First comprehensive peat depositional records for tin, lead and copper associated with the antiquity of Europe's largest cassiterite deposits

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 717-727

  Meharg, Andrew A ^a   Edwards, Kevin J ^a   Schofield, J Edward ^a   Raab, Andrea ^a   Feldmann, Joerg ^a   Moran, Annette ^a   Bryant, Charlotte L ^b   Thornton, Barry ^c   Dawson, Julian J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anglo Saxon; Cornwall; Dartmoor; Peat geochemistry; Roman; Tin

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BRONZE AGE; CASSITERITE; COPPER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; EXPLOITATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIAL HISTORY; LEAD; ORE DEPOSIT; PEAT; PEATLAND; TIN; TRADE FLOW;

BODMIN MOOR; CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; DARTMOOR; DEVON; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 83655167018     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.10.037     Document Type: Article

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