Land use from seasonal archaeological sites: The archaeobotanical evidence of small roman farmhouses in Cinigiano, South-Eastern Tuscany - Central Italy

Annali di Botanica

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 207-215

  Rattighieri, E ^a   Rinaldi, R ^a   Mercuri, A M ^a   Bowes, K ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b American Academy in Rome   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaeological sites; NPPs; Palynology; Roman peasants; Tuscany

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; FUNGI;

EID: 84923571834     PISSN: 03650812     EISSN: 22393129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4462/annbotrm-10267     Document Type: Article

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