Sourcing fire ash on archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland, using mineral magnetism

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 747-774

  Church, M J ^a   Peters, C ^b   Batt, C M ^c  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GEOMAGNETISM; PEAT;

SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; SOUTH UIST; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN ISLES;

EID: 34948887717     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20185     Document Type: Article

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