The impact of crop processing on the reconstruction of crop sowing time and cultivation intensity from archaeobotanical weed evidence

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 505-509

  Bogaard, Amy ^a   Jones, Glynis ^b   Charles, Mike ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Northgate House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Crop processing; Cultivation intensity; Sowing time; Weed ecology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644689112     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0061-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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