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A limestone landscape from the air: le Causse Méjean, Languedoc, France

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Peter Fowler
Peter Fowler*
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural & Environmental Science, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England
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Abstract

Reconnaissance on the southern edge of the Massif Central is studying field evidence which deepens appreciation of the present-day upland French landscape as not only ‘sauvage’ but also the product of long-term use.

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aerial photographyMassif CentralCausse Méjeanuplandslandscape
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Antiquity , Volume 73 , Issue 280 , June 1999 , pp. 411 - 419
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1999

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