Palaeoenvironments, the archaeological record and cereal pollen detection at Clickimin, Shetland, Scotland

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1741-1756

  Edwards, Kevin J ^a   Whittington, Graeme ^b   Robinson, Marie ^b   Richter, Daniela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Broch; Cereals; Diatoms; Pollen; Prehistory; Scotland; Shetland

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CLICKIMIN BROCH; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; CALLUNA;

EID: 26844519235     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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