Congruence or concordance in Archaeobotany: Assessing micro- and macro-botanical data sets from Icelandic middens

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 833-844

  Zutter, Cynthia ^a  

^a MACEWAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Iceland; Macro botanical; Micro botanical

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; FARMING SYSTEM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; MIDDEN;

ICELAND;

EID: 0033458705     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.1998.0349     Document Type: Article

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