Preliminary report on a mid-19th century Cannabis pollen peak in NE Spain: Historical context and potential chronological significance

Holocene

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1378-1383

  Rull, Valentí ^a   Vegas Vilarrúbia, Teresa ^b  

^a INSTITUT BOTÀNIC DE BARCELONA IBB CSIC ICUB   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cannabis; hemp; high resolution dating; historical records; laminated sediments; last centuries; pollen acme; varve chronology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908681857     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: 14770911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959683614540964     Document Type: Article

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