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Reconstructing vegetation diversity in coastal landscapes /

"This dissertation delves into the reconstruction of past vegetation at the most detailed level. It is not the objective to focus solely on the developments in vegetation over time, but to create an image of the landscape that must have been visible to prehistoric people. Landscape and vegetati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schepers, Mans (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Groningen [Netherlands] : Barkhuis, 2014.
Colección:Advances in archaeobotany ; v. 1
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Cover; Table of contents; Chapter 1 General introduction; Chapter 2 An objective method based on assemblages of subfossil plant macro-remains to reconstruct past natural vegetation: a case study at Swifterbant, the Netherlands; Box 1 A pure sample; Chapter 3 Wet, wealthy worlds: The environment of the Swifterbant river system during the Neolithic occupation (4300-4000 cal. B.C.); Box 2 Why sample ditches?; Chapter 4 Dung Matters: An experimental study into the effectiveness of using dung from hay fed livestock to reconstruct local vegetation.
  • Chapter 5 A review of prehistoric and early historic mainland salt marsh vegetation in the Northern Netherlands based on the analysis of plant macrofossilsChapter 6 General discussion; References; Samenvatting; Dankwoord; List of publications; Affiliation of co-authors.