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Non-pollen palynomorph assemblages in mid- to late Holocene wetland deposits and their palaeoenvironments of deposition: Microfossil signatures in sediment sequences of the Yangtze Delta coastal lowlands, East China (2024)
Journal Article
Innes, J., & Zong, Y. (2024). Non-pollen palynomorph assemblages in mid- to late Holocene wetland deposits and their palaeoenvironments of deposition: Microfossil signatures in sediment sequences of the Yangtze Delta coastal lowlands, East China. Geomorphology, 449, Article 109047. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.109047

Fluvial processes such as sediment deposition within drainage channels and seasonal overbank flooding, and fluvial events such as occasional high intensity floods all leave particular sedimentary signatures in terms of their lithology and also in the... Read More about Non-pollen palynomorph assemblages in mid- to late Holocene wetland deposits and their palaeoenvironments of deposition: Microfossil signatures in sediment sequences of the Yangtze Delta coastal lowlands, East China.

Testing the presence of cereal-type pollen grains in coastal pre-Elm Decline peat deposits: Fine-resolution palynology at Roudsea Wood, Cumbria, UK (2024)
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Innes, J., Rutherford, M., Ryan, P., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Blackford, J. (2024). Testing the presence of cereal-type pollen grains in coastal pre-Elm Decline peat deposits: Fine-resolution palynology at Roudsea Wood, Cumbria, UK. Holocene, 34(4), 420-437. https://doi.org/10.1177/09596836231219461

By the time of the Mid-Holocene Ulmus pollen decline (UD) ca. 5100 14C bp (ca. 5900 cal. BP), the Neolithic was becoming well established in Britain and Ireland. The importance of cereal cultivation as part of the initial neolithization process in th... Read More about Testing the presence of cereal-type pollen grains in coastal pre-Elm Decline peat deposits: Fine-resolution palynology at Roudsea Wood, Cumbria, UK.

Disturbance and Succession in Early to Mid-Holocene Northern English Forests: Palaeoecological Evidence for Disturbance of Woodland Ecosystems by Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherers (2023)
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Innes, J. B., & Blackford, J. J. (2023). Disturbance and Succession in Early to Mid-Holocene Northern English Forests: Palaeoecological Evidence for Disturbance of Woodland Ecosystems by Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherers. Forests, 14(4), Article 719. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14040719

Forest succession can be monitored in the present, modelled for the future, but also reconstructed in the past on the records of forest history, including through the use of palaeo-ecological techniques. Longer-term records from pollen data can show... Read More about Disturbance and Succession in Early to Mid-Holocene Northern English Forests: Palaeoecological Evidence for Disturbance of Woodland Ecosystems by Mesolithic Hunter-Gatherers.

Early to Mid-Holocene Tree Immigration and Spread in the Isle of Man: The Roles of Climate and Other Factors (2023)
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Chiverrell, R. C., Innes, J. B., Blackford, J. J., Davey, P. J., Roberts, D. H., Rutherford, M. M., …Turner, S. D. (2023). Early to Mid-Holocene Tree Immigration and Spread in the Isle of Man: The Roles of Climate and Other Factors. Quaternary, 6(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat6010003

The Isle of Man is a large island which lies in the middle of the northern Irish Sea between Britain and Ireland and, because of its insularity and size, has an impoverished flora compared with the two main islands. This has been the case throughout... Read More about Early to Mid-Holocene Tree Immigration and Spread in the Isle of Man: The Roles of Climate and Other Factors.

Lateglacial to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History in the Eastern Vale of Pickering, Northeast Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Palaeolake Flixton (2022)
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Simmons, I. G., Cummins, G. E., Taylor, B., & Innes, J. B. (2022). Lateglacial to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History in the Eastern Vale of Pickering, Northeast Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Palaeolake Flixton. Quaternary, 5(4), Article 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat5040052

Palaeolake Flixton, in the eastern Vale of Pickering in northeast Yorkshire, UK, existed as open water during the Lateglacial and early to mid-Holocene, until hydroseral succession and gradual terrestrialisation changed it to an area of fen and basin... Read More about Lateglacial to Mid-Holocene Vegetation History in the Eastern Vale of Pickering, Northeast Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Palaeolake Flixton.

History of Mid- and Late Holocene Palaeofloods in the Yangtze Coastal Lowlands, East China: Evaluation of Non-Pollen Palynomorph Evidence, Review and Synthesis (2021)
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Innes, J. B., & Zong, Y. (2021). History of Mid- and Late Holocene Palaeofloods in the Yangtze Coastal Lowlands, East China: Evaluation of Non-Pollen Palynomorph Evidence, Review and Synthesis. Quaternary, 4(3), Article 21. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4030021

The surface of the lowland deltaic plain around Taihu (Lake Tai), south of the Yangtze river mouth in eastern China, lies near sea level and until recent drainage and development by human societies was mostly covered by wetlands of various types. It... Read More about History of Mid- and Late Holocene Palaeofloods in the Yangtze Coastal Lowlands, East China: Evaluation of Non-Pollen Palynomorph Evidence, Review and Synthesis.

Bronze Age and Later Vegetation History on the Limestone Tabular Hills of North-East Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Dalby Forest (2021)
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Simmons, I., Innes, J., Appleyard, A., & Ryan, P. (2021). Bronze Age and Later Vegetation History on the Limestone Tabular Hills of North-East Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Dalby Forest. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 93(1), 34-62. https://doi.org/10.1080/00844276.2021.1917895

This paper presents the results of palynological investigations on the limestone Tabular Hills of the North York Moors in north-east England. These limestone areas have the highest concentration of post-Mesolithic archaeological sites in this upland... Read More about Bronze Age and Later Vegetation History on the Limestone Tabular Hills of North-East Yorkshire, UK: Pollen Diagrams from Dalby Forest.

A Detailed Record of Deglacial and Early Post-Glacial Fluvial Evolution: The River Ure in North Yorkshire, UK (2021)
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Innes, J., Mitchell, W., O’Brien, C., Roberts, D., Rutherford, M., & Bridgland, D. (2021). A Detailed Record of Deglacial and Early Post-Glacial Fluvial Evolution: The River Ure in North Yorkshire, UK. Quaternary, 4(1), Article 9. https://doi.org/10.3390/quat4010009

The lower reaches of the River Ure, on the flanks of the Pennine Hills in northern England, contain sedimentary and erosional landforms that are a record of fluvial activity during deglaciation and valley-glacier retreat at the end of the last (Deven... Read More about A Detailed Record of Deglacial and Early Post-Glacial Fluvial Evolution: The River Ure in North Yorkshire, UK.

Multi-profile fine-resolution palynology of Late Mesolithic to Bronze Age peat at Cat Stones, Rishworth Moor, Central Pennines, UK (2020)
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Albert, B. M., Innes, J. B., & Blackford, J. J. (2021). Multi-profile fine-resolution palynology of Late Mesolithic to Bronze Age peat at Cat Stones, Rishworth Moor, Central Pennines, UK. Holocene, 31(3), 483-501. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683620972768

Palynological data from three radiocarbon dated peat profiles at Rishworth Moor in the Pennine hills of northern England provide a record of vegetation change and human impacts in the Late Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. All three cultu... Read More about Multi-profile fine-resolution palynology of Late Mesolithic to Bronze Age peat at Cat Stones, Rishworth Moor, Central Pennines, UK.

On the distinction of pollen grains of early varieties of Hordeum from Glyceria species: addressing the early cereal cultivation problem in palynology (2019)
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Albert, B. M., & Innes, J. B. (2020). On the distinction of pollen grains of early varieties of Hordeum from Glyceria species: addressing the early cereal cultivation problem in palynology. Palynology, 44(2), 369-381. https://doi.org/10.1080/01916122.2019.1589593

Pollen grains of primitive varieties of Hordeum vulgare collected by the Gene Bank of the Crop Research Institute, Prague, are compared to pollen of native Glyceria species of the United Kingdom with a view to establishing separation criteria. It is... Read More about On the distinction of pollen grains of early varieties of Hordeum from Glyceria species: addressing the early cereal cultivation problem in palynology.

What was the ecological impact of a Trypillia mega-site occupation? Multi-proxy palaeo-environmental investigations at Nebelivka, Ukraine (2019)
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Albert, B., Innes, J., Krementskiy, K., Millard, A., Gaydarska, B., Nebbia, M., & Chapman, J. (2020). What was the ecological impact of a Trypillia mega-site occupation? Multi-proxy palaeo-environmental investigations at Nebelivka, Ukraine. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 29(1), 15-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-019-00730-9

Fine-resolution sampling of pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs and microcharcoal as well as sedimentological data in a 6-m sediment core were used to reconstruct both natural conditions and human impacts in the late fifth and early fourth millennia cal... Read More about What was the ecological impact of a Trypillia mega-site occupation? Multi-proxy palaeo-environmental investigations at Nebelivka, Ukraine.

Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses of Upper Holocene sediments from Dianshan, Yangtze coastal lowlands, China: Hydrology, vegetation history and human activity (2019)
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Innes, J. B., Zong, Y., Xiong, H., Wang, Z., & Chen, Z. (2019). Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses of Upper Holocene sediments from Dianshan, Yangtze coastal lowlands, China: Hydrology, vegetation history and human activity. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 523, 30-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.03.009

The coastal deltaic plain of the Yangtze River between Taihu (Lake Tai) and Shanghai in eastern China has been the scene of human settlement and agriculture since the early Neolithic, becoming increasingly intensive in the Upper Holocene when delta a... Read More about Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses of Upper Holocene sediments from Dianshan, Yangtze coastal lowlands, China: Hydrology, vegetation history and human activity.

Palynology of Iron Age and Gallo-Roman archaeological sediments from Beaurieux Les Grèves, Aisne, France (2018)
Journal Article
Innes, J. B., & Haselgrove, C. C. (2019). Palynology of Iron Age and Gallo-Roman archaeological sediments from Beaurieux Les Grèves, Aisne, France. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 28(4), 399-416. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-018-0704-9

Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analyses conducted on archaeological sediments from ditches and pits are used to investigate land-use and vegetation history around the long-lived rural settlement of Beaurieux Les Grèves in the Aisne valley, Picardy... Read More about Palynology of Iron Age and Gallo-Roman archaeological sediments from Beaurieux Les Grèves, Aisne, France.

Deglaciation chronology of the North Pennines. (2017)
Book Chapter
Livingstone, S., Roberts, D., Innes, J., Evans, D., Davies, B., & O'Cofaigh, C. (2017). Deglaciation chronology of the North Pennines. In D. Evans (Ed.), The Quaternary landscape History of Teesdale and the North Pennines: Field Guide (64-67). Quaternary Research Association

Parrick House – a postglacial palaeoenvironmental archive (2017)
Book Chapter
Innes, J., & Evans, D. (2017). Parrick House – a postglacial palaeoenvironmental archive. In D. Evans (Ed.), The Quaternary Landscape History of Teesdale and the North Pennines: Field Guide (186-192). Quaternary Research Association

Vegetation history of Upper Teesdale. (2017)
Book Chapter
Innes, J. (2017). Vegetation history of Upper Teesdale. In D. Evans (Ed.), The Quaternary Landscape History of Teesdale and the North Pennines: Field Guide (76-87). Quaternary Research Association

Palynology and the study of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the British Isles (2017)
Book Chapter
Innes, J., & Blackford, J. (2017). Palynology and the study of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the British Isles. In M. Williams, T. Hill, I. Boomer, & I. Wilkinson (Eds.), The archaeological and forensic applications of microfossils : a deeper understanding of human history (55-78). The Geological Society. https://doi.org/10.1144/tms007

The transition from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to Neolithic agriculturalists was one of the most important turning points in human history. The economic base, material culture, population levels, settlement patterns and world views were transformed,... Read More about Palynology and the study of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the British Isles.

Quantitative Holocene climatic reconstructions for the lower Yangtze region of China (2017)
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Li, J., Dodson, J., Yan, H., Wang, W., Innes, J., Zong, Y., …Lu, F. (2018). Quantitative Holocene climatic reconstructions for the lower Yangtze region of China. Climate Dynamics, 50(3-4), 1101-1113. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-017-3664-3

Quantitative proxy-based and high-resolution palaeoclimatic datasets are scarce for the lower reaches of the Yangtze River (LYR) basin. This region is in a transitional vegetation zone which is climatologically sensitive; and as a birthplace for preh... Read More about Quantitative Holocene climatic reconstructions for the lower Yangtze region of China.

Holocene landscapes at Low Hauxley (2016)
Book Chapter
Innes, J., Tipping, R., & Waddington, C. (2016). Holocene landscapes at Low Hauxley. In C. Waddington, & C. Bonsall (Eds.), Archaeology and Environment on the North Sea Littoral. A Case Study from Low Hauxley (246-253). Archaeological Research Services and Northumberland Wildlife Trust