Interpreting the Viking Age to Medieval period transition in norse Orkney through cultural soil and sediment analyses

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 355-377

  Simpson, Ian A ^a   Barrett, James H ^b   Milek, Karen B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CHRONOLOGY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EXPLOITATION; MEDIEVAL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 17844411245     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20054     Document Type: Article

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