropical America Through Starch Grain Analysis: A Case Study From Central Panama (2019) (15)
- PHYTOLITHS AND MICROSCOPIC CHARCOAL FROM LEG 155 : A VEGETATIONAL AND FIRE HISTORY OF THE AMAZON BASIN DURING THE LAST 75 K . Y . (1997) (14)
- From Foraging to Farming in the Andes: Northern Peruvian Early and Middle Preceramic Agriculture in Central and South American Contexts (2011) (13)
- Phytoliths in modern plants from amazonia and the neotropics at large: Implications for vegetation history reconstruction (2020) (12)
- Further evidence for localized, short-term anthropogenic forest alterations across pre-Columbian Amazonia (2017) (12)
- Genetic compatibility between Cucurbita moschata and C. argyrosperma. (2004) (11)
- Tropical forests as key sites of the “Anthropocene”: Past and present perspectives (2021) (11)
- Standard evaluations of bomb curves and age calibrations along with consideration of environmental and biological variability show the rigor of phytolith dates on modern neotropical plants: Review of comment by Santos, Alexandre, and Prior (2016) (10)
- Comment on Clement et al. 2015 ‘The domestication of Amazonia before European conquest’ (2015) (10)
- Pre-Columbian raised fields in Panama: First evidence (2015) (10)
- Holocene increases in palm abundances in north‐western Amazonia (2019) (9)
- Experimenting with domestication: Understanding macro- and micro-phenotypes and developmental plasticity in teosinte in its ancestral pleistocene and early holocene environments (2019) (9)
- Reply to Smith: On distinguishing between models, hypotheses, and theoretical frameworks (2014) (8)
- Reply to Zeder: Maintaining a diverse scientific toolkit is not an act of faith (2014) (8)
- Archaeologically Defining the Earlier Garden Landscapes at Morven: Preliminary Results (1987) (8)
- Phytolith analysis of an archaeological site (longshan period) in Zhumadian City, Henan Province, China: Paleoenvironmental and cultural implications (1994) (7)
- Biodiversity in Agriculture: New Archaeobotanical Information on Early Cultivation and Plant Domestication Involving Microplant (Phytolith and Starch Grain) Remains (2012) (7)
- Phytolith Morphology (1999) (6)
- Reply to Collins and Copeland: Spontaneous gelatinization not supported by evidence (2011) (6)
- The Production, Deposition, and Dissolution of Phytoliths (1987) (6)
- Phytolithic remains from the Tutu site (2002) (5)
- The variability of Amazonian palm phytoliths (2022) (5)
- Paleoethnobotany: A Handbook of Procedures@@@Current Paleoethnobotany: Analytical Methods and Cultural Interpretations of Archaeological Plant Remains@@@Phytolith Analysis: An Archaeological and Geological Perspective (1990) (5)
- A model of agricultural origins (2018) (5)
- SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF EVOLUTION : OPALS, FOSSIL TEETH AND ANCIENT PLANTS MAKE AN UNUSUAL COMBINATION. TOGETHER, THEY COULD HELP US TO UNDERSTAND H OW OUR ANCESTORS EVOLVED (1990) (5)
- Crop Domestication in the American Tropics: Starch Grain Analyses (2004) (4)
- From Small-Scale Horticulture to the Formative Period (1998) (4)
- Paleontology. Dinosaurs dined on grass. (2005) (4)
- New Evidence of Early Holocene Agriculture from the Coast of Ecuador: A Multidisciplinary Approach (2002) (4)
- 7. The Origins of Plant Cultivation and Domestication in the Neotropics (2019) (3)
- Crop Domestication in the American Tropics: Phytolith Analyses (2004) (3)
- Background of Tropical Agricultural Origins (1998) (3)
- The Evolution of Foraging and Food Production (1998) (2)
- History of Phytolith Research (1987) (2)
- 5 – Laboratory Techniques (1988) (2)
- The Role of Phytoliths in Archaeological Reconstruction (1987) (2)
- The Neotropical Ecosystem in the Present and the Past (1998) (1)
- Agricultural Origins and Social Implications in South America (2014) (1)
- First evidence for pre-Columbian raised fields in Central America (2014) (1)
- Chapter 14. Phytolith Records from the Proyecto Prehistorico Arenal (1994) (1)
- The Interpretation of Phytolith Assemblages: Method and Theory (1987) (1)
- Bacurú Drõa: Indigenous forest custody as an effective climate change mitigation option. A case study from Darién, Panama (2022) (1)
- Ecological legacies of past fire and human activity in a Panamanian forest (2022) (1)
- PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION IN THE LOWLAND NEOTROPICS (2008) (1)
- Plant Cultivation and Domestication at the Vegas Sites: New Evidence from Starch Grain Studies of Human Teeth (2020) (0)
- Under the Canopy: The Archaeology of Rropical Rain Forests, Edited by Julio Mercader (2004) (0)
- Cooked Starch Database (2017) (0)
- Rethinking Agriculture: Archaeological and Ethnoarchaeological Perspectives. Tim Denham , José Iriarte , Luc Vrydaghs (2009) (0)
- The Past (and Future?) of Our Crop Plants in Changing Global Environments (2018) (0)
- A model of agricultural origins (2018) (0)
- Long‐term fire and vegetation change in northwestern Amazonia (2022) (0)
- The Role of Phytoliths in Regional Paleoecology (1987) (0)
- Reply to Perttula: Identifying an early Holocene projectile point type from central Mexico (2009) (0)
- Rethinking the Origins of Agriculture (2009) (0)
- Phytoliths in modern plants from Amazonia and the Neotropics at large: II. Enhancement of eudicotyledon reference collections (2023) (0)
- The Phytogeography of Neotropical Crops and Their Putative Wild Ancestors (1998) (0)
- Archaeology. On maize and the sunflower. (2001) (0)
- The Origins and Spread of Domestic Plants in Southwest Asia and Europe. Sue Colledge , James Conolly (2009) (0)
- Reply (2009) (0)
- 3 – Phytolith Morphology (1988) (0)
- The Relationship of Neotropical Food Production to Food Production from Other Areas of the World (1998) (0)
- Chinina, Panama. First evidence of pre-hispanic raised fields in Central America (2015) (0)
- DISTINGUISHING RICE ( ORYZA SATIVA POACEAE ) FROM ORYZA SPECIES THROUGH PHYTOLITH ANALYSIS , Ih FINALIZED METHOD 1 WILD (0)
- Non-affluent foragers (2020) (0)
- A Paleoecological View of the Anthropocene in Tropical South America (2015) (0)
- Early Americans: respecting ancestors. (2014) (0)
- Jon G. Hather (ed.). Tropical archaeobotany: application and new developments. (One World Archaeobotany 22.) xx + 270 pages, 52 illustrations, tables. 1994. London & New York (NY); Routledge; 0-415-09784-3 hardback £45. (1995) (0)
- Under the Canopy: The Archaeology of Tropical Rain Forests.Edited byJulio Mercader.New Brunswick (New Jersey): Rutgers University Press. $60.00. x + 322 p; ill.; index. ISBN: 0–8135–3142–X. 2003. (2004) (0)
- Signatures of human occupation in Amazonian soils (2015) (0)
- Some Comments on Present and Future Contributions of Paleoethnobotany in the Neotropics (2015) (0)
- Field Techniques and Research Design (1987) (0)
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