Fluvial sediments, correlations and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction: The development of robust radiocarbon chronologies

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2680-2688

  Howard, Andy J ^a   Gearey, Ben R ^a   Hill, Tom ^b   Fletcher, William ^c   Marshall, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BATH SPA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Suffolk County Council Archaeological Service   (United Kingdom)

^d Chronologies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluvial; Geoarchaeology; Holocene; Radiocarbon

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FOSSIL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

EAST ANGLIA; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

PHRAGMITES; PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS;

EID: 70349784908     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.006     Document Type: Article

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