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Historical ecology on Sandoy, Faroe Islands: palaeoenvironmental and archaeological perspectives (2005)
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Lawson, I., Church, M., McGovern, T., Arge, S., Woollet, J., Edwards, K., …Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2005). Historical ecology on Sandoy, Faroe Islands: palaeoenvironmental and archaeological perspectives. Human Ecology, 33(5), 651-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-7681-1

We present palaeoenvironmental, geomorphological, archaeological, and place-name data which allow a holistic assessment of the history of landscape change on Sandoy, Faroe Islands, especially in terms of the changes that occurred in response to the c... Read More about Historical ecology on Sandoy, Faroe Islands: palaeoenvironmental and archaeological perspectives.

A hypothesis-based approach to landscape change in Suðoroy, Faroe Islands (2005)
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Edwards, K., Borthwick, D., Cook, G., Dugmore, A., Mairs, K., Church, M., …Adderley, W. (2005). A hypothesis-based approach to landscape change in Suðoroy, Faroe Islands. Human Ecology, 33(5), 621-650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-4746-0

Hovsdalur, an area delimited by the great cirques of upland central Su uroy, draining into the valley of the Hovs´a and terminating in the east at the coastal amphitheatre of Hovsfjørdur, is a microcosm of the Faroes. The area contains the physical a... Read More about A hypothesis-based approach to landscape change in Suðoroy, Faroe Islands.

The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands: an environmental impact assessment (2005)
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Dugmore, A., Church, M., Buckland, P., Edwards, K., Lawson, I., McGovern, T., …Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2005). The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands: an environmental impact assessment. Polar Record, 41(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247404003985

The Norse colonisation or landnám of the North Atlantic islands of the Faroes, Iceland and Greenland, from the ninth century AD onwards, provides opportunities to examine human environmental impacts on ‘pristine’ landscapes of an environmental gradie... Read More about The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands: an environmental impact assessment.

Low temperature magnetic characterisation of fire ash residues (2002)
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Peters, C., Thompson, R., Harrison, A., & Church, M. (2002). Low temperature magnetic characterisation of fire ash residues. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 27(31), 1355-1361. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-7065%2802%2900133-x

Fire ash is ideally suited to mineral magnetic studies. Both modern (generated by controlled burning experiments) and archaeological ash deposits have been studied, with the aim of identifying and quantifying fuel types used in prehistory. Low temper... Read More about Low temperature magnetic characterisation of fire ash residues.

Investigation of fire ash residues using mineral magnetism (2001)
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Peters, C., Church, M., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Investigation of fire ash residues using mineral magnetism. Archaeological Prospection, 8(4), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.171

As part of a wider research programme of experimental archaeology at Calanais Farm, Isle of Lewis, Scotland, a number of experimental hearths were constructed, based on excavated evidence from the Late Iron Age houses at Bostadh, Lewis. Controlled an... Read More about Investigation of fire ash residues using mineral magnetism.

Bronze Age timbers from Creag Ruaidh, Achmore, Isle of Lewis (2000)
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Rees, T., & Church, M. (2000). Bronze Age timbers from Creag Ruaidh, Achmore, Isle of Lewis. Northern studies, 35, 133-159

Excavations at Creag Ruaidh, Achmore in August 1996 recovered two small logs from the peat fill of an intra-peat ditch. These birch logs had axe-marks at either end, probably made by the same metal blade, and the lower of the two was dated to 2910 ±... Read More about Bronze Age timbers from Creag Ruaidh, Achmore, Isle of Lewis.

Mineral magnetism and archaeology at Galson on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland (2000)
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Peters, C., Church, M., & Coles, G. (2000). Mineral magnetism and archaeology at Galson on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 25(5), 455-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1464-1895%2800%2900070-3

Coastal erosion is cutting a section through a complex later prehistoric archaeological site at Galson. 168 samples from individual features e.g. middens and hearths, and also from several continuously-sampled vertical profiles were collected from th... Read More about Mineral magnetism and archaeology at Galson on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland.

Gob Eirer (Uig Parish) (1998)
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Church, M., Gilmour, S., & Flitcroft, C. (1998). Gob Eirer (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998),

Calanais Farm (Uig Parish) (1998)
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Coles, G., Church, M., Harding, D., & Inglis, R. (1998). Calanais Farm (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998),

Guinnerso (Uig Parish (1998)
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Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (1998). Guinnerso (Uig Parish. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998), 106-107

An Dunan (Uig Parish) (1997)
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Burgess, C., Church, M., Flitcroft, C., & Gilmour, S. (1997). An Dunan (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland,

Guinnerso (Uig Parish) (1997)
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Burgess, C., Church, M., Heald, A., & Gilmour, S. (1997). Guinnerso (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 85-86

Guinnerso (Uig Parish) (1996)
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Burgess, C., Gilmour, S., & Church, M. (1996). Guinnerso (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 111-112