Mid- to late-Holocene vegetational and land-use change in the Hadrian's Wall region: A radiocarbon-dated pollen sequence from Crag Lough, Northumberland, England

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 601-618

  Dark, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Crag Lough; Hadrian's Wall; Pollen analysis; Roman period; Soil erosion

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; LAND USE CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHUMBERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CANNABIS SATIVA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; QUERCUS; ROMAN; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 14744292550     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.11.009     Document Type: Article

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