Millet cultivation history in the French Alps as evidenced by a sedimentary molecule

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 814-820

  Jacob, Jérémy ^a   Disnar, Jean Robert ^a   Arnaud, Fabien ^b   Chapron, Emmanuel ^a   Debret, Maxime ^b   Lallier Vergès, Elisabeth ^a   Desmet, Marc ^b,c   Revel Rolland, Marie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Bronze Age; Holocene; Lake sediments; Land use; Millet; Molecular biomarker

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOMARKER; BRONZE AGE; CROPPING PRACTICE; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FOSSIL; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAND USE; MEDIEVAL; MILLET; ROMAN ERA; SEDIMENT CORE;

BOURGET LAKE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; RHONE-ALPES; SAVOIE; WESTERN EUROPE;

PANICUM MILIACEUM;

EID: 38549095220     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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