Prehistoric Enviornment of Fornsigtuna
A Palaeoecological Study of the Land-Use History at Signhilsberg


By Thomas Hammar
September 1999
Royal Swedish Academy of Letters
ISBN: 9174022946
47 pages. Illustrated. 6 5/8 x 9 1/2"
$19.95 Paper original

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Archaeological background
Introduction and description of the investigated area
Topography and geology
Climate, vegetation and landscape
The shore displacement
Site description
Methods
Loss-on-ignition
Radiocarbon dating
Pollen analysis
Construction of diagrams and zone division
Result of the radiocarbon dating
The pollen diagram from Shore fen
Zone 1
Zone 2
Phases of land-use history
The pollen diagram from Hatunaviken
Conclusion and summary
Acknowledgements
References
Appendix 1
Sammanfattning

Paleontology
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