Roman impact on the environment at Hadrian's wall: Precisely dated pollen analysis from Vindolanda, northern England

Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-186

  Manning, Adrian ^a   Birley, Robin ^b   Tipping, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Vindolanda   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeology; Dating; Ditch fills; Hadrian's Wall; Human impact; Northern England; Palynology; Romans; Vindolanda

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; CHRONOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HISTORICAL STUDY; MAN-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; POLLEN ANALYSIS; ROMAN PERIOD; VEGETATION;

UK, ENGLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, HADRIAN'S WALL, VINDOLANDA;

EID: 0030616911     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700205     Document Type: Article

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