Archaeological and environmental evidence for Roman impact on vegetation near Carlisle, Cumbria: A comment on McCarthy

The Holocene

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 243-245

  Dumayne Peaty, Lisa ^a   Barber, Keith ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

archae ology; Carlisle; Cumbria; human impact; Pollen analysis; Romans; vegetation history

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992784268     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/095968369700700214     Document Type: Article

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