A reply to Carter and Davidson's "an evaluation of the contribution of soil micromorphology to the study of ancient arable agriculture"

Geoarchaeology - An International Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 549-564

  Macphail, Richard I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; ARABLE FARMING; DETECTION METHOD; MICROMORPHOLOGY;

EID: 0346937026     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6548(199808)13:6<549::AID-GEA2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Review

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