Preservation or destruction of plant remains by carbonization?

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 577-583

  Wright, Patti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Carbonization; Plant remains; Preservation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CARBON; PALEOBOTANY; PLANT; PRESERVATION;

EID: 0037407376     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(02)00203-0     Document Type: Article

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