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Scotland’s first farmers: new insights into early farming practices in north-west Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Gröcke, D., Ralston, I., Clarke, D., Lee, D., Shepherd, A., …Church, M. (2022). Scotland’s first farmers: new insights into early farming practices in north-west Europe. Antiquity, 96(389), https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.107

Thirty years after the discovery of an Early Neolithic timber hall at Balbridie in Scotland was reported in Antiquity, new analysis of the site's archaeobotanical assemblage, featuring 20 000 cereal grains preserved when the building burnt down in th... Read More about Scotland’s first farmers: new insights into early farming practices in north-west Europe.

Getting to the root of the problem: New evidence for the use of plant root foods in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence in Europe (2022)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Kubiak-Martens, L., Warren, G., & Church, M. (2023). Getting to the root of the problem: New evidence for the use of plant root foods in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence in Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 32(1), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-022-00882-1

This paper presents new evidence for the harvesting of edible plant roots and tubers at Northton, a Mesolithic hunter-gatherer site on Harris, in the Western Isles of Scotland, in the north-west corner of Europe. The excavations uncovered abundant ro... Read More about Getting to the root of the problem: New evidence for the use of plant root foods in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence in Europe.

Effects of marine biofertilisation on Celtic bean carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotopes: implications for reconstructing past diet and farming practices (2021)
Journal Article
Gröcke, D. R., Treasure, E. R., Lester, J. J., Gron, K. J., & Church, M. J. (2021). Effects of marine biofertilisation on Celtic bean carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotopes: implications for reconstructing past diet and farming practices. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 35(5), Article e8985. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8985

Rationale: The application of fertilisers to crops can be monitored and assessed using stable isotope ratios. However, the application of marine biofertilisers (e.g. fish, macroalgae/seaweed) on crop stable isotope ratios has been rarely studied, des... Read More about Effects of marine biofertilisation on Celtic bean carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotopes: implications for reconstructing past diet and farming practices.

Archaeological cereals as an isotope record of long-term soil health and anthropogenic amendment in southern Scandinavia (2021)
Journal Article
Gron, K., Larsson, M., Gröcke, D., Andersen, N., Andreasen, M., Bech, J., …Church, M. (2021). Archaeological cereals as an isotope record of long-term soil health and anthropogenic amendment in southern Scandinavia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 253, Article 106762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106762

Maintaining soil health is integral to agricultural production, and the archaeological record contains multiple lines of palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironmental proxy evidence that can contribute to the understanding and analysis of long-term trajecto... Read More about Archaeological cereals as an isotope record of long-term soil health and anthropogenic amendment in southern Scandinavia.

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.

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.

Deforestation and human agency in the North Atlantic region: Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Western Isles of Scotland (2018)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., Lawson, I., Roucoux, K., O’Brien, C., Ranner, H., …Flitcroft, C. (2018). Deforestation and human agency in the North Atlantic region: Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Western Isles of Scotland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 84, 145-184. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2018.8

This paper considers the timing and mechanisms of deforestation in the Western Isles of Scotland, focusing in particular on the landscape around the Calanais stone circles, one of the best preserved late Neolithic/early Bronze Age monumental landscap... Read More about Deforestation and human agency in the North Atlantic region: Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Western Isles of Scotland.

Fire in the Moor: Mesolithic carbonised remains in riverine deposits at Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland (2018)
Journal Article
Piper, S., Bishop, R., Rowley-Conwy, P., Elliott, L., & Church, M. (2018). Fire in the Moor: Mesolithic carbonised remains in riverine deposits at Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 35, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3721/037.006.3501

This paper presents the results of a palaeoenvironmental investigation of riverine deposits containing charred heathland plant material, recovered during an archaeological survey of Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. This survey... Read More about Fire in the Moor: Mesolithic carbonised remains in riverine deposits at Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland.

Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden (2017)
Journal Article
Gron, K., Gröcke, D., Larsson, M., Sørensen, L., Larsson, L., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2017). Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 14, 575-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.042

Little is known about arable agriculture in the Early Neolithic (4000–3300 cal BC, Funnel Beaker Culture) of Southern Scandinavia. Archaeobotanical material is rare and few archaeological sites have yielded more than a small number of charred cereal... Read More about Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden.

Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects for the Mesolithic and Medieval periods in the Western Isles of Scotland (2016)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Church, M., & Cook, G. (2016). Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects for the Mesolithic and Medieval periods in the Western Isles of Scotland. Radiocarbon, 59(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2016.99

This article presents new values for the Scottish marine radiocarbon reservoir effect (MRE) during the Mesolithic at 4540–4240 BC (6490–6190 BP) and the Medieval period at AD 1460–1630 (490–320 BP). The results give a ΔR of –126±39 14C yr for the Mes... Read More about Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects for the Mesolithic and Medieval periods in the Western Isles of Scotland.

Can't find a pulse? Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.) in British prehistory (2016)
Journal Article
Treasure, E., & Church, M. (2017). Can't find a pulse? Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.) in British prehistory. Environmental Archaeology, 22(2), 113-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2016.1153769

Archaeobotanical research on prehistoric crops in Britain has primarily focussed on cereals and the potential importance of alternative crops, such as pulses, has often been overlooked. This paper reviews evidence for Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.) in B... Read More about Can't find a pulse? Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.) in British prehistory.

Islands of change vs. islands of disaster: Managing pigs and birds in the Anthropocene of the North Atlantic (2015)
Journal Article
Brewington, S., Hicks, H., Edwald, Á., Einarsson, Á., Anamthawat-Jónsson, K., Cook, G., …McGovern, T. (2015). Islands of change vs. islands of disaster: Managing pigs and birds in the Anthropocene of the North Atlantic. Holocene, 25(10), 1676-1684. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683615591714

The offshore islands of the North Atlantic were among some of the last settled places on earth, with humans reaching the Faroes and Iceland in the late Iron Age and Viking period. While older accounts emphasizing deforestation and soil erosion have p... Read More about Islands of change vs. islands of disaster: Managing pigs and birds in the Anthropocene of the North Atlantic.

The influence of manuring on stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) in Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.): archaeobotanical and palaeodietary implications (2015)
Journal Article
Treasure, E., Church, M., & Gröcke, D. (2016). The influence of manuring on stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) in Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.): archaeobotanical and palaeodietary implications. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 8(3), 555-562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-015-0243-6

This paper examines the impact of animal manure on δ15N and δ13C values in a legume, Celtic Black broad bean (Vicia faba). In a field experiment, V. faba was cultivated in plots treated with farmyard manure and pure sheep manure. The results indicate... Read More about The influence of manuring on stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) in Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.): archaeobotanical and palaeodietary implications.

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.

Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources from Norse period settlements in North Iceland (2014)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Church, M., Cook, G., Einarsson, Á., McGovern, T., Dugmore, A., & Edwards, K. (2014). Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources from Norse period settlements in North Iceland. Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume 7, 25-42

During the Viking Age, Norse peoples established settlements across the North Atlantic, colonizing the pristine and near-pristine landscapes of the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, and the short-lived Vinland settlement in Newfoundland. Current Nor... Read More about Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources from Norse period settlements in North Iceland.

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.

Expensive errors or rational choices: the pioneer fringe in Late Viking Age Iceland (2014)
Journal Article
Vésteinsson, O., Church, M., Dugmore, A., McGovern, T., & Newton, A. (2014). Expensive errors or rational choices: the pioneer fringe in Late Viking Age Iceland. Post Classical Archaeologies, 4, 39-68

Just as the colonies established on the North Atlantic islands in the Viking Age were peripheral to Europe, so these islands had their own peripheral areas. In Iceland the highland margins have long been a focus of archaeological research and the pre... Read More about Expensive errors or rational choices: the pioneer fringe in Late Viking Age Iceland.

Gleann Mor Barabhais (2014)
Journal Article
Piper, S., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2014). Gleann Mor Barabhais. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 15,

A charcoal-rich horizon at Ø69, Greenland: Evidence for vegetation burning during the Norse landnám? (2013)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., Dugmore, A., Madsen, C., & Møller, N. (2013). A charcoal-rich horizon at Ø69, Greenland: Evidence for vegetation burning during the Norse landnám?. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(11), 3890-3902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.012

It is often assumed that the colonisation of Greenland by Norse settlers in c. A.D. 985 had a sudden and dramatic effect on the environment, involving substantial vegetation clearance and environmental degradation. Consequently, it has been argued th... Read More about A charcoal-rich horizon at Ø69, Greenland: Evidence for vegetation burning during the Norse landnám?.

Re-deposited cryptotephra layers in Holocene peats linked to anthropogenic activity (2013)
Journal Article
Swindles, G., Galloway, J., Outram, Z., Turner, K., Schofield, J., Newton, A., …Bashford, D. (2013). Re-deposited cryptotephra layers in Holocene peats linked to anthropogenic activity. Holocene, 23(10), 1493-1501. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683613489586

Tephra layers can form useful age-equivalent stratigraphic markers for correlating palaeoenvironmental sequences and they provide information about the spatio-temporal nature of past volcanic ash fall events. The use of microscopic ‘cryptotephra’ lay... Read More about Re-deposited cryptotephra layers in Holocene peats linked to anthropogenic activity.

The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands (2013)
Journal Article
Church, M., Arge, S., Edwards, K., Ascough, P., Bond, J., Cook, G., …Simpson, I. (2013). The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011

We report on the earliest archaeological evidence from the Faroe Islands, placing human colonization in the 4th–6th centuries AD, at least 300–500 years earlier than previously demonstrated archaeologically. The evidence consists of an extensive wind... Read More about The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands.

Excavations at Hamar and Underhoull (2013)
Book Chapter
Bond, J., Dockrill, S., Outram, Z., Batey, C., Summers, J., Friel, R., …Simpson, I. (2013). Excavations at Hamar and Underhoull. In V. Turner, J. Bond, & A. Larsen (Eds.), Viking Unst: Excavation and Survey in Northern Shetland 2006-2010 (123-179). Shetland Heritage Publications

Pabaigh Mòr (2013)
Journal Article
Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2013). Pabaigh Mòr. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 14,

Tràigh na Beirigh 9 (2013)
Journal Article
Snape-Kennedy, L., Church, M., Bishop, R., Clegg, C., Johnson, L., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2013). Tràigh na Beirigh 9. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 14,

Tràigh na Beirigh 2 (2013)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., Clegg, C., Johnson, L., Piper, S., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Snape-Kennedy, L. (2013). Tràigh na Beirigh 2. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 14, 198-199

Gleann Mor Barabhais (2013)
Journal Article
Piper, S., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2013). Gleann Mor Barabhais. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 14, 190-191

A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles (2013)
Journal Article
Church, M., Nesbitt, C., & Gilmour, S. (2013). A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 143, 157-226

This is the third of a series of four papers that present the excavations undertaken on the Uig Peninsula,Isle of Lewis, as part of the Uig Landscape Project. We present the archaeological evidence from An Dunan, a causewayed tidal islet in the salt... Read More about A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles.

Small-scale evaluation of a Post-Medieval Blackhouse at Bereiro, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland (2013)
Journal Article
Nesbitt, C., Church, M., Gilmour, S., & Burgess, C. (2013). Small-scale evaluation of a Post-Medieval Blackhouse at Bereiro, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 22, 1-19

This paper presents the results of the excavation of two dry-stone structures in the abandoned blackhouse village of Bereiro, near to the township of Crowlista, Isle of Lewis. The research was undertaken as part of a wider landscape project investiga... Read More about Small-scale evaluation of a Post-Medieval Blackhouse at Bereiro, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland.

Small-Scale Sampling at Tràigh an Teampuill (Temple Bay), Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2012; Data Structure Report (2012)
Report
Piper, S., & Church, M. (2012). Small-Scale Sampling at Tràigh an Teampuill (Temple Bay), Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2012; Data Structure Report. [No known commissioning body]

The third Mesolithic site in the Western Isles of Scotland at Tràigh an Teampuill (Temple Bay), Toe Head peninsula, Harris (NGR NF9734 9132) was identified in 2011 as part of a wider research project into the Mesolithic of this region, led by Mike Ch... Read More about Small-Scale Sampling at Tràigh an Teampuill (Temple Bay), Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2012; Data Structure Report.

Radiocarbon reservoir effects in human bone collagen from northern Iceland (2012)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Church, M., Cook, G., Dunbar, E., Gestsdóttir, H., McGovern, T., …Edwards, K. (2012). Radiocarbon reservoir effects in human bone collagen from northern Iceland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(7), 2261-2271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.012

Human bone collagen from a series of Icelandic human pagan graves was radiocarbon (14C) dated to aid understanding of early settlement (landnám) chronologies in northern Iceland. These individuals potentially consumed marine protein. The 14C age of s... Read More about Radiocarbon reservoir effects in human bone collagen from northern Iceland.

Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig (2012)
Journal Article
Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., …Walker, J. (2012). Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 13,

Temple Bay, Harris (2012)
Journal Article
Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2012). Temple Bay, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 13,

Excavations at Northton, Western Isles of Scotland, 2010; Data Structure Report (2011)
Report
Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Excavations at Northton, Western Isles of Scotland, 2010; Data Structure Report. [No known commissioning body]

A Mesolithic human presence in the Outer Hebrides has long been postulated by palynologists but archaeological evidence for this period has, until recently, eluded discovery by archaeologists. The discovery of the first radiocarbon-dated Mesolithic d... Read More about Excavations at Northton, Western Isles of Scotland, 2010; Data Structure Report.

Vikings in the International Polar Year 2007-09: Still bloodthirsty but also ecodynamic and educational. (2011)
Book Chapter
McGovern, T., Arge, S., Arneborg, J., Ascough, P., Casely, A., Church, M., …Vesteinsson. (2011). Vikings in the International Polar Year 2007-09: Still bloodthirsty but also ecodynamic and educational. In S. Sigmundsson, A. Holt, G. Sigurðsson, G. Ólafsson, & O. Vesteinsson (Eds.), Viking settlements and Viking society: Papers from the Proceedings of the 16th Viking Congress, Reykjavík and Reykholt, 16-23 August 2009 (290-309). University of Iceland Press

Domestic, industrial, (en)closed? Survey and excavation of a Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age promontory enclosure at Gob Eirer, Lewis, Western Isles. (2011)
Journal Article
Nesbitt, C., Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (2011). Domestic, industrial, (en)closed? Survey and excavation of a Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age promontory enclosure at Gob Eirer, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 141, 31-74

This is the first of four papers that present the results of survey and excavations undertaken in the late 1990s as part of the Uig Landscape Project on Lewis in the Western Isles (Na h-Eileanan Siar). This paper introduces the project and presents t... Read More about Domestic, industrial, (en)closed? Survey and excavation of a Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age promontory enclosure at Gob Eirer, Lewis, Western Isles..

Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of the Mesolithic Site at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2011 (2011)
Report
Blake, E., Church, M., & Nesbitt, C. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of the Mesolithic Site at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2011. [No known commissioning body]

The wider research project investigating the Mesolithic of the Western Isles of Scotland (the ‘Outer Hebrides’) undertaken by Durham University has identified the third Mesolithic site in this region, at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northto... Read More about Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of the Mesolithic Site at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2011.

Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of a Mesolithic Shell Midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis, 2011 (2011)
Report
Blake, E., Church, M., & Nesbitt, C. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of a Mesolithic Shell Midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis, 2011. [No known commissioning body]

The wider research project investigating the Mesolithic of the Western Isles of Scotland (the ‘Outer Hebrides’) undertaken by Durham University has identified the second Mesolithic site in this region: a shell midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis... Read More about Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of a Mesolithic Shell Midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis, 2011.

Data Structure Report of Small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland (2011)
Report
Nesbitt, C., Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. [No known commissioning body]

The area of Mealasta is known to be the location of medieval settlement, with a possible nunnery on the headland. A sampling exercise was undertaken in September 2011 by a team from Durham University and Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, led by Dr... Read More about Data Structure Report of Small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland.

An Icelandic freshwater radiocarbon reservoir effect: Implications for lacustrine 14C chronologies (2011)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Cook, G., Hastie, H., Dunbar, E., Church, M., Einarsson, Á., …Dugmore, A. (2011). An Icelandic freshwater radiocarbon reservoir effect: Implications for lacustrine 14C chronologies. Holocene, 21(7), 1073-1080. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683611400466

A freshwater radiocarbon (14C) reservoir effect (FRE) is a 14C age offset between the atmospheric and freshwater carbon reservoirs. FREs can be on the order of 10 000 14C yr in extreme examples and are a crucial consideration for 14C dating of palaeo... Read More about An Icelandic freshwater radiocarbon reservoir effect: Implications for lacustrine 14C chronologies.

1000 years of environmental change and human impact at Stóra-Mörk, southern Iceland: A multiproxy study of a dynamic and vulnerable landscape (2011)
Journal Article
Vickers, K., Erlendsson, E., Church, M., Edwards, K., & Bending, J. (2011). 1000 years of environmental change and human impact at Stóra-Mörk, southern Iceland: A multiproxy study of a dynamic and vulnerable landscape. Holocene, 21(6), 979-995. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683611400201

Multiproxy pollen, sediment, plant macrofossil and subfossil insect analyses are used to explore environmental change at Stóra-Mörk in southern Iceland between ad 500 and 1500. Previous palaeoecological studies in Iceland have indicated that vegetati... Read More about 1000 years of environmental change and human impact at Stóra-Mörk, southern Iceland: A multiproxy study of a dynamic and vulnerable landscape.

Mealasta, Tigh nan Cailleachan Dubha (2011)
Journal Article
Caldwell, D., Gilmour, S., & Church, M. (2011). Mealasta, Tigh nan Cailleachan Dubha. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 12,

Northton, Harris (2011)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Northton, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 11,

Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig (2011)
Journal Article
Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 12, 194-195

Temple Bay, Harris (2011)
Journal Article
Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Temple Bay, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 12,

Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Mývatn, northern Iceland (2010)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Cook, G., Church, M., Dunbar, E., Á, E., McGovern, T., …Gestsdóttir, H. (2010). Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Mývatn, northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 52(2-3), 1098-1112

Lake Mývatn is an interior highland lake in northern Iceland that forms a unique ecosystem of international scientific importance and is surrounded by a landscape rich in archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sites. A significant Freshwater 14C Rese... Read More about Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Mývatn, northern Iceland.

The palaeoenvironment of Mývatnssveit: Vegetation. (2010)
Book Chapter
Church, M., Duarte, L., Edwards, K., Lawson, I., & Newton, A. (2010). The palaeoenvironment of Mývatnssveit: Vegetation. In G. Lucas (Ed.), Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age feasting hall in north-eastern Iceland (32-38). Institute of Archaeology

Northton, Harris (2010)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2010). Northton, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 11,

Cereals, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Neolithic (2009)
Journal Article
Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2009). Cereals, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Neolithic. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 139, 47-103

The importance of wild and domestic plants within British Neolithic economies has been much disputed but the contribution of the Scottish archaeobotanical evidence to this issue has previously been understated. This paper assesses the use of plants i... Read More about Cereals, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Neolithic.

Pigs in the Faroe Islands: An ancient facet of the islands’ paleoeconomy (2009)
Journal Article
Arge, S., Church, M., & Brewington, S. (2009). Pigs in the Faroe Islands: An ancient facet of the islands’ paleoeconomy. Journal of the North Atlantic, 2, 19-32

This paper discusses the evidence for pig husbandry in the Faroes during the Norse and early Medieval periods. The evidence from zooarchaeology, biomolecular archaeology and place-name evidence is reviewed, proposing that the keeping of pigs was an i... Read More about Pigs in the Faroe Islands: An ancient facet of the islands’ paleoeconomy.

Human impact on an island ecosystem: pollen data from Sandoy, Faroe Islands (2008)
Journal Article
Lawson, I., Edwards, K., Church, M., Newton, A., Cook, G., Gathorne-Hardy, F., & Dugmore, A. (2008). Human impact on an island ecosystem: pollen data from Sandoy, Faroe Islands. Journal of Biogeography, 35(6), 1130-1152. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01838.x

Aim: To investigate the form and dynamics of ecosystems on an isolated island in the North Atlantic before human settlement in the first millennium ad, and the effects of human activities thereafter. Location: The island of Sandoy, Faroes (6150¢ N, 6... Read More about Human impact on an island ecosystem: pollen data from Sandoy, Faroe Islands.

The Chironomidae of Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, Faroe Islands: climatic and lake phosphorus reconstructions, and the impact of human settlement (2007)
Journal Article
Gathorne-Hardy, F., Lawson, I., Church, M., Brooks, S., Buckland, P., & Edwards, K. (2007). The Chironomidae of Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, Faroe Islands: climatic and lake phosphorus reconstructions, and the impact of human settlement. Holocene, 17(8), 1259-1264. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607085133

Chironomids were examined as part of a multiproxy palaeolimnological study of Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, Faroe Islands. A total of 37 taxa was found in the top 1 m of the core. Chironomid-inferred total phosphorus and temperature reconstructions indicate t... Read More about The Chironomidae of Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, Faroe Islands: climatic and lake phosphorus reconstructions, and the impact of human settlement.

Reservoirs and radiocarbon: 14C dating problems in Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland (2007)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Cook, G., Church, M., Dugmore, A., McGovern, T., Dunbar, E., …Gestsdóttir, H. (2007). Reservoirs and radiocarbon: 14C dating problems in Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 49(2), 947-961

This paper examines two potential sources of the 14C offset between human and terrestrial mammal (horse) bones recovered from Norse (c.870-1000 AD) pagan graves in Mývatnssveit, North Iceland. These are the marine and freshwater 14C reservoir effects... Read More about Reservoirs and radiocarbon: 14C dating problems in Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland.

Charcoal production during the Norse and early medieval periods in Eyjafjallahreppur, Southern Iceland (2007)
Journal Article
Church, M., Dugmore, A., Mairs, K., Millard, A., Cook, G., Sveinbjarnardóttir, G., …Roucoux, K. (2007). Charcoal production during the Norse and early medieval periods in Eyjafjallahreppur, Southern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 49(2), 659-672

Timber procurement and the use of woodlands is a key issue in the Norse and Medieval period in the North Atlantic islands. This paper outlines evidence for the timing and mechanisms of Norse deforestation in an area of southern Iceland which is track... Read More about Charcoal production during the Norse and early medieval periods in Eyjafjallahreppur, Southern Iceland.

Sourcing fire ash on archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland, using mineral magnetism (2007)
Journal Article
Church, M., Peters, C., & Batt, C. (2007). Sourcing fire ash on archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland, using mineral magnetism. Geoarchaeology, 22(7), 747-774. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20185

The application of a new technique developed to identify different fuel sources from ash on nine archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland is presented. The technique is based on variations observed in the mineral magnetic si... Read More about Sourcing fire ash on archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland, using mineral magnetism.

Abandoned farms, volcanic impacts and woodland management: revisiting Þjórsárdalur, the ‘Pompeii of Iceland’ (2007)
Journal Article
Dugmore, A., Church, M., Mairs, K., McGovern, T., Perdikaris, S., & Vésteinsson, O. (2007). Abandoned farms, volcanic impacts and woodland management: revisiting Þjórsárdalur, the ‘Pompeii of Iceland’. Arctic Anthropology, 44(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3368/aa.44.1.1

Geomorphological maps and nine soil profiles containing 92 tephra layers have been examined to explore the nature of medieval environmental change in Þjórsárdalur, Iceland, where farms are thought to have been abandoned after the massive tephra fall... Read More about Abandoned farms, volcanic impacts and woodland management: revisiting Þjórsárdalur, the ‘Pompeii of Iceland’.

The role of climate in settlement and landscape change in the North Atlantic islands: an assessment of cumulative deviations in high-resolution proxy climate records (2007)
Journal Article
Dugmore, A., Borthwick, D., Church, M., Dawson, A., Edwards, K., Keller, C., …Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2007). The role of climate in settlement and landscape change in the North Atlantic islands: an assessment of cumulative deviations in high-resolution proxy climate records. Human Ecology, 35(2), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9051-z

In order to assess possible contributions of climate change to the human ecology of the Faroe Islands, proxy climate data from the Greenland Icesheet Project 2 (GISP2) are evaluated in relation to settlement and landscape changes in the Faroes and ot... Read More about The role of climate in settlement and landscape change in the North Atlantic islands: an assessment of cumulative deviations in high-resolution proxy climate records.

Landscapes of settlement in northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of human impact and climate fluctuation on the millennial scale (2007)
Journal Article
McGovern, T., Vésteinsson, O., Friðriksson, A., Church, M., Lawson, I., Simpson, I., …Dunbar, E. (2007). Landscapes of settlement in northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of human impact and climate fluctuation on the millennial scale. American Anthropologist, 109(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.2007.109.1.27

A thousand years ago Viking age voyagers crossed the grey waters of the North Atlantic, colonizing the Faroes, Iceland, Greenland, and Vinland between AD 800 and 1000. However, early transatlantic migration was not to have the historical impact of th... Read More about Landscapes of settlement in northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of human impact and climate fluctuation on the millennial scale.

Peat initiation in the Faroe Islands : climate or people ? (2007)
Journal Article
Lawson, I., Church, M., Edwards, K., Cook, G., & Dugmore, A. (2007). Peat initiation in the Faroe Islands : climate or people ?. Transactions. Earth sciences, 98(1), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755691007000035

As an isolated island group lying off the NW European mainland which was uninhabited until the mid-first millennium AD, the Faroes offer a unique opportunity to study natural processes of Holocene ecosystem development in a region where anthropogenic... Read More about Peat initiation in the Faroe Islands : climate or people ?.

Environmental impacts of the Norse settlement: palaeoenvironmental data from Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland (2007)
Journal Article
Lawson, I., Gathorne-Hardy, F., Church, M., Newton, A., Edwards, K., Dugmore, A., & Einarsson, Á. (2007). Environmental impacts of the Norse settlement: palaeoenvironmental data from Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 36(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/03009480600827298

The first stratigraphically continuous pollen profile spanning the Norse and Medieval periods from the archaeologically-rich My´vatnssveit region of northern Iceland is presented. Detailed analyses were made of the tephra, sediment characteristics, p... Read More about Environmental impacts of the Norse settlement: palaeoenvironmental data from Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland.

Carbonized plant macrofossils and charcoal (2006)
Book Chapter
Church, M., & Cressey, M. (2006). Carbonized plant macrofossils and charcoal. In I. Armit (Ed.), Anatomy of an Iron Age roundhouse : the Cnip wheelhouse excavations, Lewis (182-194). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

Environmental analyses from Northton (2006)
Book Chapter
Church, M. (2006). Environmental analyses from Northton. In D. Simpson, E. Murphy, & R. Gregory (Eds.), Excavations at Northton, Isle of Harris (26-40). Archaeopress

An over-optimistic pioneer fringe? Environmental perspectives on medieval settlement abandonment in Þórsmörk, south Iceland (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Dugmore, A., Church, M., Mairs, K., McGovern, T., Newton, A., & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2006). An over-optimistic pioneer fringe? Environmental perspectives on medieval settlement abandonment in Þórsmörk, south Iceland. In J. Arneborg, & B. Grønnow (Eds.), Dynamics of northern societies : proceedings of the SILA/NABO Conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology, Copenhagen, May 10th-14th, 2004 (335-345)

We assess environmental factors that may have contributed to farm abandonment in Þórsmörk, south Iceland. Here farms were established during the initial Norse colonisation of Iceland and abandoned by the 13th century AD. Soil erosion has been identif... Read More about An over-optimistic pioneer fringe? Environmental perspectives on medieval settlement abandonment in Þórsmörk, south Iceland.

Degrees of success: evaluating the environmental impacts of long term settlement in south Iceland (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Mairs, K., Church, M., Dugmore, A., & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2006). Degrees of success: evaluating the environmental impacts of long term settlement in south Iceland. In J. Arneborg, & B. Grønnow (Eds.), Dynamics of northern societies : proceedings of the SILA/NABO Conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology, Copenhagen, May 10th-14th, 2004 (365-373)

This paper focuses on the occupation and landscape history of Dalur and Mörk, two areas of long-term settlement in the Eyjafjallahreppur district of southern Iceland. The aim is to illustrate the importance of evaluating not only farm occupation and... Read More about Degrees of success: evaluating the environmental impacts of long term settlement in south Iceland.

Human impact on freshwater environments in Norse and early medieval Iceland (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Lawson, I., Gathorne-Hardy, F., Church, M., Einarsson, A., Edwards, K., Perdikaris, S., …Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2006). Human impact on freshwater environments in Norse and early medieval Iceland. In J. Arneborg, & B. Grønnow (Eds.), Dynamics of northern societies : proceedings of the SILA/NABO Conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology, Copenhagen, May 10th-14th, 2004 (375-382)

Preliminary data from fish bone assemblages preserved in middens at Norse and early medieval farm sites in Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland, suggest that the pattern of fish exploitation changed during the first few centuries following the settlement.... Read More about Human impact on freshwater environments in Norse and early medieval Iceland.

Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c.1000 AD (2006)
Journal Article
Ascough, P., Cook, G., Church, M., Dugmore, A., Arge, S., & McGovern, T. (2006). Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c.1000 AD. Holocene, 16(1), 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683606hl913rr

14C age measurements made on samples from three archaeological sites located on North Atlantic coasts were used to investigate the marine reservoir effect (MRE) at c.1000 AD. This is an important period within human cultural and paleoenvironmental re... Read More about Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c.1000 AD.

Settlement history, land holdings and landscape change, Eyjafjallahreppur, Iceland (2006)
Conference Proceeding
Sveinbjarnardóttir, G., Mairs, K., Church, M., & Dugmore, A. (2006). Settlement history, land holdings and landscape change, Eyjafjallahreppur, Iceland. In J. Arneborg, & B. Grønnow (Eds.), Dynamics of northern societies : proceedings of the SILA/NABO Conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology, Copenhagen, May 10th-14th, 2004 (323-333)

In this paper we focus on a region in south Iceland and assess the confidence with which it is possible to determine the changing patterns of settlement history for a region and relate it to contemporaneous land boundaries. For a geographically coher... Read More about Settlement history, land holdings and landscape change, Eyjafjallahreppur, Iceland.

Archaeological evidence for the first Mesolithic occupation of the Western Isles of Scotland (2005)
Journal Article
Gregory, R., Murphy, E., Church, M., Edwards, K., Guttmann, E., & Simpson, D. (2005). Archaeological evidence for the first Mesolithic occupation of the Western Isles of Scotland. Holocene, 15(7), 944-950. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683605hl868ft

The examination of eroding coastal dunes at the prehistoric site of Northton, Harris, has produced the first archaeological evidence of Mesolithic activity in the Western Isles in the form of two midden-related deposits. The first phase of Mesolithic... Read More about Archaeological evidence for the first Mesolithic occupation of the Western Isles of Scotland.

Puffins, pigs, cod, and barley : palaeoeconomy at Undir Junkarinsfløtti, Sandoy, Faroe (2005)
Journal Article
Church, M., Arge, S., Brewington, S., McGovern, T., Woollett, J., Perdikaris, S., …Dunbar, E. (2005). Puffins, pigs, cod, and barley : palaeoeconomy at Undir Junkarinsfløtti, Sandoy, Faroe. Environmental Archaeology, 10(2), 179-197

This paper reports on the zooarchaeological and archaeobotanical remains from the first season of excavations at the Norse period site at Undir Junakarinsfløtti in the Faroe islands. These remains represent the first zooarchaeological analysis undert... Read More about Puffins, pigs, cod, and barley : palaeoeconomy at Undir Junkarinsfløtti, Sandoy, Faroe.

Historical ecology on Sandoy, Faroe Islands: palaeoenvironmental and archaeological perspectives (2005)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Application of mineral magnetism in Atlantic Scotland archaeology 2: magnetic susceptibility and archaeobotanical taphonomy in West Lewis, Scotland (2004)
Book Chapter
Church, M. J., & Peters, C. (2004). Application of mineral magnetism in Atlantic Scotland archaeology 2: magnetic susceptibility and archaeobotanical taphonomy in West Lewis, Scotland. In R. Housley, & G. Coles (Eds.), Atlantic connections and adaptations : economies, environments and subsistence in lands bordering the North Atlantic (99-115). Oxbow Books

The use of two basic mineral magnetic measurements (mass specific magnetic susceptibility and frequency dependent susceptibility) is described in the investigation of archaeobotanical taphonomy from nine sites in West Lewis. Magnetic enhancement was... Read More about Application of mineral magnetism in Atlantic Scotland archaeology 2: magnetic susceptibility and archaeobotanical taphonomy in West Lewis, Scotland.

Application of mineral magnetism in Atlantic Scotland archaeology 1: techniques, magnetic enhancement and the identification of fuel sources (2004)
Book Chapter
Peters, C., Church, M., & Batt, C. (2004). Application of mineral magnetism in Atlantic Scotland archaeology 1: techniques, magnetic enhancement and the identification of fuel sources. In R. Housley, & G. Coles (Eds.), Atlantic connections and adaptations : economies, environments and subsistence in lands bordering the North Atlantic (86-95). Oxbow Books

Natural and archaeological deposits tend to contain mixtures of magnetic grains of differing 1) concentrations, 2) domain states (linked to grain size) and 3) mineralogies. Many laboratory based magnetic measurements are available to study these attr... Read More about Application of mineral magnetism in Atlantic Scotland archaeology 1: techniques, magnetic enhancement and the identification of fuel sources.

Assessment survey: Lewis (2003)
Conference Proceeding
Church, M., & Burgess, C. (2003). Assessment survey: Lewis. In T. Dawson (Ed.), Coastal erosion and archaeology in Scotland (55-64)

Low temperature magnetic characterisation of fire ash residues (2002)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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)
Journal Article
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.

Sedimentary analysis of soil samples (2000)
Book Chapter
Church, M., & Peters, C. (2000). Sedimentary analysis of soil samples. In D. Harding, & T. Dixon (Eds.), Dun Bharabhat, Cnip : an Iron Age settlement in West Lewis : Structures and material culture ; 1 (114-119). University of Edinburgh

Carbonised plant macrofossils and charcoal (2000)
Book Chapter
Church, M. (2000). Carbonised plant macrofossils and charcoal. In D. Harding, & T. Dixon (Eds.), Dun Bharabhat, Cnip : an Iron Age settlement in West Lewis : Structures and material culture ; 1 (120-130). University of Edinburgh

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

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

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

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

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

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