Wetland microfossils in soil: Implications for the study of land use on archaeological landscapes

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 101-106

  Horrocks, Mark ^a   Jones, Martin D ^a   Nichol, Scott L ^a   Sutton, Douglas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bioturbation; Microfossils; New Zealand; Percolation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1442309390     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2002.7.1.101     Document Type: Article

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