The ecology of an episode of prehistoric cereal cultivation on the North York Moors, England

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 613-618

  Simmons, I G ^a   Innes, J B ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Cereals; Fire; Forests; Mesolithic; Neolithic; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CEREAL; CEREAL CULTIVATION; CULTIVATION; FOREST RECESSION; HISTORICAL STUDY;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTH YORKSHIRE, NORTH YORK MOORS, NORTH GILL;

EID: 0030513575     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1996.0057     Document Type: Article

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