Sand-drift and soil formation along an exposed north Atlantic coastline: 14,000 years of diverse geomorphological, climatic and human impacts

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 439-469

  Gilbertson, D D ^a   Schwenninger, J L ^b   Kemp, R A ^b   Rhodes, E J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atlantic; Bronze age; Climatic change; Coastal barriers; Coastal geomorphology; Coversands; Holocene; Human impacts; Iron age; Land use; Little ice age; Machair; Micromorphology; Optically stimulated luminescence dating; Outer hebrides; Palaeoclimatology; Palaeosols; Periglacial; Quaternary; Sand dunes; Scotland; Storms

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DUNE; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HUMAN ACTIVITY;

OUTER HEBRIDES; SOUTHERN ISLES; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033117295     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0360     Document Type: Article

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