Partial solutions to partially understood problems - The experience of in situ monitoring and preservation in somerset's peatlands

Conservation and Management of Archaeological Sites

Volumn 14, Issue 1-4, 2012, Pages 397-405

  Brunning, Richard ^a  

^a Somerset Heritage Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Monitoring; Peat; Prehistoric; Preservation; Somerset; Waterlogged; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873932056     PISSN: 13505033     EISSN: 17535522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1350503312Z.00000000035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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