Exploring the location and function of a late neolithic house at crossiecrown, Orkney by geophysical, geochemicaland soil micromorphological methods

Archaeological Prospection

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-47

  Jones, Richard ^a   Challands, Adrian ^b   French, Charles ^c   Card, Nick ^d   Downes, Jane ^d   Richards, Colin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Cambridge ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Orkney Archaeological Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional analysis; Geochemical analysis; Geophysical survey; Magnetic susceptibility; Neolithic orkney; Soil micromorphology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77749255325     PISSN: 10752196     EISSN: 10990763     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/arp.370     Document Type: Article

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