Holocene fire history of black colluvial soils revealed by pyrolysis-GC/MS: a case study from Campo Lameiro (NW Spain)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2133-2143

  Kaal, Joeri ^a   Martínez Cortizas, Antonio ^b   Eckmeier, Eileen ^c   Costa Casais, Manuela ^a   Santos Estévez, Manuel ^a   Criado Boado, Felipe ^a  

^a CSIC XUGA Instituto de Estudios Gallegos Padre Sarmiento IEGPS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Black carbon; Colluvial soil; Fire history; Galicia; Pyrolysis GC MS

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BLACK CARBON; DEFORESTATION; FIRE HISTORY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL RECORD; HOLOCENE; IRON AGE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MESOLITHIC; NEOLITHIC; SOIL; SOIL EROSION; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 44449151940     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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