Data on mid-Holocene climatic, vegetation and anthropogenic interactions at Stanshiel Rig, southern Scotland

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-210

  Cayless, S M ^a   Tipping, R M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Mesolithic Neolithic transition; Peat humification; Pollen; Uplands

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ULMUS;

EID: 0036026765     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003340200023     Document Type: Article

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