Woodland clearance in the Mesolithic: The social aspects

Antiquity

Volumn 79, Issue 304, 2005, Pages 280-288

  Davies, Paul ^a   Robb, John G ^a   Ladbrook, Dave ^a  

^a BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Mesolithic; Phenomenology; Subsistence; Woodland

Indexed keywords

DEFORESTATION; MESOLITHIC; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS;

EID: 21144444813     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00114085     Document Type: Article

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