The vegetation history of monastic and secular sites in the midlands of Ireland over the last two millennia

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-12

  Hall, Valerie A ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Historic Icelandic tephra; Ireland; Land use; Monastery; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 28644433821     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0072-0     Document Type: Article

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