Humans and fire: Changing relations in early agricultural and built environments in the Zagros, Iran, Iraq

Anthropocene Review

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 107-139

  Matthews, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Archaeology; Built environment; Ecology; Fire; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

EID: 84997521681     PISSN: 20530196     EISSN: 2053020X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2053019616636134     Document Type: Review

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