Persistence of the cultural landscape in Campania (Southern Italy) before the AD 472 Vesuvius eruption: Archaeoenvironmental data

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 399-406

  Allevato, E ^a   Buonincontri, M ^a   Vairo, M ^a   Pecci, A ^b   Cau, M A ^b   Yoneda, M ^c   De Simone, G F ^d   Aoyagi, M ^c   Angelelli, C ^e   Matsuyama, S ^c   Takeuchi, K ^f   Di Pasquale, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

5th century; AMS radiocarbon dating; Charcoal analysis; Residue analysis; Timber; Wine

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BOTANY; CARBON ISOTOPE; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTURAL LANDSCAPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; TIMBER; WOODLAND;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; VESUVIUS;

JUGLANS;

EID: 82155175663     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.09.026     Document Type: Article

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