History of agriculture in Mikkeli Orijärvi, eastern Finland as reflected by palynological and archaeological data

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 171-183

  Alenius, Teija ^a   Mikkola, Esa ^b   Ojala, Antti E K ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b National Board of Waters and the Environment Finland   (Finland)

Author keywords

Iron Age; Palaeomagnetic dating; Permanent field cultivation; Pollen; Prehistoric fields; Swidden cultivation

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; SECALE;

EID: 38849164810     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-007-0099-5     Document Type: Article

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