Soil phosphorus analysis as an integrative tool for recognizing buried ancient ploughsoils

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 343-352

  Leonardi, Giovanni ^a   Miglavacca, Mara ^b   Nardi, Serenella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fractionation method; Phosphorus; Ploughsoils; Roman age

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; PHOSPHORUS; ROMAN ERA; SOIL ANALYSIS;

ITALY;

EID: 0033117662     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0329     Document Type: Article

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