Holocene semi-arid oak woodlands in the Irano-Anatolian region of Southwest Asia: Natural or anthropogenic?

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-182

  Asouti, Eleni ^a   Kabukcu, Ceren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anthracology; Crop progenitors; Human impact; Irano Anatolian vegetation; Neolithic; Oak steppe forest; Southwest asia

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION;

ANTHRACOLOGY; HUMAN IMPACT; NEOLITHIC; OAK STEPPE-FOREST; SOUTHWEST ASIA;

VEGETATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HOLOCENE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; PREHISTORIC; SEMIARID REGION; WOODLAND;

ANATOLIA; IRAN; TURKEY;

EID: 84896472968     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.03.001     Document Type: Article

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