Land-use patterns and cultural change in the Middle to Late Bronze Age in Ireland: Inferences from pollen records

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 273-295

  Plunkett, Gill ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Ireland; Land use; Pollen analysis; Settlement patterns; Tephra

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649888815     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-008-0206-2     Document Type: Article

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