Quantifying the threat to archaeological sites from the erosion of cultivated soil

Antiquity

Volumn 80, Issue 309, 2006, Pages 658-670

  Wilkinson, Keith ^a   Tyler, Andrew ^b   Davidson, Donald ^b   Grieve, Ian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

137Cs inventory; CRM; Erosion; Quantock Hills; Site formation processes; Soil redistribution; Tillage

Indexed keywords

PLOWING; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOIL EROSION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; QUANTOCK HILLS; SOMERSET; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33749434932     PISSN: 0003598X     EISSN: 0003598X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003598X00094114     Document Type: Article

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