Neolithic occupation and mid-Holocene soil formation at Encosta de Sant'Ana (Lisbon, Portugal): a geoarchaeological approach

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1641-1648

  Angelucci, Diego E ^a   Soares, António Monge ^b   Almeida, Luís ^c   Brito, Rui ^d   Leitão, Vasco ^d  

^a Ministerio da Cultura Portugal   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d Museu da Cidade   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Holocene IRD events; Humic acids; Mid Holocene; Neolithic; Radiocarbon dating; Soil formation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; HOLOCENE; HUMIC ACID; MICROMORPHOLOGY; NEOLITHIC; OCCUPATION; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EURASIA; EUROPE; LISBOA [PORTUGAL]; LISBON; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 34547111790     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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