Local-scale adaptations: A modeled assessment of soil, landscape, microclimatic, and management factors in Norse home-field productivities

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 500-527

  Adderley, W Paul ^a   Simpson, Ian A ^a   Vésteinsson, Orri ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute of Archaeology   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURAL LAND; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MICROCLIMATE; SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOPOSEQUENCE;

ICELAND;

EID: 52949131844     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20228     Document Type: Article

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