Fire history and human activities during the last 3300cal yr BP in Spain's Central Pyrenees: The case of the Estany de Burg

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 300, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 179-190

  Bal, Marie Claude ^a   Pelachs, Albert ^b   Perez Obiol, Ramon ^b   Julia, Ramon ^c   Cunill, Raquel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire; Historical sources; Human activities; Organic matter; Pollen analysis; Sedimentary charcoal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BRONZE AGE; CHARCOAL; FIRE HISTORY; GRASS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PASTORALISM; PEATLAND; POLLEN; SHIFTING CULTIVATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

PYRENEES;

CEREALIA; POACEAE;

EID: 79551491697     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.12.023     Document Type: Article

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