An evaluation of multielement analysis of historic soil contamination to differentiate space use and former function in and around abandoned farms

Holocene

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1094-1099

  Wilson, Clare A ^a   Davidson, Donald A ^a   Cresser, Malcolm S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandoned farms; Archaeology; Functional areas; Great Britain; Historic soil contamination; Multielement analysis; Scotland; Soil analysis

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOIL POLLUTION;

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

EID: 27644591903     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl881rr     Document Type: Article

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