Plant remains as indicators of seasonality of site-use in the mesolithic period

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-45

  Dark, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Charcoal; Mesolithic; Plant remains; Seasonality; Star Carr

Indexed keywords

EID: 60950080071     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2004.9.1.39     Document Type: Article

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