Pollen analysis of Iron Age cow dung in southern Africa

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 239-249

  Carrión, José S ^a   Scott, Louis ^b   Huffman, Tom ^c   Dreyer, Cobus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cow dung; Holocene; Iron Age; Palynology; Southern Africa

Indexed keywords

ACER PENSYLVANICUM; AMARANTHACEAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CHAETOMIUM; CYPERACEAE; GELASINOSPORA; POACEAE; THECAPHORA; TRICHURIS;

EID: 0034347527     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01294638     Document Type: Article

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