The Bronze Age landscape of the Bjäre peninsula, southern Sweden, and its relationship to burial mounds

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 623-632

  Hannon, Gina E ^a,b   Bradshaw, Richard H W ^b   Nord, Jenny ^c   Gustafsson, Mats ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bronze Age landscape; Deforestation; Plant macrofossils; Pollen

Indexed keywords

BRONZE AGE; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; DEFORESTATION; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 38349179167     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.05.009     Document Type: Article

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