Pollen from archaeological layers and cultural landscape reconstruction: Case studies from the Bradano valley (Basilicata, southern Italy)

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 888-901

  Mercuri, Anna Maria ^a   Florenzano, A ^a   N'Siala, I Massamba ^a   Olmi, L ^a   Roubis, D ^b   Sogliani, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic indicators; Archaeobotany; Basilicata; Cultural landscape; Pollen; Southern Italy

Indexed keywords

CICHORIOIDEAE; COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 78650353482     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2010.491979     Document Type: Article

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