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The role of geoarchaeology in the interpretation of fragmented buildings and occupation surfaces: The case of coastal settlements in northeast Scotland (2023)
Journal Article
Reid, V., Milek, K., O'Brien, C., Sveinbjarnarson, Ó. G., & Noble, G. (2024). The role of geoarchaeology in the interpretation of fragmented buildings and occupation surfaces: The case of coastal settlements in northeast Scotland. Geoarchaeology, 39(3), 238-267. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21990

Around the world, poorly preserved buildings and occupation deposits often represent the primary evidence for archaeological structures and settlements. Integrated geoarchaeological methods, such as soil chemistry and micromorphology, can be used to... Read More about The role of geoarchaeology in the interpretation of fragmented buildings and occupation surfaces: The case of coastal settlements in northeast Scotland.

Revealing the invisible floor: Integrated geoarchaeological analyses of ephemeral occupation surfaces at an early medieval farmhouse in upland Perthshire, Scotland (2023)
Journal Article
Reid, V., Milek, K., O'Brien, C., Sneddon, D., & Strachan, D. (2023). Revealing the invisible floor: Integrated geoarchaeological analyses of ephemeral occupation surfaces at an early medieval farmhouse in upland Perthshire, Scotland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 159, Article 105825. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2023.105825

Poorly defined occupation surfaces restrict the ability to interpret the use of space in archaeological structures and settlements around the world. Integrated geoarchaeological methods, such as soil chemistry and micromorphology, can provide informa... Read More about Revealing the invisible floor: Integrated geoarchaeological analyses of ephemeral occupation surfaces at an early medieval farmhouse in upland Perthshire, Scotland.

Geochemical ­Prospection­ and the Identification ­of Site­ Activity ­Areas (2023)
Book Chapter
Milek, K., Heron, C., Armitage, R. A., & Manoukian, N. (2023). Geochemical ­Prospection­ and the Identification ­of Site­ Activity ­Areas. In M. Pollard, R. A. Armitage, & C. A. Makarewicz (Eds.), Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (1025-1044). (2nd Edition). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119592112.ch51

The archaeological record is much more than distinct, intentionally produced features and objects, such as buildings, earthworks, hearths, ditches, pits, artefacts, and ecofacts. The analysis of spatial patterning in the geochemistry of soils and sed... Read More about Geochemical ­Prospection­ and the Identification ­of Site­ Activity ­Areas.

A multiproxy approach to long-term herbivore grazing dynamics in peatlands based on pollen, coprophilous fungi and faecal biomarkers (2022)
Journal Article
Davies, A., Harrault, L., Milek, K., McClymont, E., Dallimer, M., Hamilton, A., & Warburton, J. (2022). A multiproxy approach to long-term herbivore grazing dynamics in peatlands based on pollen, coprophilous fungi and faecal biomarkers. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 598, Article 111032. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2022.111032

Herbivory plays a significant role in regulating many contemporary terrestrial plant ecosystems, but remains an imperfectly understood component of past ecosystem dynamics because the diagnostic capability of methods is still being tested and refined... Read More about A multiproxy approach to long-term herbivore grazing dynamics in peatlands based on pollen, coprophilous fungi and faecal biomarkers.

Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia (2022)
Journal Article
Harrault, L., Milek, K., Huguet, A., Anquetil, C., & Anderson, D. (2022). Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia. Organic Geochemistry, 167, Article 104407. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.orggeochem.2022.104407

Arctic reindeer herders demonstrate resilience to climate fluctuations by adjusting their pastoral practices to changing environments. The multiple phases of occupation at one of the oldest identified reindeer-herding sites, I͡Arte 6 on the I͡Amal pe... Read More about Preserved lipid signatures in palaeosols help to distinguish the impacts of palaeoclimate and indigenous peoples on palaeovegetation in northwest Siberia.

Revealing the invisible dead: integrated bio-geoarchaeological profiling exposes human and animal remains in a seemingly ‘empty’ Viking-Age burial (2022)
Journal Article
Sulas, F., Schifter Bagge, M., Enevold, R., Harrault, L., Kristiansen, S. M., Ljungberg, T., …Sindbæk, S. M. (2022). Revealing the invisible dead: integrated bio-geoarchaeological profiling exposes human and animal remains in a seemingly ‘empty’ Viking-Age burial. Journal of Archaeological Science, 141, Article 105589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105589

Recent investigations of an apparently ‘empty,’ partly disturbed Viking chamber grave in Denmark (Fregerslev II, dated around the mid-10th century CE) provided an opportunity to develop a novel multi-scale and multi-method analysis of burial and post... Read More about Revealing the invisible dead: integrated bio-geoarchaeological profiling exposes human and animal remains in a seemingly ‘empty’ Viking-Age burial.

Risk and resources: an evaluation of the ability of national soil datasets to predict post-depositional processes in archaeological sites and heritage at risk (2021)
Journal Article
Reid, V., & Milek, K. (2021). Risk and resources: an evaluation of the ability of national soil datasets to predict post-depositional processes in archaeological sites and heritage at risk. Heritage, 4(2), 725-758. https://doi.org/10.3390/heritage4020041

Previous studies have demonstrated the vast range of physical, chemical and biological processes that influence the preservation of archaeological sites, yet characterisation at the site-level remains largely unexplored. National datasets on soil typ... Read More about Risk and resources: an evaluation of the ability of national soil datasets to predict post-depositional processes in archaeological sites and heritage at risk.

The archaeology of a landslide: Unravelling the Azores earthquake disaster of 1522 and its consequences (2021)
Journal Article
Gerrard, C., Forlin, P., Froude, M., Petley, D., Gutierrez, A., Treasure, E., …Oliveira, N. (2021). The archaeology of a landslide: Unravelling the Azores earthquake disaster of 1522 and its consequences. European Journal of Archaeology, 24(3), 388-411. https://doi.org/10.1017/eaa.2021.4

The multidisciplinary research described here shows how archaeologists can help reconstruct past seismic episodes and understand the subsequent relief operation, rehabilitation, and reconstruction processes. In October 1522, a major earthquake and la... Read More about The archaeology of a landslide: Unravelling the Azores earthquake disaster of 1522 and its consequences.

The Late Iron Age occupation (BA): soil micromorphology (2020)
Book Chapter
Munro, K., & Milek, K. (2020). The Late Iron Age occupation (BA): soil micromorphology. In N. Sharples (Ed.), A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (37-42). Oxbow Books

Deposits in the entrance passage (BEG): Soil micromorphology (2020)
Book Chapter
Milek, K., & Munro, K. (2020). Deposits in the entrance passage (BEG): Soil micromorphology. In N. Sharples (Ed.), A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (354-357). Oxbow Books

House 3 pre-floor features (BEB): Soil micromorphology (2020)
Book Chapter
Milek, K., & Munro, K. (2020). House 3 pre-floor features (BEB): Soil micromorphology. In N. Sharples (Ed.), A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (311-313). Oxbow Books

The final occupation of the settlement: Soil micromorphology (2020)
Book Chapter
Milek, K., & Munro, K. (2020). The final occupation of the settlement: Soil micromorphology. In N. Sharples (Ed.), A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (506-510). Oxbow Books

The ancillary structures (GC): Soil micromorphology (2020)
Book Chapter
Milek, K., & Munro, K. (2020). The ancillary structures (GC): Soil micromorphology. In N. Sharples (Ed.), A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (409-412). Oxbow Books

The south hearth (GAC): Soil micromorphology (2020)
Book Chapter
Munro, K., & Milek, K. (2020). The south hearth (GAC): Soil micromorphology. In N. Sharples (Ed.), A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (107-110). Oxbow Books

House 3 soil micromorphology (2020)
Book Chapter
Milek, K., & Munro, K. (2020). House 3 soil micromorphology. In N. Sharples (Ed.), A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (344-353). Oxbow Books

The Early Norse occupation (BB): Soil micromorphology (2020)
Book Chapter
Munro, K., & Milek, K. (2020). The Early Norse occupation (BB): Soil micromorphology. In N. Sharples (Ed.), A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides: Excavations on Mounds 2 and 2A, Bornais, South Uist (68-75). Oxbow Books

New perspectives on the structure of the Antonine Wall (2020)
Book Chapter
Romankiewicz, T., Milek, K., Beckett, C., Russell, B., & Snyder, J. R. (2020). New perspectives on the structure of the Antonine Wall. In D. J. Breeze, & W. S. Hanson (Eds.), The Antonine Wall: Papers in honour of Professor Lawrence Keppie (121-141). Archaeopress

Animal domestication in the high Arctic: Hunting and holding reindeer on the I͡Amal peninsula, northwest Siberia (2019)
Journal Article
Anderson, D. G., Harrault, L., Milek, K. B., Forbes, B. C., Kuoppamaa, M., & Plekhanov, A. V. (2019). Animal domestication in the high Arctic: Hunting and holding reindeer on the I͡Amal peninsula, northwest Siberia. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 55, Article 101079. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaa.2019.101079

The history of animal domestication in the Arctic is often represented as marginal or a weak copy of more complex pastoral situations in southern climes. This article re-assesses the classic archaeological site of I͡Arte 6 on the I͡Amal Peninsula of... Read More about Animal domestication in the high Arctic: Hunting and holding reindeer on the I͡Amal peninsula, northwest Siberia.