Vegetation change during the Mesolithic and Neolithic on the Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, south-west Ireland

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 617-628

  Mighall, Timothy M ^a   Timpany, Scott ^b   Blackford, Jeffery J ^c   Innes, Jim B ^d   O'Brien, Charlotte E ^d   O'Brien, William ^e   Harrison, Stephan ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Headland Archaeology   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ireland; Mesolithic; Mizen Peninsula; Non pollen palynomorphs; Plant macrofossils; Pollen

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949112746     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-007-0136-4     Document Type: Article

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