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Martínez, A. G., Portillo, M., López, J. M. C., Camprubí, J. M., Guzmán, J. O., Puig, M. M., & Vila, O. O. (2026). Tracing household economies and food technologies in the Eastern Pyrenees: grinding at Late Iron Age of El Castellot de Bolvir (La Cerdanya, Spain). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 18(1), 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-025-02352-x

Li, H. M., & et al. (2026). Identification of rice paddy field morphology following the collapse of Neolithic culture in the Taihu Lake Plain, the Lower Yangtze River. Acta Geographica Sinica (English Edition).

Liu, L. J., & et al. (2026). Quantitative reconstruction of Holocene paleovegetation in the Hunshandake Sandy Land based on phytoliths - 中国知网. Acta Geologica Sinica. https://doi.org/10.19762/j.cnki.dizhixuebao.2025495

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International Phytolith Society Board Members

Yansheng Gu

School of Environmental Studies, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, China

President

Marcia Regina Calegari

Universidade Estadual do Oeste do Paraná, Brasil

President-elect

Rand R. Evett

University of California, USA

Past-President

Mikhail Blinnikov

St. Cloud State University, USA

Treasurer

Welmoed Out

Archeologisch Onderzoek Leiden BV, Netherlands

Secretary

Ofir Katz

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Member-at-large

Francesca D’Agostini

Kew Royal Botanical Gardens, United Kingdom

Member-at-large

May Murungi

Universidade do Algarve, Portugal

Member-at-large

Chad Yost

Indiana State University, USA

Editor (non-voting)

Marishka Govender

Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa

Director of the Student Envoy Program

Molly Turnbull

University of Wollongong, Australia

Web envoy

Evanthia-Stefania Kourti

Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Paris, France

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