What is it about?

baccata (yew) and the human social customs and traditions relating to this tree in southwest Europe. Pollen and archaeobotanical (charcoal, seeds and manufactured tools) evidence supplemented by some data from ethnographical sources have been considered in an integrated approach focused on the Holocene

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Why is it important?

This work contribute to the palaeobotanical reconstructions of yew in Europe

Perspectives

This work must be added to other palaeobotanical investigations about this tree throughout Europe in order to elaborate a map which contains its palaeogeographical distribution

PhD Paloma Uzquiano Ollero
Universidad Nacional de Educacion a Distancia

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This page is a summary of: All about yew: on the trail of Taxus baccata in southwest Europe by means of integrated palaeobotanical and archaeobotanical studies, Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-014-0475-x.
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