The management of arable land from prehistory to the present: Case studies from the northern Isles of Scotland

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 61-92

  Guttmann, Erika B ^a   Simpson, Ian A ^b   Davidson, Donald A ^b   Dockrill, Stephen J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BRONZE AGE; IN SITU MEASUREMENT; IRON AGE; LAND MANAGEMENT; NEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT HISTORY;

ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 33645144620     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20089     Document Type: Article

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