Effects of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers on local vegetation in a non-uniform glacio-isostatic land uplift area, northern Sweden

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 13-26

  Hörnberg, Greger ^a   Bohlin, Elisabeth ^a   Hellberg, Erik ^a   Bergman, Ingela ^b   Zackrisson, Olle ^a   Olofsson, Anders ^c   Wallin, Jan Erik ^c   Påsse, Tore ^d  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b Silvermuseum of Arjeplog ^*  (Sweden)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Fire pattern; Human impact; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BETULA; HIPPOPHAE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; HUMULUS; POACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 28644443199     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0006-x     Document Type: Article

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