Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of …, 1978
Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Edwards, KJ; Ralston, I. Title Article/Chapter: "New dating and environmental evidence from Burghead ...
Page 1. http://ppg.sagepub.com/ Progress in Physical Geography http://ppg.sagepub. com/content/15... more Page 1. http://ppg.sagepub.com/ Progress in Physical Geography http://ppg.sagepub. com/content/15/3/261 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/030913339101500303 1991 15: 261 Progress in Physical ...
died in Cambridge on 12 August 1985. With his passing, archaeological science and Quaternary Stud... more died in Cambridge on 12 August 1985. With his passing, archaeological science and Quaternary Studies have lost a great pioneer. Obituary notices have appeared in the press and full reviews of his work will appear in the academic literature, but the editors of this journal think it appropriate to honour his memory in a more personal way. In the pages that follow, some of his former colleagues and friends offer tributes which demonstrate the respect felt for both him and his work.
ABSTRACT Europeanization of sub-Arctic environments by Norse communities in Greenland, from the e... more ABSTRACT Europeanization of sub-Arctic environments by Norse communities in Greenland, from the early 11th to mid 15th centuries AD, varied spatially and temporally, with pas-toral agriculture and associated homefield management at the heart of this transformation. This process is poorly understood for the outer fjord areas of Norse Greenland and from this locality we contribute a homefield soils and sediments-based analysis. Our findings identify a recipe effect – the partitioning of turf, domestic animal manure and domestic waste resources used to manage soil fertility, field irrigation channels and the effects of eroded material deposition in the homefield. These management practices increased soil macro-nutrient status relative to pre-settlement concentration in some areas of the homefield whilst macro-nutrient concentrations in other areas of the homefield were allowed to decline. We suggest that where resources were limited, sustainable intensification could only be achieved in some areas of the homefield with other areas managed unsustainably.
A first rule of statistics is that the existence of a correlation does not itself prove a causal ... more A first rule of statistics is that the existence of a correlation does not itself prove a causal connection. This is the heart of the recurrent question in later European prehistory — whether in the Mediterranean or in the Atlantic northwest — about volcanic eruptions, their impact on climate, and then of the climatic impact on human populations. The burial under tephra of the Late Bronze Age settlement of Santorini is proof of a particular catastrophe: but is there the evidence to prove wider European calamity?
Human bone collagen from a series of Icelandic human pagan graves was radiocarbon ( 14 C) dated t... more Human bone collagen from a series of Icelandic human pagan graves was radiocarbon ( 14 C) dated to aid understanding of early settlement (landnám) chronologies in northern Iceland.
The Holocene 2011 Vol 21 Pp 979 995 Peer Reviewed Journal, Mar 1, 2011
The Norse colonization of the North Atlantic Islands (referred to as landnám) was part of a late ... more The Norse colonization of the North Atlantic Islands (referred to as landnám) was part of a late first millennium ad expansion across Northern Europe (Sawyer, 2000), which according to liter-ary tradition, for Iceland, started in ad 874. This would post-date the deposition of the ' ...
Page 1. New Phytol. (1994), 128, 749-769 The Late-Quaternary vegetational history of Loch a&a... more Page 1. New Phytol. (1994), 128, 749-769 The Late-Quaternary vegetational history of Loch a'Bhogaidh, Rinns of Islay SSSI ., Scotland BY KEVIN J. EDWARDS1 AND JAMES MA BERRIDGE2 1Department of Archaeology and ...
Page 1. ORIGINAL PAPER Lake sediment evidence for late Holocene climate change and landscape eros... more Page 1. ORIGINAL PAPER Lake sediment evidence for late Holocene climate change and landscape erosion in western Iceland Freddy J. Gathorne-Hardy Æ Egill Erlendsson Æ Peter G. Langdon Æ Kevin J. Edwards Received ...
The use of different floras has introduced an element of confusion into the naming of plants in p... more The use of different floras has introduced an element of confusion into the naming of plants in pollen diagrams. It is suggested that pollen analysis in the British Isles should adopt the latest authoritative thinking and a draft list of pollen types consistent with the flora by Stace (1991) has been produced. -K.Clayton
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of …, 1978
Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information N... more Close Document Image Close Document Printer Image Print This Document! Conservation Information Network (BCIN). Author: Edwards, KJ; Ralston, I. Title Article/Chapter: "New dating and environmental evidence from Burghead ...
Page 1. http://ppg.sagepub.com/ Progress in Physical Geography http://ppg.sagepub. com/content/15... more Page 1. http://ppg.sagepub.com/ Progress in Physical Geography http://ppg.sagepub. com/content/15/3/261 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/030913339101500303 1991 15: 261 Progress in Physical ...
died in Cambridge on 12 August 1985. With his passing, archaeological science and Quaternary Stud... more died in Cambridge on 12 August 1985. With his passing, archaeological science and Quaternary Studies have lost a great pioneer. Obituary notices have appeared in the press and full reviews of his work will appear in the academic literature, but the editors of this journal think it appropriate to honour his memory in a more personal way. In the pages that follow, some of his former colleagues and friends offer tributes which demonstrate the respect felt for both him and his work.
ABSTRACT Europeanization of sub-Arctic environments by Norse communities in Greenland, from the e... more ABSTRACT Europeanization of sub-Arctic environments by Norse communities in Greenland, from the early 11th to mid 15th centuries AD, varied spatially and temporally, with pas-toral agriculture and associated homefield management at the heart of this transformation. This process is poorly understood for the outer fjord areas of Norse Greenland and from this locality we contribute a homefield soils and sediments-based analysis. Our findings identify a recipe effect – the partitioning of turf, domestic animal manure and domestic waste resources used to manage soil fertility, field irrigation channels and the effects of eroded material deposition in the homefield. These management practices increased soil macro-nutrient status relative to pre-settlement concentration in some areas of the homefield whilst macro-nutrient concentrations in other areas of the homefield were allowed to decline. We suggest that where resources were limited, sustainable intensification could only be achieved in some areas of the homefield with other areas managed unsustainably.
A first rule of statistics is that the existence of a correlation does not itself prove a causal ... more A first rule of statistics is that the existence of a correlation does not itself prove a causal connection. This is the heart of the recurrent question in later European prehistory — whether in the Mediterranean or in the Atlantic northwest — about volcanic eruptions, their impact on climate, and then of the climatic impact on human populations. The burial under tephra of the Late Bronze Age settlement of Santorini is proof of a particular catastrophe: but is there the evidence to prove wider European calamity?
Human bone collagen from a series of Icelandic human pagan graves was radiocarbon ( 14 C) dated t... more Human bone collagen from a series of Icelandic human pagan graves was radiocarbon ( 14 C) dated to aid understanding of early settlement (landnám) chronologies in northern Iceland.
The Holocene 2011 Vol 21 Pp 979 995 Peer Reviewed Journal, Mar 1, 2011
The Norse colonization of the North Atlantic Islands (referred to as landnám) was part of a late ... more The Norse colonization of the North Atlantic Islands (referred to as landnám) was part of a late first millennium ad expansion across Northern Europe (Sawyer, 2000), which according to liter-ary tradition, for Iceland, started in ad 874. This would post-date the deposition of the ' ...
Page 1. New Phytol. (1994), 128, 749-769 The Late-Quaternary vegetational history of Loch a&a... more Page 1. New Phytol. (1994), 128, 749-769 The Late-Quaternary vegetational history of Loch a'Bhogaidh, Rinns of Islay SSSI ., Scotland BY KEVIN J. EDWARDS1 AND JAMES MA BERRIDGE2 1Department of Archaeology and ...
Page 1. ORIGINAL PAPER Lake sediment evidence for late Holocene climate change and landscape eros... more Page 1. ORIGINAL PAPER Lake sediment evidence for late Holocene climate change and landscape erosion in western Iceland Freddy J. Gathorne-Hardy Æ Egill Erlendsson Æ Peter G. Langdon Æ Kevin J. Edwards Received ...
The use of different floras has introduced an element of confusion into the naming of plants in p... more The use of different floras has introduced an element of confusion into the naming of plants in pollen diagrams. It is suggested that pollen analysis in the British Isles should adopt the latest authoritative thinking and a draft list of pollen types consistent with the flora by Stace (1991) has been produced. -K.Clayton
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