Archaeobotanical inference of Bronze Age land use and land cover in the eastern Mediterranean

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2622-2629

  Klinge, JoAnna ^a   Fall, Patricia ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bronze Age; Charcoal; Cyprus; Dung; Jordan; Seed ratios; Syria

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; CHARCOAL; FUELWOOD; LAND COVER; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; SEED; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; VILLAGE;

CYPRUS; EUPHRATES RIVER; JORDAN; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

EID: 77955278171     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.05.022     Document Type: Article

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