Palynological investigations of a Bronze Age cist burial from Whitsome, Scottish Borders, Scotland

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 553-560

  Clarke, Ciara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brassicaceae; Bronze Age Cist Burial; Filipendula; Floral Tributes; Fungal Spores; Palynological; Scotland; Vegetation Mat

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; METHODOLOGY; POLLEN;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0033133827     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0333     Document Type: Article

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