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Decay of delicate organic remains in shallow urban deposits: are we at a watershed?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Harry Kenward  and
Allan Hall
Harry Kenward
Affiliation:
Environmental Archaeology Unit (EAU), Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, England. [email protected]@york.ac.uk.
Allan Hall
Affiliation:
Environmental Archaeology Unit (EAU), Department of Biology, University of York, PO Box 373, York YO10 5YW, England. [email protected]@york.ac.uk.
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What conditions preserve archaeology, and what conditions accelerate decay? Here experts from York, using the wealth of experience and data gathered from that city, discuss the issues.

Keywords

stratigraphydecayurban depositswater levelsYorkorganic materials
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Antiquity , Volume 74 , Issue 285 , September 2000 , pp. 519 - 525
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2000

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