Testing of the consistency of the sieving (wash-over) process of waterlogged sediments by multiple operators

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 310-320

  Steiner, Bigna L ^a   Antolín, Ferran ^a   Jacomet, Stefanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Archaeobotany; Methodology; Wash over sieving; Waterlogged plant macroremains; Waterlogged sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925729044     PISSN: 2352409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2015.02.012     Document Type: Article

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