Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating: A Review of Previous Studies in China and the Current State of the Debate
Phytolith radiocarbon dating can be traced back to the 1960s. However, its reliability has recently been called into question. Piperno summarized recent dating evidence, but most phytolith dating results from China were not included in the review because they are written in Chinese. Herein, we summa...
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| author | Xinxin Zuo Xinxin Zuo Houyuan Lu Houyuan Lu Houyuan Lu |
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| description | Phytolith radiocarbon dating can be traced back to the 1960s. However, its reliability has recently been called into question. Piperno summarized recent dating evidence, but most phytolith dating results from China were not included in the review because they are written in Chinese. Herein, we summarize and evaluate previous phytolith dating results from China. We also review recent debates on the nature and origin of phytolith-occluded carbon (abbreviated as PhytOC), as well as the older age of phytoliths retrieved from modern plants. We conclude that although PhytOC includes a small amount of old carbon absorbed from the soil, this carbon fraction has not always biased phytolith ages, indicating that in certain situations, phytoliths can be tried as an alternative dating tool in archaeological and paleoecological research when other datable materials are not available. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f259b3827898432687633d48add45efb2022-12-21T22:31:59ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Plant Science1664-462X2019-10-011010.3389/fpls.2019.01302485110Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating: A Review of Previous Studies in China and the Current State of the DebateXinxin Zuo0Xinxin Zuo1Houyuan Lu2Houyuan Lu3Houyuan Lu4State Key Laboratory for Subtropical Mountain Ecology of the Ministry of Science and Technology and Fujian Province, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, ChinaSchool of Geographical Sciences, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, ChinaKey Laboratory of Cenozoic Geology and Environment, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCenter for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCollege of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaPhytolith radiocarbon dating can be traced back to the 1960s. However, its reliability has recently been called into question. Piperno summarized recent dating evidence, but most phytolith dating results from China were not included in the review because they are written in Chinese. Herein, we summarize and evaluate previous phytolith dating results from China. We also review recent debates on the nature and origin of phytolith-occluded carbon (abbreviated as PhytOC), as well as the older age of phytoliths retrieved from modern plants. We conclude that although PhytOC includes a small amount of old carbon absorbed from the soil, this carbon fraction has not always biased phytolith ages, indicating that in certain situations, phytoliths can be tried as an alternative dating tool in archaeological and paleoecological research when other datable materials are not available.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.01302/fullolder carbonPhytOCradiocarbon datingphytolith agephytolith |
| spellingShingle | Xinxin Zuo Xinxin Zuo Houyuan Lu Houyuan Lu Houyuan Lu Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating: A Review of Previous Studies in China and the Current State of the Debate Frontiers in Plant Science older carbon PhytOC radiocarbon dating phytolith age phytolith |
| title | Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating: A Review of Previous Studies in China and the Current State of the Debate |
| title_full | Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating: A Review of Previous Studies in China and the Current State of the Debate |
| title_fullStr | Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating: A Review of Previous Studies in China and the Current State of the Debate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating: A Review of Previous Studies in China and the Current State of the Debate |
| title_short | Phytolith Radiocarbon Dating: A Review of Previous Studies in China and the Current State of the Debate |
| title_sort | phytolith radiocarbon dating a review of previous studies in china and the current state of the debate |
| topic | older carbon PhytOC radiocarbon dating phytolith age phytolith |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2019.01302/full |
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