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Does enclosure make a difference? A view from the Balkans (2006)
Book Chapter
Chapman, J., Gaydarska, B., & Hardy, K. (2006). Does enclosure make a difference? A view from the Balkans. In A. Harding, S. Sievers, & N. Venclová (Eds.), Enclosing the past : inside and outside in prehistory (20-43). J. R. Collis

Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c.1000 AD (2006)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Cook, G., Church, M., Dugmore, A., Arge, S., & McGovern, T. (2006). Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c.1000 AD. Holocene, 16(1), 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683606hl913rr

14C age measurements made on samples from three archaeological sites located on North Atlantic coasts were used to investigate the marine reservoir effect (MRE) at c.1000 AD. This is an important period within human cultural and paleoenvironmental re... Read More about Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c.1000 AD.

Stable isotope palaeodiet study of humans and fauna from the multi-period (Iron Age, Viking and Late Medieval) site of Newark Bay, Orkney (2006)
Journal Article
Richards, M., Fuller, B., & Molleson, T. (2006). Stable isotope palaeodiet study of humans and fauna from the multi-period (Iron Age, Viking and Late Medieval) site of Newark Bay, Orkney. Journal of Archaeological Science, 33(1), 122-131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2005.07.003

We report here on stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements of human and faunal bone collagen from the Iron Age, Viking Age, and Late Medieval site of Newark Bay, Orkney, Scotland. We found a wide range of results for humans in both δ13C (−15.4... Read More about Stable isotope palaeodiet study of humans and fauna from the multi-period (Iron Age, Viking and Late Medieval) site of Newark Bay, Orkney.

Consolidation, reconstruction and the interpretation of megalithic monuments (2006)
Journal Article
Scarre, C. (2006). Consolidation, reconstruction and the interpretation of megalithic monuments. Arkeos perspectivas em diálogo, 16, 13-44

Megalithic monuments are visible and enduring marks upon the landscape. From this it follows that the archaeologist who excavates one cannot simply close the project by backfilling the trenches and returning the site to arable or pasture: the preserv... Read More about Consolidation, reconstruction and the interpretation of megalithic monuments.

Agrarian spaces in Roman Italy: society, economy and Mediterranean agriculture (2006)
Journal Article
Witcher, R. (2006). Agrarian spaces in Roman Italy: society, economy and Mediterranean agriculture. Arqueología espacial, 26, 341-359

This article aims to explore some of the wealth of evidence for the diversity of agrarian landscapes in Roman Italy. It takes as it starting point, several recent contributions to the debate about the history and ecology of the Mediterranean and Rome... Read More about Agrarian spaces in Roman Italy: society, economy and Mediterranean agriculture.