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Newsletter 65 (August 1999) ISSN 1363-6553Submit information to the newsletter Editorial Change of Address Membership Interests Listing News from the Committee Conferences & Meetings Conference Report John Frere Memorial Job Advertisement Publications Arch. Science 99 Booking Form |
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Copy dates for Newsletter: 20th of the following months - January / April / July / October Edited by Wendy Carruthers and Vanessa Straker Items for the Newsletter may be submitted on 3.5" floppy disks in IBM-PC
format as WordPerfect, Word or ASCII files, Fax or e-mail. Items in typescript
or neat manuscript should be sent to Wendy Carruthers. AEA Membership Secretary: Becky Nicholson, Department of Archaeological
Sciences, University of Bradford, BD7 1DP, U.K. e-mail: r.a.nicholson@bradford.ac.uk
EDITORIAL IMPORTANT - Please note - the Annual Conference due to be held
in Guildford on 27-29th August 1999 has been moved to 14 -16th April
2000 (see the item on p.2 for the details). Booking forms and further
information will be given in the next two Newsletters. This means
that the AGM has also been postponed until that date, which gives members
plenty of time to send in further nominations for Chair, Secretary and
the Committee. CHANGE OF ADDRESS Dr. Sue Stallibrass Now employed as: Archaeological Science Advisor for the north-west region
of English Heritage University of Liverpool direct telephone: +44 (0)151 794 5046 departmental FAX: +44 (0)151 794 5057 e-mail: Sue.Stallibrass@liverpool.ac.uk
OR Sue.Stallibrass@liv.ac.uk
MEMBERSHIP INTERESTS LIST The final editing of the AEA Membership Interests List is currently in progress. Copies of the list will be sent to all AEA members in the next few weeks. We would like to thank everyone who has sent in their details, and hope you find the information useful. Wendy Carruthers & Vanessa Straker NEWS FROM THE COMMITTEE GUILDFORD CONFERENCE Notification of postponement Unfortunately it has been necessary to postpone this year's annual conference (formerly scheduled for the end of August 1999) to 14th-16th April 2000. The speakers and all those who have already booked have been notified individually and deposits returned accordingly. The postponement was necessary because the conference fell not only within the holiday period, but also at the August Bank Holiday, and this made it difficult for many people to attend. We have decided to reconvene the conference next April because there was such an excellent response to the request for papers, and a very wide range of topics was covered. Furthermore, the papers themselves were of such high quality that it would have been regrettable to cancel the meeting. The conference has been moved more-or-less in its entirety to the new date and it will still be held in Guildford, at the University of Surrey. Further notifications and details of the final programme will be given in future AEA newsletters, on the AEA website, and on Britarch. We would like members to take note that we will be requiring prior booking for the conference since, if people are intending to just turn up on the day, it makes organisation exceedingly difficult. So, we would urge you to book early for April, especially if you will be needing accommodation. Patricia Wiltshire & Peter Murphy ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The next Annual General Meeting for the AEA will be held during the conference in Guildford, which has now been moved to 14 -16th April 2000. The exact time and venue will be announced in the conference programme. Elections for new members of the committee will be held at the AGM. The elected members of the committee currently are: Megan Brickley (98-01), Otto Brinkkemper (98-01), Sabine Karg (98-01), Jacqui Mulville (97-00), Terry O'Connor (97-00) and Wendy Smith (97-00). Glynis Jones and Julie Bond retire at the next AGM. Nominations are needed for three ordinary members of the committee and for Chair and Secretary. Nominations can be made by post, email or phone, to any member of the committee or to the Secretary, Lisa Moffett (address below). Some nominations have already been received and brief personal statements by the nominees will appear in the next newsletter. Further nominations, however, can be received up until the time of the AGM. It would be helpful if nominees would provide a brief statement about themselves that can be read at the AGM as an introduction to other AEA members who may not know them. If you cannot attend the AGM you can still vote by proxy (someone who
is attending the meeting). All you have to do is give a signed statement
appointing whoever you wish to be your proxy to any member of the committee
at any time before the AGM. (And tell your proxy how you want them to
vote!). If you wish, a member of the committee will act as your proxy.
AEA CONSTITUTION The Committee proposes the following changes to the Constitution. These will be voted on at the April AGM. Proposed deletions in strikeout text and proposed new text in italics 1. The name of the Association shall be the Association for Environmental Archaeology The object of the Association is the advancement of the study of human interaction with the environment in the past through archaeology and related disciplines. In furtherance of this object, but not otherwise, the Association shall have the powers to hold meetings, to publish volumes of collected papers and to do all such other things as will further the objects of the Association. 3. Membership of the Association shall be open to all those actively involved in the study of human interaction with the environment in the past through archaeology and related disciplines. 4. The first annual subscription shall be paid by Members on joining the Association and thereafter on 1 January each year. 5. An Annual General Meeting will normally be held in September or October. The agenda for the meeting shall be distributed to Members at least thirty days in advance of the meeting in the last newsletter published before the Annual General Meeting. 6. A Special General Meeting may be called at any time by the Managing
Committee or by any ten members of the Association on application to the
Managing Committee. Not less than thirty days notice of the date and purpose
of such a meeting shall be given to the Members and no business shall
be considered at such a meeting other than that for which it was convened.
8. Each member of the Association who is present at a General Meeting shall have one vote. A Member who cannot be present at a Meeting may appoint another Member to vote for them; a signed statement appointing a proxy must be given to a Committee member before the General meeting to which it applies, and must be renewed for any further meetings. 9. The amount of the annual subscription can only be changed by vote at the Annual General Meeting of the membership. 10. The affairs of the Association shall be handled by a Management Committee which shall include nine ordinary elected members and an elected Chair and Secretary. 11. Three ordinary members of the Managing Committee shall be elected at each Annual General Meeting. Candidates for election must be Members of the Association and can be nominated by any Member of the Association. Nominations must be submitted to a member of the Managing Committee not later than the beginning of the Annual General Meeting. Elected members of the Managing Committee will normally serve until the third Annual General Meeting after the one at which they were elected and may not immediately stand for re-election, with the exception as given in clause 12. 12. The Chair and Secretary shall be elected at the Annual General Meeting from the membership. Candidates for election must be members of the Association, and can be nominated by any member of the Association. Nominations must be given to a member of the Managing Committee no later than the beginning of the AGM. The Chair and Secretary will normally serve until the third Annual General Meeting after the one at which they were elected. An outgoing ordinary committee member may be elected as Secretary or Chair. 13. The Managing Committee may co-opt up to five six members to who may serve as treasurer, membership secretary, a representative of the journal editorship and a representative of the editorship of the Newsletter until such time as they resign or are replaced by the Managing Committee, and the organiser of the next Autumn Conference. The Committee will review coopted members annually, normally at the AGM or the first meeting after. 14. The Managing Committee shall have the power to co-opt to fill any vacancies that may arise in the Managing Committee until the next Annual General Meeting. 15. The organiser of a meeting called or sponsored by the Association may be co-opted to the Managing Committee for matters relating to that meeting. 16. At meetings of the Managing Committee four six members, of whom at least two must be elected members, shall form a quorum. 17. The Managing Committee shall receive and keep account of all monies of the Association. They shall produce accounts for each year ending 31 December, and submit these to the next Annual General Meeting. All monies received for the Association shall be paid into such banks as the Managing Committee shall appoint. 18. The Managing Committee shall have the power to nominate to Honorary Membership of the Association such persons as they consider to have made a major contribution towards the aims of the Association. Honorary Members shall enjoy all rights of Membership without payment of any membership subscription. 19. The Association shall not be dissolved except at a Special General Meeting called for that purpose. The motion for the dissolution must be agreed by at least two thirds of the Members present and by at least half of the total Membership. 20. In the event of dissolution the funds and other properties of the Association, after payment of all other debts and liabilities, shall not be distributed among the Members of the Association but shall be given or transferred to any such charitable institution having similar objects to those of the Association as the Managing Committee, with the approval of the Special General Meeting, shall determine. 21. Any proposal for an amendment to this constitution must be submitted to a General Meeting. The text of the amendment shall be circulated with the notice convening the meeting. Any such amendment must be agreed by at least two thirds of the members present. Lisa Moffett SUBSCRIPTION INCREASE At the last committee meeting it was decided to postpone the increase in the AEA subscription rate until 2001. The journal "Environmental Archaeology" will appear as one issue in 2000. ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY We hope you will agree that EA has got off to a great start. Two successful volumes of conference papers (EA1 and EA3) and one volume of articles (EA2) are already out. EA4, forthcoming late 1999, is currently at the publishers and will feature articles on a variety of topics such as new data on Early Medieval flax cultivation, Coleoptera from Late Medieval smoke-blackened thatch, dental microwear in pigs, and a review of cereal and pulse domestication in south-west Asia. This volume also includes reviews of recent publications related to environmental archaeology. We hope you are pleased with the first three volumes of EA and will enjoy our forthcoming volume. However, the journal's continued success depends on the receipt of high quality manuscripts. Where better to find potential for cutting edge research, which really ought to be published, than within our own membership??? We remind all members of the AEA that they can submit manuscripts for consideration in EA!!!! or encourage colleagues or students to submit manuscripts to EA!!!! As you know, EA aims to provide a forum for the myriad of sub-disciplines
in environmental archaeology and, moreover, to encourage communication
and integration of results between various specialists. EA seeks
to publish a wide range of contributions in all fields of environmental
archaeology from all regions of the world. For more information on the type of contributions we seek and our in-house
style sheet please visit our web-site at http://www.shef.ac.uk/~ap/envarch/
FUTURE AEA AUTUMN CONFERENCE VENUES The AEA Committee would like to hold the autumn 2002 meeting on the European
Continent. The conference is normally held in the month of September and
organisers are invited to choose symposium and session themes. The conference
is normally a two or three day residential meeting, sometimes with additional
field visits. Organisers should expect to produce conference proceedings
(i.e. collate and edit a volume for publication) within a short time after
the completion of the conference. Carol Palmer BACK ISSUES OF CIRCAEA I'd like to remind members that back issues of the AEA's former journal,
Circaea (published 1983-96) are available from me: A list of contents can be found at our web site at http://www.york.ac.uk/inst/eau/aea/circont.htm
(or in hard copy from me if you don't have web access). - Existing members and subscribing institutions: vols. 1, 4-10, £9
per vol. 11-12, £12 per vol. - Non-members and non-subscribing institutions: vols. 1, 4-10, £12 per vol. 11-12, £18 per vol. (or £4 per part for 1(1)-2(1), £6 per part for 4(1)-10(2) and £9 per part for 11(1)-12(2)). Ring-bound photocopies of the out-of-print issues are available, too,
as follows: All prices include postage and packing; please make cheques payable to
'AEA'. CONFERENCES & MEETINGS BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION Programme of meetings 1999 - 2000. Meetings held in the Society of Antiquaries, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London. Tea from 4.30, lecture from 5pm. Please would non-members make themselves known to the Hon. Director on arrival and sign the visitors' book. 6 October 1999 3 November 1999 1 December 1999 5 January 2000 2 February 2000 1 March 2000 5 April 2000 3 May 2000 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCES 99 The next meeting will be held on 20th - 22nd September 1999, organised
by Bristol Archaeological Science Research Group, at the University of
Bristol. The programme is given below. Programme Monday 20th September 12:00 - 17:00 Registration in the Department of Archaeology, 43 Woodland
Road Tuesday 21st September All sessions will be held in the East Block, School of Chemistry
Wednesday 22nd September All sessions will be held in the East Block, School of Chemistry
Wednesday 22nd September Session 5: Early Technologies and Materials cont. Poster Presentations: Aillaud, S & Evershed, R Laboratory decay of olive oil absorbed in potsherds Buckley, S & Evershed, R A comparison of "embalming resins" from ancient Egyptian human and animal mummies: a systematic approach de Vingo, P Woodworking in the Early middle Ages in central and Northern Europe : production and processing techniques of handmade articles Duncan, J Micromorphology and turf Green, C & Chalmers, A The visualisation of ancient lighting Jim, S, Stott, A, Ambrose, S, Rogers, J, & Evershed, R Bone cholesterol as a palaeodietary indicator Lockheart, M, Bull, I, & Evershed, R Complementary use of biomarkers and soil micromorphology to reconstruct manuring practices in archaeological landscapes Loe, L Skeletal Evidence for Socio-Economic Status in an Early Medieval Welsh Sample: Some Preliminary Results Millard, A & Davis, JL Here today, gone tomorrow? Unusual bone preservation in the Vale of Pickering Pope, J Reconstructing archaeological sites Porter, S Civil engineering constraints to prehistoric site reconstructions Rogers, J.Erosive arthropathies in an archaeological population 850 -
1850 AD I N Q U A - COMMISSION OF THE HOLOCENE Second Circular / Call for Papers Environmental conditions during the last 10,000 years have been increasingly governed by the human factor and in some regions the climate controlled geodynamics have been altered. Geomorphic responses to climatic fluctuations and episodes vary spatially and temporally. We would like to shelter a forum for discussing the significance of climatic and antropic impulses: High spatial variability of the paleoenvironmental processes in small areas is a major topic. This meeting of the Commission is intended to bring together new research conceptions from worldwide researchers. We invite applications for papers and posters on geo-pedology, sedimentology and geo-archeology, case studies and new methodological developments in paleogeographical studies. Presentations will be up to 15 minutes allowing 5 minutes for discussion. Official languages are English, French and Spanish. For further information please see http://www.ku-eichstaett.de/MGF/geo/inqua1.htm ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE: Dr. Dominik Faust Dr. Fernando Diaz del Olmo Secretary of the Meeting: CONFERENCE REPORT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE VETERINARY PALAEOPATHOLOGY WORKING GROUP
23rd June 1999. The first meeting of the veterinary palaeopathology working group, organised by Richard Thomas and Andy Hammon , was held at the University of Birmingham this summer. The main objective in forming this working group is to address issues fundamental to the study of palaeopathology in faunal remains. Those attending the conference were from a variety of disciplines, particularly field archaeology, zooarchaeology human osteology and veterinary pathology, indicating the interest in the subject area, plus the diversity of contributions that can be made. The aim of this first meeting was to discuss three principal issues essential to anyone researching or recording non-human palaeopathology. These were
Why study palaeopathology? Many possible motives were outlined, including the intrinsic interest of the subject, plus the fact that there is so much that is not yet known nor understood. From my own personal research perspective, the form and prevalence of disease and injury in the remains of domestic livestock may reflect the use that these animals were put to. These may also reflect the environmental parameters, natural or induced by man, causing stress on animals. The point of whether case studies or question-led research is more important was raised. Ultimately, neither can feasibly exist without the other; the observations from the archaeological assemblage are necessary to, and often initiate question based research. The archaeological context of the faunal remains is important to the interpretation that relies on the study of palaeopathological lesions in these. However, the aim is to progress further towards a comprehensive synthesis, and this cannot be done based solely on individual case studies. For this to succeed, a discourse between those studying archaeological faunal remains, human osteologists and veterinary researchers will also be essential. This forum has provided a stimulus for this to take place. What should we record? The following points were outlined.
It will be important to define the aims of the working group so that it can develop in the future. After the success of the first meeting, it is hoped that the working group will meet again, provisionally proposed for next Easter. The University of Chieti, Italy, plans to hold a conference on human palaeopathology in September 2000, where a session will be devoted specifically to animal palaeopathology. It is hoped that it will be possible to present the results of the list of recommendations for recording non-human palaeopathology at this meeting. (Please contact Prof. Don Brothwell for further details of the conference). Richard Thomas(2) and Andy Hammon(3) would like to acknowledge the Bioarchaeology Panel of the Wellcome trust for providing them with a grant to set up the meeting. They would also like to thank ICAZ for their support and all those who participated, in the meeting, and gave helpful suggestions. They are also currently creating a contact list for anyone interested in non-human palaeopathology. If you were unable to attend the meeting, but would like to be on this list, please e-mail your details to Richard Thomas <r.m.thomas@bham.ac.uk>. The organisers hope that this will generate further interest and permit the working group to function as a coherent and competent body. (1) Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford.
PhD THESIS ABSTRACT The evolution of the Holocene wetland landscape of the Humberhead Levels
from a fossil insect perspective. Abstract Palaeoentomological investigations have been carried out on a series of profiles and contexts in the Humberhead Levels (eastern England), principally from the raised mires of Thorne and Hatfield Moors, and from floodplains of the rivers Torne and Idle at Rossington, near Doncaster, and Misterton Carr, Nottinghamshire. Research has attempted to elucidate the effect of peatland development on the composition of the insect fauna, with particular emphasis on Hatfield Moors, as well as investigate the transition from Quercus-Pinus forest to mire and the faunal characteristics of those forests. The study of the fossil insects, together with other palaeoecological evidence, has enabled the genesis and development of these mires to be reconstructed in some detail. However, the palaeoenvironmental record from Thorne and Hatfield Moors indicate significant differences in initiation, development and rate of growth between the two sites. The research highlights the valuable palaeoecological record of the peat deposits on Hatfield Moors, which have long been ignored in favour of Thorne Moors. In particular, research highlights the importance of Pinus woodland and wet heath, components reflected in the invertebrates today. The study of the floodplain deposits have enabled the research from the Moors to be placed within a regional context. Faunal successions highlight the transition from Urwald (undisturbed woodland), c. 4000 cal BC, to a largely cleared landscape by the late Roman period (c. 400 cal AD). The research has highlighted the nature and diversity of Holocene Urwald and illustrates the important habitat provided by abundant dead wood within these systems. The fossil record emphasises the contraction in range of many elements of the British Coleopterous fauna, both at a regional and national level. A total of eleven extirpated Coleoptera have been recovered, including two species of beetle previously unknown in the British Isles. The significance of these and other Urwaldrelikt species is discussed in relation to the human fragmentation of forest habitats and the decline of Pinus sylvestris L. The importance of fire as a natural agent within the landscape, within coniferous woodland and Pinus-mire and heath systems is highlighted. The dependence of some pinicolous taxa on fire habitats suggests that the decline of this habitat has had a detrimental impact on the biogeography of some species. The role of climate as a limiting factor in distribution of thermophilous species is also discussed. The thesis was carried out at the Dept of Archaeology and Prehistory,
University of Sheffield, under the supervision of Prof. Kevin Edwards
and Paul Buckland. From June onwards I shall be at the School of Geography
and Archaeology, Univeristy of Exeter, The Amory Building, Rennes Drive,
Exeter, EX4 4RJ. A MEMORIAL TABLET TO JOHN FRERE, F.R.S., F.S.A It is intended to place an inscribed slate tablet in the nave of St Bartholomew's church at Finningham, Suffolk, where several members of the illustrious Frere family are buried. The wording on the table will include: John Frere, among many notable achievements, was the first person in the world, from his observations on a clay pit at Hoxne, Suffolk in June 1797, to realise the enormous period of time that must have elapsed between the flint tools he recognised and the present. This event can be regarded as the beginning of prehistoric archaeology. In spite of the little immediate effect this had on current archaeological thought, his brilliant deductions can be seen as the birth of prehistory as a science. It seems astonishing that such a man should have no memorial to record the respect he deserves. It is hoped that the proposed tablet will remedy this omission and have the support of archaeologists, historians, geologists and relevant societies and institutions. The tablet is being produced by the prestigious Cardozo Kindersley workshop
at Cambridge. The cost is £2775.00, including materials and fixing.
A major contribution has been generously promised from the Frere family.
An appeal fund has been established, and any contributions should be sent
to: J.J.Wymer, F.S.A., The Vines, Great Cressingham, Thetford, Norfolk
IP25 6NL (cheques made out to: J.J.Wymer - Frere memorial account).
JOB ADVERTISEMENTS ANNOUNCEMENT This is a preliminary announcement concerning two posts in Environmental Archaeology to be advertised in the near future. Two environmental archaeological scientists, one specialising in archaeobotany and the other in geoarchaeology, are required. They will be based in the Department of Archaeology at the University of Southampton but will have substantial contact with the new English Heritage Centre for Archaeology at Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth. The main duties will in involve the assessment and analysis of material from a wide range of archaeological projects. They will also provide advice to archaeological units on specific projects. There will be opportunities for synthesis and research, and some teaching may be required. The successful candidates will have a first degree in archaeology or an environmental science, and are likely to possess a higher degree in an appropriate subject. Experience of British material and a proven track record of report writing to deadlines would be a distinct advantage. Knowledge of other areas of environmental archaeology is desirable. The appointments will be based on a 3 year contract. Further details are available from: Prof. D. Peacock, Department of Archaeology,
University of Southampton, Southampton, SO17 1BJ PUBLICATIONS We are very grateful to James Greig for the following information: James says: "Many thanks to those who have sent in references for
inclusion below. Vegetation History & Archaeobotany 1-2 (1999) will
apear shortly as a double volume with the papers from the 1998 Toulouse
conference. Please send any new references to greigjra@bham.ac.uk"
BOOKS P. Anreiter, I. Bartosiewicz, E. Jerem, et al. (1998) Man and the animal world. Archaeolingua, Memorial for Sándor Bökönyi. £99.50 N. Benecke (1999) The Holocene history of the European vertebrate fauna. (Archäologie in Eurasien, 6) Leidorf, 432 pp. £46 hb H.-J. Beug, I. Henrion and A. Schmüser (1999) Landschaftgeschichte im Hochharz. Die Entwicklung der Moore und Wälder seit dem Ende der letzten Eiszeit [Landscape history in the high Harz. The development of moorlands and woods since the last ice age]. Papierflieger, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, 454 pp. cost DM 21.40 + p&pkg from Papierflieger Verlag GmbH, Telemannstr 1, D-38678, Germany (email: papierflieger@t-online.de) J.M. Bond and T.P. O'Connor (1999) Bones from medieval deposits at 16-22 Coppergate and other sites in York. (The Archaeology of York, 15/5) Council for British Archaeology, York, 168 pp. ISBN 1 87241493 1 price £16.00 J. Clutton-Brock (1999) A natual history of domesticated animals. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 232 pp. about £51.50 hb / £21.95 pb J. Downes and T. Pollard (1999) The loved body's corruption: archaeological contributions to the study of human mortality. Cruithne Press, 223 pp. £16.50 pb A. von den Driesch (1995) Guide to the measurement of animal bones from archaeological sites. (Peabody Museum Bulletin, 1) Harvard University Pres, pp. 4th updated reprint; £14.95 J.G. Evans (1999) Land and archaeology: histories of human environment in the British Isles. Tempus, Stroud, 160 pp. £14.99 pb C. Gosden and J.G. Hather (1999) The prehistory of food. (One World Archaeology, 32) Routledge, London, 496 pp. £93 hb H.J. Greenfield and L. Bartosiewicz (1998) Transhumant pastoralism in southern Europe; recent perspectives from archaeology, history and ethnology. (Archaeolingua) Archaeolingua Foundation, Budapest, 160 pp. 15 papers on zooarchaeology, ethnoarchaeology, history and ethnography. £22 S. Jacomet and A. Kreuz (1999) Archäobotanik. Ulmer, Stuttgart, 360 pp. ISBN 3 8252 8158 2. price about DM 98 R. Jurmain (1999) Stories from the skeleton: behavioral reconstruction in human osteology. Gordon and Breach, 392 pp. £44 hb / £22 pb K.-H. Knörzer, R. Gerlach, J. Meurers-Balke, et al. (1999) Pflanzenspuren. Archäobotanik im Rheinland: Agrarlandschaft und Nutzpflanzen im Wandel der Zeiten (Traces of plants; archaeobotany in the Rhineland; farming landscape and useful plants through the ages). Rheinland Verlag (Habelt), Bonn, 172 pp. M. Leah, C.E. Wells, E. Huckerby, et al. (1998) The wetlands of Shropshire and Staffordshire. Lancaster University, Lancaster, 252 pp. £25 P. Leveau, F. Trément, K. Walsh, et al. (1999) Environmental reconstruction in Mediterranean landscape archaeology. (The Archaeology of Mediterranean Landscapes, 2) Oxbow, Oxford, 225 pp. £40 K.C. MacDonald and R. Blench (1999) The origins and development of African livestock. UCL Press, London, pp. £60 hb / 19.95 pb R. Middleton, M.J. Tooley and J.B. Innes (1999) The wetlands of south west Lancashire. Lancaster University, Lancaster, c. 200 pp. £25 W. Prummel and L. Martin (1997) Tierknochenfunde der Ausgrabung Schild 1971-1975 (Animal bone finds from the Schild excavations 1971-75). (Ausgrabung in Schleswig, Berichte und Studien, 11) M. Ralska-Jasiewiczowa, T. Goslar, T. Madeyska, et al. (1998) Lake Gosciaz, central Poland, a monographic study. W. Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, 340 pp. ISBN 83 85444 64 5. The lake has annual laminations covering the whole Holocene, and this book presents the results of a very thorough multi-disciplinary study of them. E.J. Reitz and E.J. Wing (1999) Zooarchaeology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 455 pp. £60 hb / 22.95 pb S. Rippon (1998) The Severn Estuary: landscape evolution and wetland reclamation. Leicester University Press, Leicester, 318 pp. ISBN 0 7185 00695. £70 P. Rowley-Conwy (1999) Animal bones, human societies. Oxbow, Oxford, 198 pp. £35 D.W. Yalden (1999) The history of British mammals. T. & A.D. Poyser,
London, £29.95 THESIS M. Hellqvist (1999) Urban and rural environments from Iron Age to medieval
time in northern Europe. Evidence from fossil insect remains from south-eastern
Sweden and Novgorod, Russia. Doctoral Thesis, Uppsala University
(Comprehensive summaries of Uppsala dissertations from the Faculty of
Sciences and Technology, 430) CHAPTERS R.T.J. Cappers (1998) Botanical contribution on the analysis of subsistence at Berenike. In O. E. Kaper (ed.), Life on the fringe: living in the southern Egyptian deserts during the Roman and early Byzantine periods. Research School Center for Non-Western Studies, School of Asian, African and Amerindian Studies, Leiden pp. 73-76. C.A. Cartwright (1998) The wood charcoal from Barnham. In N. Ashton, S. G. Lewis and S. Parfitt (eds.), Excavations at the lower Palaeolithic site at East Farm, Barnham, Suffolk, 1989-1994. (British Museum Occasional Papers 125) British Museum, London p. 125. A.E. Caseldine and T.G. Holden (1998) The carbonised plant remains. In G. Williams and H. Mytum (eds.), Llawhaden, Dyfed: excavations on a group of small defended enclosures, 1980-4. (British Archaeological Reports, British Series 275) Tempvs Reparatvm, Oxford pp. 105-117 W. Dörfler, A. Evans and H. Löhr (1998) Trier Walramneustra e - Untersuchungen zum römerzeitlichen Landschaftswandel im Hunsrück-Eifel-Raum an einem Beispiel aus der Trierer Talweite [Trier Walramneustra e -studies on Roman landscape change in the Hunsrück Eifel region, form an example from the Trier valley]. In A. Müller-Karpe, H. Brandt, D. Krau e, et al. (eds.), Studien zur Archäologie der Kelten, Römer und Germanien in Mittel- und Westeuropa, Alfred Haffner zum 60. Geburtstag gewidmet. (International Archaeology Studia Honoraria 2), Espelkamp pp. 119-152 F. Dunand, J.-L. Heim and R. Lichtenberg (1998) La vie dans l'extrême: Douch 1er s. è. chr [Life at the edge, Douch, 1st century of the Christian era]. In O. E. Kaper (ed.), Life on the fringe: living in the southern Egyptian deserts during the Roman and early Byzantine periods. Research school center for non-western studies, school of Asian, African and Amerindian studies, Leiden pp. 95-138. (human bones) A. Kreuz (1999) Becoming a Roman farmer: preliminary report on the environmental evidence from the Romanization project. In J. D. Creighton and R. J. A. Wilson (eds.), Roman Germany; studies in clutural interaction. (Journal of Roman Archaeology, supplementary series 32) Journal of Roman Archaeology, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, USA pp. 71-98. S. Payne, E. Allison and A.K.G. Jones (1995) Animal remains. In E. Hostetter and T. N. Howe (eds.), The Romano-British Villa at Castle Copse, Great Bedwyn. Indiana University Press, pp. 322-344. A. Powell, K. Clark and D. Serjeantson (1997) The animal bones. In P. M. Booth (ed.), Asthall, Oxfordshire: excavations in a Roman small town 1992. (Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph 9) Oxford Archaeological Unit, Oxford pp. 141-147. R. Tipping, S. Carter, D. Davidson, et al. (1997) Soil pollen analysis: a new approach to understanding the stratigraphical integrity of data. In A. Sinclair, E. Slater and J. Gowlett (eds.), Archaeological sciences 1995 (proceedings of a conference on the application of scientific techniques to archaeology). (Oxbow Monographs 64) Oxbow, Oxford pp. not known. M. van der Veen (1998) Gardens in the desert. In O. E. Kaper (ed.),
Life on the fringe: living in the southern Egyptian deserts during the
Roman and early Byzantine periods. Research school center for non-western
studies, School of Asian, African and Amerindian studies, Leiden pp. 221-242.
ARTICLES A.P. Agelarakis, S. Paley, Y. Porath, et al. (1998) The Chalcolithic burial cave in Ma'avarot, Israel, and its palaeoanthropological implications. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 8(6): 431-443 A. Aribas and P. Palmqvist (1999) On the ecological connection between sabre-tooths and hominids: faunal dispersal events in the lower Pleistocene and a review of the evidence for the first human arrival in Europe. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(2): 571-586 K.A. Arslanov, L.A. Savaljeva and N.A. Gey (1999) Chronology of vegetation and palaeoclimatic stages of northwest Russia during the late Glacial and Holocene. Radiocarbon 41(1): 25-45 M. Balasse, H. Bocherens and A. Mariotti (1999) Intra-bone variability of collagen and apatite isotopic composition used as evidence of a change of diet. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 593-598 L. Barnekow (1999) Holocene tree-line dynamics and inferred climatic changes in the Abisko area, northern Sweden, based on macrofossil and pollen records. The Holocene 9(3): 253-266 N. Baum (1999) Die Dietersberghöhle bei Egloffstein, Kr. Forscheim - von der Opferhöhle zum Bestattungsplatz [The Dietersberghohle, Egloffstein - from pitfall to burial place]. Praehistorische Zeitschrift 74(1): 79-121 (human skeletal remains) J.S. Bax and P.S. Ungar (1999) Incisor labial surface wear striations in modern humans and their implications for handedness in middle and late Pleistocene hominids. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 9(3): 189-198 N. Benecke (1997a) Archäozoologische Beiträge zu Wirtschaft, Kult und Umwelt in den Jahrhunderten um Christi Geburt [Archaeozoological contibutions to farming, cult and environment in the centuries around the birth of Christ]. Berichte der Kommission für Archäologische Landesforschung in Hessen 4: 53-60 N. Benecke (1997b) Archäozoologische Studien an eisenzeitlichen und kaiserzeitlichen Fundkomplexen im rechtsrheinischen Mittelbergsraum [Archaeozoological studies of Iron Age and Roman find complexes from the Mittelgeberge area to the right of the Rhine. Beiträge zur Archäozoologie und prähistorischen Anthropologie 1: 101-105 H. Bocherens, D. Billiou, A. Mariotti, et al. (1999) Palaeoenvironmental and palaeodietary implications of isotopic biogeochemistry of last interglacial Neanderthal and mammal bones in Scladina cave, Belgium. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 599-607 E. Boëda, J.M. Geneste and C. Grigg (1999) A Levallois point embedded in the vertebra od a wild ass (Equus africanus): hafting, projectiles and Mousterian hunting weapons. Antiquity 73(230): 394-402 F. Borja, C. Zazo, C.J. Dabrio, et al. (1999) Holocene aeolian phases and human settlements along the Atlantic coast of southern Spain. The Holocene 9(3): 333-340 D.N. Carss and M. Marquis (1999) Skeletons in the cupboard? Quantifying bird predation on Atlantic salmon: atlas vertebra: fish length equations revisited. Journal of Zoology, London 248(2): 272 S.P. Carter (1996) The micromorphology of a buried soil. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 126: page numbers not known (in J.H. Lewis, Excavations at St Andrews, Castlecliffe, 1988-90, pp. 605-688 in above) S.P. Carter and D.A. Davidson (1998) An evaluation of the contribution of soil micromorphology to the study of ancient arable agriculture. Geoarchaeology 13: 535-547 S. Carter, R. Tipping, D. Davidson, et al. (1997) A multipoxy approach to the function of postmedieval ridge-and-furrow cultivation in upland northern Britain. The Holocene 7(4): 447-456 P. Christiansen (1999) Scaling of mammalian long bones: large and small mammals compared. Journal of Zoology, London 247(3): 333-348 C. Clarke (1999) Palynological investigation of a Bronze Age cist burial from Whitsome, Scottish borders, Scotland. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(5): 547-551 R.K. Clarke, J. Grahame and P.J. Mill (1999) Variation and constraint in the shells of two sibling species of intertidal rough periwinkles (Gastropoda: Littorina sp.). Journal of Zoology, London 247(2): 145-154 R. Coard and A.T. Chamberlain (1999) The nature and timing of faunal change in the British Isles across the Pleistocene/Holocene transition. The Holocene 9(3): 372-376 S. Davis (1998) Faunal remains. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society 86: 41-46 (in Malim,T Prehistoric and Roman remains at Edix Hill, Barrington, Cambridgeshire, pp 13-56) E. Dufour, H. Bocherens and A. Mariotti (1999) Palaeodietary implcations of isotopic variability in Eurasian lacustrine fish. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 617-628 W.J. Eastwood, N. Roberts, H.F. Lamb, et al. (1999) Holocene environmental change in southwest Turkey: a palaeoecological record of lake and catchment related changes. Quaternary Science Reviews 18(4-5): 671-695 M. Gardiner (1997) title unknown, but about archaeological finds of sea mammal bones. The Archaeological Journal 154: 173-195 C.M. Haverkort and D. Lubell (1999) Cutmarks on Capsian human remains: implications for Maghreb Holocene social organisation and palaeoeconomy. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 9(3): 147-169 T.H.E. Heaton (1999) Spatial, species and temporal variation in the 13C/12C
ratios of C3 plants: implications for palaeodiet studies. Journal of Archaeological
Science 26(6): 637-650 T.G. Holden (1996) The people and the plants from Buiston Crannog, Ayrshire. Antiquity 70(270): 954-959 J.P. Huntley (1998b) The palaeobotanical samples from Titlington Mount. Northern Archaeology 15/16: 9-10 (in Topping,P The excavation of burnt mounds at Titlington Mount, north Northumberland 1992-3, pp 3-25 in above) A.J. Kalis and J. Meurers-Balke (1998) Gräber im Moor? Ein Kommentar zu pollenstratigraphischen Untersuchungen am Moorleichen [graves in the moor? a comment on pollen stratigraphic research on bog bodies]. Archäologische Mitteilungen aus Nordwestdeutschland 21: 71-78 M. Katzenberg and A. Weber (1999) Stable isotope ecology and palaeodiet in the Lake Baikal region of Siberia. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 651-660 G.J. van Klinken (1999) Bone collagen quality indicators for palaeodietary
and radiocarbon measurements. Journal of Archaeological Science
26(6): 687-696 S.I. Kvaal and E.M. During (1999) A dental study comparing age estimations of the human remains from the Swedish warship "Vasa". International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 9(3): 170-181 J.G.A. Lageard, F.M. Chambers and P.A. Thomas (1999) Climatic significance of the marginalisation of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) c. 2500 B.C. at White Moss, south Cheshire. The Holocene 9(3): 321-332 A.E.W. Miles (1999a) A 5 grade categorization of age-related change in the acromio-clavicular joint derived from the skeletal remains of early 19th C Londoners of known sex and age. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 9(2): 83-101 A.E.W. Miles (1999b) Observations on the undersurface of the skeletised human acronomion in 2 populations. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 9(2): 131 A. Miron and C. Wustrow (1997) Die Tierreste aus der Römischen Gro villenanlage von Borg (Saarland) [the animal remains from the Roman large villa of Borg, Saarland]. Beiträge zur Archäozoologie und prähistorischen Anthropologie 1: 59-69 E.M. Murphy, U.M. Donnelly and G.E. Rose (1998) Possible neurofibromatosis in a Scythian period individual from the cemetery of Aymyrlyg, Tuva, south Siberia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 8(6): 424-430 W. van Neer, L. Lõugas and A.D. Rijnsdorp (1999) Reconstructing age distribution, season of capture and growth rate of fish from archaeological sites, based on otoliths and vertebrae. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 9(2): 116-130 E. Panagiotakopulu (1999) An examination of biological materials from coprolites from XVIII Dynasty Amarna, Egypt. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(5): 547-551 M. Pannovic and I. Lajtner (1995) Bedeutung der Mollusken- und Fischfauna in der Ökologie und Ökonomie der äneolithischen Siedlung Vucedol (NO Kroatien) [The significance of the mollusc and fish faunas in the ecology and economy of the eneolithic settlement of Vucedol, northeast Croatia]. Opuscula Archæologica 19: 33-38 U. Piening (1998) Die Pflanzenreste aus Gruben der Linearbandkeramik und der Rössener Kultur von Ditzingen, Kr. Ludwigsburg [Plant remains from Linearbandkeramik and Rössener pits at Ditzingen]. Fundberichte aus Baden-Württemberg 22(1): 125-160 A. Pikkänen and P. Huttunen (1999) 13000 year forest-fire history at a site in eastern Finland based on charcoal and pollen records in a laminated lake. The Holocene 9(3): 311-320 A.M.W. Porter (1999) The prediction of physique from the skeleton. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 9(2): 102-115 M.P. Richards and R.E.M. Hedges (1999) Stable isotope evidence for similarities in the types of marine foods used by late Mesolithic humans at sites along the Atlantic coast of Europe. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 717-722 K. Robson Brown and H. Wood (1999) The utility of minimal CT scanning in the study of 2 Egyptian mummy heads. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 9(3): 199-204 A. Santos, C. Umbelino, A. Gonçalves, et al. (1998) Mortal combat during the medieval Christian reconquest in Évora, Portugal. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 8(6): 454 H. Schutkowski, B. Herrmann, F. Weidemann, et al. (1999) Diet, status and decomposition at Weingarten: trace element and isotope analysis on early Medieval skeletal material. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 675-686 W. Smith (1998) Fuel for thought: archaeobotanical evidence for the use of alternatives to wood fuel in late antique North Africa. Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology 11(2): 191-205 P. Smth and D. Serjeantson (1997) Food remains: bones and shells. Postmedieval Archaeology 31: pages not known. (in Fryer,K and Selley,A Excavations of a pit at 16 Tunsgate, Guildford, Surrey, 1991, pp 208-220) M. Sponheimer and J.A. Lee-Thorp (1999) Oxygen isotopes in enamel carbonate and their ecological significance. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 723-? A.W. Stott, R.P. Evershed, S. Jim, et al. (1999) Cholesterol as a new source of palaeodietary information: experimental approaches and archaeological applications. Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 705-716 M. Street and T. Terberger (1999) The last pleniglacial and the human settlement of central Europe: new information from the Rhineland site of Wiesbaden-Igstadt. Antiquity 73(230): 259-272 H.-M. Taastrom and L. Jacobsen (1999) The diet of otters (Lutra lutra L.) in Danish freshwater habitats: comparisons of prey fish populations. Journal of Zoology, London 248(1): 1-14 J.P. Taatsvinen, H. Simola and E. Gronlund (1998) Cultivation history beyond the periphery: early agriculture in the north European boreal forest. Journal of World Prehistory 12/2: 199-253 W.P. Visser (1998) Little waifs: estimating child body size from historic skeletal material. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 8(6): 413-423 F.B. Weidemann, H. Bocherens, A. Mariotti, et al. (1999) Metodological and archaeological implications of intra-tooth isotopic variations ( 13C, 18O) in herbivores from Ain Ghazal (Jordan, Neolithic). Journal of Archaeological Science 26(6): 697-704 J. Wiethold (1998) Les plantes cultivées et cuellies [cultivated and gathered plants]. Gallia 55: 63-65 (in Gruel,K and Vitali,D L'oppidum de Bibracte: un bilan de onze années de recherches (1984-1995), Gallia 55, 1-140) G. Willcox (1999) Charcoal analysis and Holocene vegetation history in southern Syria. Quaternary Science Reviews 18(4-5): 711-716 We are grateful to Ina Plug for the following references: I. Plug (1996) Seven centuries of Iron Age traditions at Bosutswe, Botswana: a faunal perspective. South African Journal of Science 92:91-97. I. Plug (1996) Book review: C.Thorp: Of commoners and kings. South African Archaeological Bulletin 51:40. I. Plug (1996) Changing societies in South Africa during the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries: a faunal perspective. 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