An investigation of former land-use activity through the physical and chemical analysis of soils from the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 171-188

  Entwistle, J A ^a   Dodgshon, R A ^b   Abrahams, P W ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Geoarchaeology; Hebrides; Isle of Lewis; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644524289     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-0763(200009)7:3<171::AID-ARP142>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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