Historic landscape management: A validation of quantitative soil thin-section analyses

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 320-334

  Adderley, W Paul ^a   Simpsom, Ian A ^a   Davidson, Donald A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnography; Image analysis; Landscape history; Manuring; Micromorphology; North Atlantic; Plaggen soil; Shetland

Indexed keywords

LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MANURE;

EID: 31544469818     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.07.016     Document Type: Article

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