A future for dark earth?

Antiquity

Volumn 77, Issue 296, 2003, Pages 349-358

  Macphail, Richard I ^a   Galinié, Henri ^b   Verhaeghe, Frans ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dark earth; Post Roman; Stratigraphy; Terres noires; Urban archaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; SOIL HORIZON; URBAN AREA;

EUROPE;

EID: 0344719463     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00092334     Document Type: Article

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