Roman vineyards in Britain: Stratigraphic and palynological data from Wollaston in the Nene Valley, England

Antiquity

Volumn 75, Issue 290, 2001, Pages 745-757

  Brown, A G ^a   Meadows, I ^b   Turner, S D ^a   Mattingly, D J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Children and Young People's Service   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural tools; Pollen analysis; Roman Britain; Viticulture

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; PALYNOLOGY; ROMAN ERA; STRATIGRAPHY; VINEYARD; VITICULTURE;

ENGLAND (NORTHAMPTONSHIRE); NENE VALLEY; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0035667415     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00089250     Document Type: Article

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