The influence of environmental changes on local and regional vegetation patterns at Rieme (NW Belgium): Implications for Final Palaeolithic habitation

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 17-38

  Bos, Johanna A A ^a   Verbruggen, Frederike ^a   Engels, Stefan ^b   Crombé, Philippe ^c  

^a ADC ArcheoProjecten   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chironomids; Climate change; Lake level fluctuations; Late glacial; LOI; Macroremains; Multi proxy; Pollen; Small scale vegetation patterns

Indexed keywords

CHIRONOMIDAE; HIPPOPHAE RHAMNOIDES; JUNIPERUS; RHAMNACEAE; SALIX;

EID: 84870691618     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-012-0356-0     Document Type: Article

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