Wood charcoal and seeds as indicators for animal husbandry in a wetland site during the late mesolithic-early neolithic transition period (Swifterbant culture, ca. 4600-4000 b.c.) in NW Belgium

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-60

  Deforce, Koen ^a,d   Bastiaens, Jan ^a   van Neer, Wim ^b,c   Ervynck, Anton ^a   Lentacker, An ^a   Sergant, Joris ^d   Crombé, Philippe ^d  

^a Flanders Heritage   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hedera helix; Leaf fodder; Neolithisation; Swifterbant culture; Viscum album

Indexed keywords

ALNUS; ANIMALIA; CORNUS; CORNUS SANGUINEA; CORYLUS AVELLANA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; MALUS; MALUS SYLVESTRIS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SPINOSA; QUERCUS; TILIA; TILIA SP.; ULMUS; VISCUM ALBUM;

EID: 84870690092     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-012-0354-2     Document Type: Article

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