Holocene Paleo-Geographic Reconstructions of the Ramore Head Area, Northern Ireland, Using Geophysical and Geotechnical Data: Paleo-Landscape Mapping and Archaeological Implications

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 411-430

  Westley, Kieran ^a   Plets, Ruth ^a   Quinn, Rory ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BOREHOLE; HOLOCENE; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MAPPING METHOD; MESOLITHIC; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; TRANSGRESSION;

NORTHERN IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84938569699     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.21489     Document Type: Article

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