Prehistoric intertidal archaeology and environments in the severn estuary, wales

World Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 95-113

  Bell, Martin ^a   Neumann, Heike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Intertidal; Palaeoenvironmental; Peat; Prehistory; Severn estuary; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001928931     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: 14701375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438243.1997.9980365     Document Type: Article

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