UV-fluorescence microscopy and the coherence of pollen assemblages in environmental archaeology and Quaternary geology

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 562-571

  Hunt, C O ^a   Rushworth, G ^b   Dykes, A P ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeopalynology; Holocene; Intrusive pollen; Palynology; Pleistocene; Radiocarbon dating; Recycling; UV fluorescence

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FLUORESCENCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOLOCENE; MICROFOSSIL; MICROSCOPY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOLITHIC; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN;

ASIA; AT TAFILAH; CONNACHT; COUNTY MAYO; DERBYSHIRE; EAST MALAYSIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; JORDAN; MALAYSIA; MIDDLE EAST; NIAH CAVES; OXFORDSHIRE; SARAWAK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUFFOLK; UNITED KINGDOM; WADI DANA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33845477438     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.06.011     Document Type: Article

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