A social archaeology of garden plots in the Bronze Age of northern and western Britain

World Archaeology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 211-223

  Johnston, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental knowledge; Garden agriculture; Social identity

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; GARDEN;

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

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22144433733     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240500094853     Document Type: Article

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