Palynological interpretation of the Early Neolithic coastal open-air site at Sa Punta (central-western Sardinia, Italy)

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1260-1270

  Pittau, Paola ^a   Lugliè, Carlo ^b   Buosi, Carla ^a   Sanna, Ignazio ^c   Del Rio, Myriam ^a  

^a Dipartimento Scienze della Terra   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c Soprintendenza per i Beni Archeologici per le province di Cagliari e Oristano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early Neolithic; Holocene sea level rise; Paleoecology; Palynology; Sa Punta Marcedd ; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DATA INTERPRETATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LIVESTOCK FARMING; NEOLITHIC; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PHYTOLITH; RESEARCH WORK; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

ITALY; ORISTANO; SARDINIA; TERRALBA;

COPROPHILOUS; FUNGI;

EID: 84857112314     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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