Late Holocene human impact on the vegetation around Mizorogaike Pond in northern Kyoto Basin, Japan: A comparison of pollen and charcoal records with archaeological and historical data

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1199-1208

  Sasaki, Naoko ^a   Takahara, Hikaru ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cultural landscape; Holocene; Human activity; Kyoto; Macroscopic charcoal; Pollen analysis

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CHARCOAL; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; FUELWOOD; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

APHANANTHE; CYCLOBALANOPSIS; LEPIDOBALANUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 79954632595     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.12.013     Document Type: Article

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