Did prehistoric landscape management retard the post-glacial spread of woodland in Southwest Asia?

Antiquity

Volumn 76, Issue 294, 2002, Pages 1002-1010

  Roberts, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fire; Landscape; Neolithic; Pollen analysis; Southwest Asia

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; LAND MANAGEMENT; PREHISTORIC; WOODLAND;

(SOUTHWEST); ASIA;

EID: 0036931412     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X0009181X     Document Type: Article

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