Olea, Juglans and Castanea: The OJC group as pollen evidence of the development of human-induced environments in the Italian peninsula

Quaternary International

Volumn 303, Issue , 2013, Pages 24-42

  Mercuri, A M ^a   Bandini Mazzanti, M ^a   Florenzano, A ^a   Montecchi, M C ^a   Rattighieri, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; CULTIVATION; HOLOCENE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LATE GLACIAL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION HISTORY;

ITALIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; LAKE ALBANO; LAKE NEMI; LAZIO; ROMA [LAZIO];

CASTANEA; EMILIA; JUGLANS;

EID: 84879794879     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.005     Document Type: Article

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