A sediment-based multiproxy palaeoecological approach to the environmental archaeology of lake dwellings (crannogs), central Ireland

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 707-719

  O'Brien, Charlotte ^a   Selby, Katherine ^b   Ruiz, Zoë ^b   Brown, Anthony ^b   Dinnin, Mark ^b   Caseldine, Chris ^b   Langdon, Pete ^b   Stuijts, Ingelise ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c Discovery Programme   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Coleoptera; Crannog; Diatoms; Environmental archaeology; Ireland; Late holocene; Plant macrofossils; Pollen

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CHIRONOMIDAE; COLEOPTERA;

EID: 22544474689     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl845rp     Document Type: Article

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