Characterising the late prehistoric, 'Romano-British' and medieval landscape, and dating the emergence of a regionally distinct agricultural system in South West Britain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1699-1714

  Fyfe, Ralph M ^a   Brown, Anthony G ^a   Rippon, Stephen J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Continuity; Medieval; Palynology; Roman

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; FARMING SYSTEM; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MEDIEVAL; PALYNOLOGY; PREHISTORIC; ROMAN ERA;

DEVON; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 5144228466     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.05.003     Document Type: Article

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