About the Authors

Dan Cabanes

Contributed equally to this work with: Dan Cabanes, Ruth Shahack-Gross

dancabanes@ub.edu

Affiliation ERAAUB, Department of Prehistory, Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Barcelona, c/ de Montalegre 6–8, 08001, Barcelona, Spain

Ruth Shahack-Gross

Contributed equally to this work with: Dan Cabanes, Ruth Shahack-Gross

Affiliation Kimmel Center for Archaeological Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, 76100, Israel

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DC RS-G. Performed the experiments: DC RS-G. Analyzed the data: DC RS-G. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC RS-G. Wrote the paper: DC RS-G. Prepared the phytolith assemblages from modern plants and from Tell es-Safi/Gath, and conducted morphotype analyses including measurements and calculation of surface to bulk ratios: DC. Prepared the phytolith assemblages from Aşıklı Höyük and carried out the dissolution experiments: RS-G.