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Firewood, food and niche construction: the potential role of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in actively structuring Scotland's woodlands (2014)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2015). Firewood, food and niche construction: the potential role of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in actively structuring Scotland's woodlands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 108, 51-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.11.004

Over the past few decades the potential role of Mesolithic hunter–gatherers in actively constructing their own niches, through the management of wild plants, has frequently been discussed. It is probable that Mesolithic hunter–gatherers systematicall... Read More about Firewood, food and niche construction: the potential role of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in actively structuring Scotland's woodlands.

Seeds, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Mesolithic (2014)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2014). Seeds, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Mesolithic. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 143, 9-72

Over the past few decades, the potential importance of plants within European Mesolithic economies has frequently been discussed, but there has been little systematic consideration of the archaeobotanical evidence for Mesolithic plant consumption in... Read More about Seeds, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Mesolithic.

Wild Boar or Domestic Pigs? Response to Evin et al (2014)
Journal Article
Rowley-Conwy, P., & Zeder, M. (2014). Wild Boar or Domestic Pigs? Response to Evin et al. World Archaeology, 46(5), 835-840. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2014.953712

We continue to contest the claim by Evin et al. (2014) that Rosenhof E24 and other Mesolithic pigs were domestic. E24’s mixture of ‘wild’ and ‘domestic’ traits is best explained as indicating a behaviourally wild boar with some domestic ancestry. The... Read More about Wild Boar or Domestic Pigs? Response to Evin et al.

Mesolithic domestic pigs at Rosenhof – or wild boar? A critical re-appraisal of ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics (2014)
Journal Article
Rowley-Conwy, P., & Zeder, M. (2014). Mesolithic domestic pigs at Rosenhof – or wild boar? A critical re-appraisal of ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics. World Archaeology, 46(5), 813-824. https://doi.org/10.1080/00438243.2014.953704

We challenge the claim by Krause-Kyora et al. (2013) that there were domestic pigs at Mesolithic sites in northern Germany. A small number of animals from Rosenhof and Poel have ancient DNA and geometric morphometric signatures elsewhere associated w... Read More about Mesolithic domestic pigs at Rosenhof – or wild boar? A critical re-appraisal of ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics.

Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe (2014)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P., & Legge, A. (2015). Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe. In C. Fowler, J. Harding, & D. Hofmann (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of neolithic Europe (429-446). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199545841.013.022

Early agriculture in north-west Europe was highly diverse. Sometimes it spread rapidly, at other times it scarcely advanced at all, and in southern Scandinavia it retreated after its initial advance. Linearbandkeramik (LBK) farmers occupied small cle... Read More about Subsistence Practices in Western and Northern Europe.

The four horses of an Iron Age apocalypse: war-horses from the third-century weapon sacrifice at Illerup Aadal (Denmark) (2014)
Journal Article
Dobat, A., Price, T., Kveiborg, J., Ilkjær, J., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2014). The four horses of an Iron Age apocalypse: war-horses from the third-century weapon sacrifice at Illerup Aadal (Denmark). Antiquity, 88(339), 191-204. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00050304

The Illerup Aadal weapon sacrifice mirrors the material world of a Germanic army from c. AD 210. Apart from the personal equipment and the weaponry of more than 400 warriors, it comprises four horses. The present paper gives the first conclusive anal... Read More about The four horses of an Iron Age apocalypse: war-horses from the third-century weapon sacrifice at Illerup Aadal (Denmark).