Early Holocene environmental change, the presence and disappearance of early Mesolithic habitation near Zutphen (The Netherlands)

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-43

  Bos, Johanna A A ^a   Van Geel, Bas ^a   Groenewoudt, Bert J ^b   Lauwerier, Roel C G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Rijksdienst voor Archeologie Cultuurlandschap en Monumenten   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Macroremains; Mesolithic; Palaeoenvironment; Palynology; Preboreal; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI; PLANTAGO; SALIX; URTICA;

EID: 28744432422     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-004-0056-5     Document Type: Article

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