Woodland vegetation and fuel exploitation at the prehistoric campsite of Pinarbaşi, south-central Anatolia, Turkey: The evidence from the wood charcoal macro-remains

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1185-1201

  Asouti, Eleni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Central Anatolia; Charcoal analysis; Firewood; Neolithic; Taphonomy; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; FUEL; NEOLITHIC; PALEOBOTANY; PREHISTORIC; TAPHONOMY; WOODLAND;

ANATOLIA; PINARBASI; TURKEY;

EID: 0041564007     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-4403(03)00015-3     Document Type: Article

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