Charcoal analyses as an environmental tool for the study of Early Medieval sunken houses infills in Roztoky near Prague, Czech Republic

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 808-817

  Novák, Jan ^a   Lisá, Lenka ^b   Pokorný, Petr ^c,d   Kuna, Martin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Anthracology; Early Medieval; Firewood; Geoarchaeology; Pollen analysis; Post depositional processes; Sunken houses; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CHARCOAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFILL; MEDIEVAL; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PALYNOLOGY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; VEGETATION;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84856394876     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.06.026     Document Type: Article

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