Pollen and Phytoliths from Fired Ancient Potsherds as Potential Indicators for Deciphering Past Vegetation and Climate in Turpan, Xinjiang, NW China

• Yi-Feng Yao,

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• Xiao Li,

  Affiliation School of Guoxue, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China

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• Hong-En Jiang,

  Affiliation Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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• David K. Ferguson,

  Affiliation Department of Paleontology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

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• Francis Hueber,

  Affiliation Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, United States National Museum, Washington DC, United States of America

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• Ruby Ghosh,

  Affiliations Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, India, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

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• Subir Bera,

  Affiliation Department of Botany, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

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• Cheng-Sen Li

  * E-mail: lics@ibcas.ac.cn

  Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

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