Provenance of coals from Roman sites in U.K. Counties bordering river Severn and its estuary and including Wiltshire

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 373-389

  Smith, A H V ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Coal; Palynology; Provenance; Reflectance; Roman

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COAL ORIGIN; HISTORICAL STUDY; ROMAN;

UK, ENGLAND, SEVERN RIVER; UK, ENGLAND, WILTSHIRE;

EID: 0030458076     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0034     Document Type: Article

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