Holocene palaeoenvironmental change and the impact of prehistoric salt production in the Seille Valley, eastern France

Holocene

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 831-845

  Riddiford, Naomi G ^a,b   Branch, Nicholas P ^b   Green, Christopher P ^b   Armitage, Simon J ^a   Olivier, Laurent ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c Domaine national de Saint Germain en Laye   (France)

Author keywords

alluvial record; geochronology; human environment relationship; pollen; prehistoric salt production; Seille Valley

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; DATING METHOD; FLOODPLAIN; GEOACCUMULATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRON AGE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; SALT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FRANCE;

EID: 84863541171     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683611434221     Document Type: Article

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