Combining pollen and charcoal: Evaluating Holocene vegetation composition and dynamics

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2126-2135

  Nelle, Oliver ^a   Dreibrodt, Stefan ^a   Dannath, Yasmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charcoal analysis; Combination of palaeoecological methods; Holocene; Human impact on woodlands; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHARCOAL; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MONTANE FOREST; PALEOECOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODLAND;

BAVARIA; BAYERISCHER WALD; GERMANY;

ABIES ALBA; ALNUS; CARPINUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; QUERCUS;

EID: 77954242850     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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