Professor Mike Church's Outputs (106)

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.

Carbonized plant macrofossils, in Neighbour, T. Excavation of a Bronze Age kerb cairn at Olcote, Breasclete, near Calanais, Isle of Lewis (2005)
Journal Article
Church, M. (2005). Carbonized plant macrofossils, in Neighbour, T. Excavation of a Bronze Age kerb cairn at Olcote, Breasclete, near Calanais, Isle of Lewis. Scottish archaeological internet reports, 13, 51-52

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.

Towards an economic landscape of the Bhaltos Peninsula, Lewis during the Mid to Late Iron Age (2005)
Book Chapter
Ceron-Carrasco, R., Church, M., & Thoms, J. (2005). Towards an economic landscape of the Bhaltos Peninsula, Lewis during the Mid to Late Iron Age. In V. Turner, R. Nicholson, S. Dockrill, & J. Bond (Eds.), Tall stories ? 2 millennia of brochs (221-234). Shetland Amenity Trust

Palaeoenvironmental sampling of the souterrain, in Alexander, D. Redcastle, Lunan Bay, Angus: the excavation of of an Iron Age timber-lined souterrain and a Pictish barrow cemetery (2005)
Journal Article
Church, M. (2005). Palaeoenvironmental sampling of the souterrain, in Alexander, D. Redcastle, Lunan Bay, Angus: the excavation of of an Iron Age timber-lined souterrain and a Pictish barrow cemetery. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 135, 53-74

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.

Carbonised plant macrofossils, in Suddaby, I. The Excavation of two Late Bronze Age roundhouses at Ballyprior Beg, Island Magee, County Antrim. (2003)
Journal Article
Church, M. (2003). Carbonised plant macrofossils, in Suddaby, I. The Excavation of two Late Bronze Age roundhouses at Ballyprior Beg, Island Magee, County Antrim

Assessment survey: Lewis (2003)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Church, M., & Burgess, C. (2003, December). Assessment survey: Lewis. Presented at Coastal archaeology and erosion in Scotland, Edinburgh

Carbonised plant macrofossils, in Cameron, K. The excavation of Neolithic pits and Iron Age souterrains at Dubton Farm, Brechin, Angus (2002)
Journal Article
Church, M. (2002). Carbonised plant macrofossils, in Cameron, K. The excavation of Neolithic pits and Iron Age souterrains at Dubton Farm, Brechin, Angus. Tayside and Fife archaeological journal, 8, 51-68

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.

The archaeological and archaeobotanical implications of a destruction layer in Dun Bharabhat, Lewis (2002)
Book Chapter
Church, M. (2002). The archaeological and archaeobotanical implications of a destruction layer in Dun Bharabhat, Lewis. In B. Ballin-Smith, & I. Banks (Eds.), In the shadow of the brochs : the Iron Age in Scotland (67-75). Tempus

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),