Characterizing anthropic sediments in North European Neolithic settlements: An assessment from Skara Brae, Orkney

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 221-235

  Simpson, Ian A ^a   Guttmann, Erika B ^a   Cluett, Jonathan ^a   Shepherd, Alexandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPOSTING; DOMESTIC WASTE; EXCAVATION; NEOLITHIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33644913386     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20101     Document Type: Article

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