Alluvial records of medieval and prehistoric tin mining on Dartmoor, southwest England

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-236

  Thorndycraft, Varyl R ^a   Pirrie, Duncan ^b   Brown, Antony G ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CATCHMENT; DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; FLOODPLAIN; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PREHISTORIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

DARTMOOR; DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 2442446070     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.10114     Document Type: Article

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