Mineral weathering in forest soils and its relevance to the preservation of the buried archaeological resource

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2262-2273

  Crow, Peter ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeological burial environments; Diagenesis; Environmental science; Mineral weathering; Preservation in situ

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BURIAL DIAGENESIS; FOREST SOIL; PRESERVATION; WEATHERING; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 44449146370     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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