Fire and Mesolithic subsistence - Managing oaks for acorns in northwest Europe?

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 164, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 139-150

  Mason, S L R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Clearance; Environmental impact; Fire ecology; Plant foods; Quercus

Indexed keywords

FIRE; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HUNTER-GATHERER; MESOLITHIC; PALEOECOLOGY;

EUROPE;

EID: 0034526509     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(00)00181-4     Document Type: Article

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