Identification of Maize Pollen
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7605670 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Miriam L Fearn (University of South Alabama), Kam‐biu Liu (0000-0002-0038-2198, Louisiana State University), Kam-biu Liu |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 146-148 |
| Publication date | 1997-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/282386 |
| OpenAlex | W1972622272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Eubanks bases her identification of the fossil pollen grain from Alabama as Tripsacum primarily on her calculated spinule density. To make those calculations, she used only our published photograph, and she assumed a grain expansion of 35 percent. She ignores the fact that the spinule density of the fossil pollen grain is actually the same as that of similarly treated Zea mays pollen. While there is always the possibility of a misidentification or of long-distance transport, the most likely interpretation remains that the 3500 B.P. pollen grain is Zea mays and that it represents limited cultivation of ancient corn in southern Alabama
Agronomy · Biology · Botany · Geography · Identification (biology) · Interpretation (philosophy) · Pollen · Zea mays · Botany, Ecology, and Taxonomy Studies · Computer Science · Geology · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Plant Diversity and Evolution
| Citations per year | 0.07 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1999 - 2021 (23) |
| Highly cited | No |