The impact of environmental change on Palaeolithic and Mesolithic plant use and the transition to agriculture at Franchthi Cave, Greece
Fig 19
Stereozoom stacked and stitched digital microphotographs of wood charcoal taxa (TS planes only).
(A): [H1A:166] Juniperus old stem wood with extremely narrow growth rings indicating very slow growth under dry and cold conditions [45]; (B): [H1A:171] Amygdalus round wood showing successive years of suppressed growth (narrow rings) after cutting, followed by period of growth release [45]; (C): [H1A:176] stacked and stitched image of Amygdalus round wood showing large rays and sparse pore distribution; (D): [H1A:167] Amygdalus large twig/small round wood: similar to (B) with bands of narrow rings indicating that it originated from a plant that was repeatedly cut [45]; (E): [H1A:175] similar to (A); (F): [H1A:175] Amygdalus stem wood with very narrow growth rings indicating slow growth under cold and arid conditions.