Pollen and phytolith assemblage in the Hochung site reveal that during the Neolithic, the regional vegetation was characterized by the flourishing of tropical-subtropical ferns; among the herbaceous taxa, Gramineae, Artemisia, Chenopodiaceae, Compositae predominated; the evergreen and deciduous broad-leaved forest occupied locally at the high land and slopy mountain.

On the bases of both the stratigraphical distribution and the floral composition,the plants in the Permian coal measures strata of the Dengfeng district,western Henan can be divided into three megafloral assemblage zones as follows: 1 Emplectopteris triangularis-Taeniopteris multinervis assemblage zone.

Determining the foundry area of bronze vessels from Jiuliandun tombs based on phytolith analysis of casting core residue;

This paper briefly introduces the application of phytolith in the study of the Quaternary environment and mainly states the current situation of phytolith research,physical and chemical properties of phytolith,methods of phytolith analysing indoor and good perspective of phytolith application.

The paper briefly introduces the lithologic features, and accumulation age of the vermicular red earth and mainly elaborate phytolith in it and its paleoclimatic indication.