PREHISTORIC CHARCOAL IN PEAT PROFILES AT NORTH-GILL, NORTH-YORKSHIRE-MOORS, ENGLAND

Authors
SIMMONS IG INNES JB
Citation
Ig. Simmons et Jb. Innes, PREHISTORIC CHARCOAL IN PEAT PROFILES AT NORTH-GILL, NORTH-YORKSHIRE-MOORS, ENGLAND, Journal of archaeological science, 23(2), 1996, pp. 193-197
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
Journal of archaeological science → ACNP
ISSN journal
03054403
Volume
23
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
193 - 197
Database
ISI
SICI code
0305-4403(1996)23:2<193:PCIPPA>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In the multiprofile sequence at North Gill, North Yorkshire, charcoal has been recognized in the profiles and its stratigraphic and spatial occurrences during the mid-Holocene are discussed here. Two size class es are recognized and their relationships and possible origins discuss ed; the relation of the whole to questions of fire management by hunte r-gatherer cultures in north-west Europe is also addressed. (C) 1996 A cademic Press Limited