Archaeobotany at Oplontis: Woody remains from the Roman Villa of Poppaea (Naples, Italy)

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 397-408

  Moser, Daniela ^a,b   Allevato, Emilia ^b   Clarke, John R ^c   Di Pasquale, Gaetano ^b   Nelle, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies; Building timber; Cupressus sempervirens; Smilax aspera; Vesuvius area; Villa garden

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; PICEA ABIES; POPPEA; SMILAX; SMILAX ASPERA;

EID: 84881067729     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-012-0381-z     Document Type: Article

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