The holocene: An environmental history, Neil Roberts, 1989, Basil Blackwell, x + 227 pp., $60.00 (clothbound), $15.95 (paperbound)

✍ Scribed by William R. Farrand

• Book ID: 102225918
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 224 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0883-6353
• DOI: 10.1002/gea.3340050410

✦ Synopsis

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as a separate phenomenon just because those who excavated it found it distinct from other types of finds. In order to arrive at credible and broad-based interpretations of the skills and resources of ancient cultures, the archaeological and scientific communities must view and assess the historical development of any specific material, and thus metal, in correlation with developments in other types of materials. The time to do this has come.