Joined-up archaeology at Old Scatness, Shetland: Thin section analysis of the site and hinterland

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-31

  Guttmann, Erika B A ^a   Simpson, Ian A ^a   Dockrill, Stephen J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Floors; Iron age; Micromorphology; Plaggen soils; Shetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644539159     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2003.8.1.17     Document Type: Article

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