Variety in cereal cultivation in the Late Bronze and Early Iron Ages in relation to environmental conditions

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1988-2000

  Dreslerová, Dagmar ^a   Kočár, Petr ^a   Chuman, Tomአ^b   Šefrna, Luděk ^b   PoniŠtiak, Štefan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ARCHAEOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Charred cereal grains; Crop husbandry; Czech Republic; Environment; Late Bronze Age Early Iron Age; Soils; Weather

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BRONZE AGE; CEREAL; CROP HUSBANDRY; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; IRON AGE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL QUALITY; SOIL TEMPERATURE;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84872712113     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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