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Neolithic farming and wild plant exploitation in western Britain: archaeobotanical and crop stable isotope evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC) (2019)
Journal Article
Treasure, E., Gröcke, D., Caseldine, A., & Church, M. (2019). Neolithic farming and wild plant exploitation in western Britain: archaeobotanical and crop stable isotope evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC). Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 85, 193-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2019.12

The introduction of agriculture is a key defining element of the Neolithic, yet considerable debate persists concerning the nature and significance of early farming practices in north-west Europe. This paper reviews archaeobotanical evidence from 95... Read More about Neolithic farming and wild plant exploitation in western Britain: archaeobotanical and crop stable isotope evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC).

Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe (2019)
Journal Article
Frantz, L. A., Haile, J., Lin, A. T., Scheu, A., Geörg, C., Benecke, N., …Larson, G. (2019). Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(35), 17231-17238. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1901169116

Archaeological evidence indicates that pig domestication had begun by ∼10,500 y before the present (BP) in the Near East, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) suggests that pigs arrived in Europe alongside farmers ∼8,500 y BP. A few thousand years after the... Read More about Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe.

'Carbonised plant macrofossils' in Hunter, 'Context for a carnyx: excavation of a long-lived ritual site at Leitchestown, Deskford, Moray, northeast Scotland' (2019)
Journal Article
Church, M. (2019). 'Carbonised plant macrofossils' in Hunter, 'Context for a carnyx: excavation of a long-lived ritual site at Leitchestown, Deskford, Moray, northeast Scotland'. Archaeological Journal, 176(2), 309-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2019.1607043

Vikings, peat and settlement abandonment: a multi-method chronological approach from Shetland (2019)
Journal Article
Swindles, G., Outram, Z., Batt, C., Hamilton, W., Church, M., Bond, J., …Dugmore, A. (2019). Vikings, peat and settlement abandonment: a multi-method chronological approach from Shetland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 210, 211-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.02.026

Understanding the chronology of Norse settlement is crucial for deciphering the archaeology of many sites across the North Atlantic region and developing a timeline of human-environment interactions. There is ambiguity in the chronology of settlement... Read More about Vikings, peat and settlement abandonment: a multi-method chronological approach from Shetland.