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Ancient Forests in Spain: A Model for Land-use and Dry Forest Management in South-west Spain from 4000 BC to 1900 AD

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 February 2014

A. C. Stevenson  and
R. J. Harrison
A. C. Stevenson
Affiliation:
Department of Geography, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
R. J. Harrison
Affiliation:
Department of Classics & Archaeology, University of Bristol, 11 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1TB
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Abstract

Five pollen diagrams from two mires in the province of Huelva in south-west Spain are re-evaluated in the light of 15 radiocarbon dates, and multivariate numerical analyses of modern and fossil pollen samples in the region. The results of these analyses suggest that managed woodland of dehesa type can be detected in pollen diagrams, and can be interpreted within the archaeological sequence known from the area.

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Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society , Volume 58 , Issue 1 , 1992 , pp. 227 - 247
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Copyright © The Prehistoric Society 1992

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