Fossil pollen reveals the secrets of the Royal Persian Garden at Ramat Rahel, Jerusalem

Palynology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 115-129

  Langgut, Dafna ^a   Gadot, Yuval ^a   Porat, Naomi ^b   Lipschits, Oded ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

ancient gardens; citron; exotic trees; Israel; Persian Period; pollen; Ramat Rahel

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; HABITAT TYPE; INVASIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLEN; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ISRAEL; JERUSALEM [ISRAEL];

BABYLONIA; CITRUS MEDICA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA; LILIUM; NYMPHAEA; POPULUS; SALIX; VITACEAE;

EID: 84879107391     PISSN: 01916122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01916122.2012.736418     Document Type: Article

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