Outputs (106)

Firewood, food and niche construction: the potential role of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in actively structuring Scotland's woodlands (2014)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2015). Firewood, food and niche construction: the potential role of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in actively structuring Scotland's woodlands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 108, 51-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.11.004

Over the past few decades the potential role of Mesolithic hunter–gatherers in actively constructing their own niches, through the management of wild plants, has frequently been discussed. It is probable that Mesolithic hunter–gatherers systematicall... Read More about Firewood, food and niche construction: the potential role of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in actively structuring Scotland's woodlands.

Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources from Norse period settlements in North Iceland (2014)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Church, M., Cook, G., Einarsson, Á., McGovern, T., Dugmore, A., & Edwards, K. (2014). Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources from Norse period settlements in North Iceland. Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume 7, 25-42

During the Viking Age, Norse peoples established settlements across the North Atlantic, colonizing the pristine and near-pristine landscapes of the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and the short-lived Vinland settlement in Newfoundland. Current Nor... Read More about Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources from Norse period settlements in North Iceland.

Seeds, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Mesolithic (2014)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2014). Seeds, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Mesolithic. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 143, 9-72

Over the past few decades, the potential importance of plants within European Mesolithic economies has frequently been discussed, but there has been little systematic consideration of the archaeobotanical evidence for Mesolithic plant consumption in... Read More about Seeds, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Mesolithic.

Expensive errors or rational choices: the pioneer fringe in Late Viking Age Iceland (2014)
Journal Article
Vésteinsson, O., Church, M., Dugmore, A., McGovern, T., & Newton, A. (2014). Expensive errors or rational choices: the pioneer fringe in Late Viking Age Iceland. Post Classical Archaeologies, 4, 39-68

Just as the colonies established on the North Atlantic islands in the Viking Age were peripheral to Europe, so these islands had their own peripheral areas. In Iceland the highland margins have long been a focus of archaeological research and the pre... Read More about Expensive errors or rational choices: the pioneer fringe in Late Viking Age Iceland.

Radiocarbon dates associated with the Scottish History and Archaeology Department, National Museums Scotland, 2012/13 (2014)
Journal Article
Sheridan, J., Cowie, T., Bradley, R., Church, M., Garrow, D., Flint, J., …Naysmith, P. (2014). Radiocarbon dates associated with the Scottish History and Archaeology Department, National Museums Scotland, 2012/13. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 15, 209-211

Gleann Mor Barabhais (2014)
Journal Article
Piper, S., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2014). Gleann Mor Barabhais. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 15,

A charcoal-rich horizon at Ø69, Greenland: Evidence for vegetation burning during the Norse landnám? (2013)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., Dugmore, A., Madsen, C., & Møller, N. (2013). A charcoal-rich horizon at Ø69, Greenland: Evidence for vegetation burning during the Norse landnám?. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(11), 3890-3902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.012

It is often assumed that the colonisation of Greenland by Norse settlers in c. A.D. 985 had a sudden and dramatic effect on the environment, involving substantial vegetation clearance and environmental degradation. Consequently, it has been argued th... Read More about A charcoal-rich horizon at Ø69, Greenland: Evidence for vegetation burning during the Norse landnám?.

Re-deposited cryptotephra layers in Holocene peats linked to anthropogenic activity (2013)
Journal Article
Swindles, G., Galloway, J., Outram, Z., Turner, K., Schofield, J., Newton, A., …Bashford, D. (2013). Re-deposited cryptotephra layers in Holocene peats linked to anthropogenic activity. Holocene, 23(10), 1493-1501. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683613489586

Tephra layers can form useful age-equivalent stratigraphic markers for correlating palaeoenvironmental sequences and they provide information about the spatio-temporal nature of past volcanic ash fall events. The use of microscopic ‘cryptotephra’ lay... Read More about Re-deposited cryptotephra layers in Holocene peats linked to anthropogenic activity.

The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands (2013)
Journal Article
Church, M., Arge, S., Edwards, K., Ascough, P., Bond, J., Cook, G., …Simpson, I. (2013). The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011

We report on the earliest archaeological evidence from the Faroe Islands, placing human colonization in the 4th–6th centuries AD, at least 300–500 years earlier than previously demonstrated archaeologically. The evidence consists of an extensive wind... Read More about The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands.

Excavations at Hamar and Underhoull (2013)
Book Chapter
Bond, J., Dockrill, S., Outram, Z., Batey, C., Summers, J., Friel, R., …Simpson, I. (2013). Excavations at Hamar and Underhoull. In V. Turner, J. Bond, & A. Larsen (Eds.), Viking Unst: Excavation and Survey in Northern Shetland 2006-2010 (123-179). Shetland Heritage Publications