Continuity or discontinuity? Vegetation change in the Hadrianic-Antonine frontier zone of northern Britain at the end of the Roman occupation

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 643-665

  Dumayne Peaty, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Continuity; Pollen analysis; Post Roman; Vegetation change; Woodland regeneration

Indexed keywords

PALEOECOLOGY; REGENERATION; ROMAN ERA; VEGETATION HISTORY; WOODLAND;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032709633     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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