Potential vegetation markers - analytical pyrolysis of modern plant species representative of Neolithic SE Spain

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 365-379

  Schellekens, Judith ^a,b   Barberá, Gonzalo G ^c   Buurman, Peter ^d  

^a INSTITUTO DE HISTORIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Extant plants; Mass spectra; Pyrolysis GC MS; Soil organic matter; SW Mediterranean

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BIOMARKER; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEOLITHIC; PYROLYSIS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; VEGETATION COVER;

SPAIN;

ANTHYLLIS CYTISOIDES; ASPHODELUS; BRACHYPODIUM RETUSUM; CISTUS ALBIDUS; CISTUS CLUSII; DORYCNIUM PENTAPHYLLUM; EPHEDRA FRAGILIS; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE; JUNIPERUS OXYCEDRUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; LATHYRUS CICERA; LATHYRUS SATIVUS; LENS CULINARIS; OLEA EUROPAEA; PHILLYREA ANGUSTIFOLIA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PISUM SATIVUM; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; RHAMNUS LYCIOIDES; ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS; SMILAX ASPERA; STIPA TENACISSIMA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM MONOCOCCUM; TRITICUM TIMOPHEEVII; TRITICUM TURGIDUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DICOCCUM; VICIA ERVILIA; VICIA FABA; VICIA SATIVA;

EID: 84867911724     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.08.036     Document Type: Article

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