Man, vegetation and climate during the Holocene in the territory of Sagalassos, Western Taurus Mountains, SW Turkey

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 21, Issue 4-5, 2012, Pages 249-266

  Bakker, Johan ^a   Paulissen, Etienne ^a   Kaniewski, David ^a,b   de Laet, Véronique ^a   Verstraeten, Gert ^a   Waelkens, Marc ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PAUL SABATIER   (France)

^c Sagalassos Archaeological Research Project   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Climate change; Holocene; Human impact; Pollen; Sagalassos

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905101090     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-011-0312-4     Document Type: Article

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