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Association for Environmental Archaeology
Newsletter 76  (May 2002)

ISSN 1363-6553

Submit information to the newsletter
Editorial
Change of Address

News from the Committee
Nominations to the AEA Managing Committee
Important Announcement about the Journal
Payment of Subscriptions by Overseas Members
Conferences & Meetings
Announcement
AEA - Bournemouth University One-Day Meeting

Godwin Stage 3 Project Conference
AEA 2003 conference - Worlds apart? Human settlement and biota of islands
Conference Report
Advertisements
Publications [ Books - Chapters - Articles ]
Booking Forms

Edited by Wendy Carruthers and Vanessa Straker

Copy dates for Newsletter: 20th of the following months - January / April / July / October.

Items for the Newsletter may be submitted by e-mail or on disk (3.5" floppy disks in IBM-PC format as WordPerfect, Word or ASCII files) . Short typed manuscripts can be sent to: 

Wendy Carruthers, Sawmills House, Castellau, Llantrisant, Mid Glamorgan CF72 8LQ, U.K. - Tel: +44 1443 223462 - e-mail: wendy.carruthers@virgin.net

Vanessa Straker, School of Geographical Sciences, University of Bristol, University Rd., Bristol, BS8 1SS, U.K. - Fax: +44 117 928 7878 - e-mail: V.Straker@Bristol.ac.uk

AEA Membership Secretary: Ruth Pelling, 14 Perfect View, Camden, Bath BA1 5JY, UK - Tel: 01225 332275 - e-mail: membership@envarch.net

AEA website:  http://www.envarch.net/

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EDITORIAL

This edition of the Newsletter contains information about the one-day autumn meeting in Bournemouth, and next year's spring Symposium in Belfast.

Please note in the News from the Committee section, the request for nominations for three new members of the Committee, including the position of Treasurer, and the announcement about the journal, 'Environmental Archaeology'. The Co-ordinating editor, Glynis Jones, would be grateful if members could submit articles for the journal so that we can maintain production of two issues a year beyond 2003.

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CHANGE OF ADDRESS

The AEA Membership Secretary, Ruth Pelling, has moved from Oxford. Her new address for all AEA correspondence is:

Ruth Pelling, AEA Membership Secretary, 14 Perfect View,Camden, Bath, BA1 5JY
Tel: 01225 332275 - e-mail: membership@envarch.net

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NEWS FROM THE COMMITTEE

NOMINATIONS TO THE AEA MANAGING COMMITTEE

The AEA Managing Committee seeks nominations for two ordinary committee members and the position of Treasurer (three vacancies altogether, each a three-year position). The committee would welcome nominations from members not based in Great Britain, as two of the three committee members retiring this year are from countries outside the UK. Elections will be held at the one-day autumn meeting in Bournemouth.

The AEA Managing Committee meets four times a year (usually in March, June, September and December). The main items of business discussed are the organisation of conferences and publication of conference proceedings, and publication of the journal, as well as issues relating to the Newsletter, Webpage maintenance, and membership. At present, the AEA committee is also discussing the possibility of obtaining UK charitable status for the organisation. In addition to the role of Treasurer, the job of Publicity Officer, a job undertaken by an ordinary member, also becomes vacant. We particularly encourage candidates who are prepared to take on one of these specific jobs of the AEA Managing Committee.

The role of Treasurer
Rupert Housley, current AEA Treasurer, retires in spring 2003, but in order to facilitate a smooth hand-over, the AEA committee is seeking to elect a new Treasurer this autumn who will be able to work in close association with Rupert Housley during the first six months of his/her tenure.

The position of AEA Treasurer entails a number of duties, some of which only take place annually whilst others involve action on a regular basis. On a day-to-day basis the job involves keeping detailed records of all payments received (membership subscriptions, book sales, etc.) and of all transactions going out (journal and newsletter costs, Webpage maintenance, bulk book purchases, etc). The Treasurer is responsible for making payments into the bank and for checking monthly statements. All payments by cheque have to originate from the Treasurer and the post involves close liaison with the Membership Secretary, in particular, and other committee members. The Treasurer will also at times have to prepare brief summaries of the financial position of the AEA for Committee meetings when important decisions involving significant expenditure are being discussed. Annually the Treasurer is responsible for preparing the accounts of the Association and reporting the financial position to the AGM. In the future it is anticipated that the Treasurer will have a role in liaising with the UK Charity Commission should the AEA succeed in obtaining charitable status. The post would suit an organised responsible person with a reasonable feel for finances and good attention to detail.

To make your nomination
Any AEA member can make a nomination, but this must be seconded. Please state whether you are nominating a candidate for one of the two ordinary positions or the position of Treasurer. A brief, signed, personal statement from the nominee (which implicitly indicates the nominee's willingness to stand) should accompany nominations. This statement will be published in the August Newsletter or, if received afterwards, read at the AGM.

Nominations can be received up to the time of the AGM, although the committee would like to encourage members to submit nominations before the August Newsletter deadline (20th July). Nominations and personal statements can be e-mailed or posted to:

Carol Palmer, AEA Secretary, School of Archaeology and Ancient History, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH
E-mail: cp24@le.ac.uk

Elections will be held at the one-day autumn meeting in Bournemouth (see below).

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***IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT THE JOURNAL***

Move to two issues per year and call for papers.

Next year, two issues of 'Environmental Archaeology: the journal of human palaeoecology' Volume 8, will be published. This is in response to membership wishes, including an overwhelming show of hands in favour at the 2001 AGM, and the receipt of an increasing volume of accepted submissions.

In order to maintain production of two issues per year beyond 2003, however, we do need you to keep on writing and submitting manuscripts. As you know, EA publishes contributions that include all fields of environmental archaeology from all regions of the world. Papers on new techniques, philosophical discussions, current controversies and suggestions for new areas for research, as well as more conventional research papers, are all acceptable. We welcome submissions from AEA members in particular, so please send your manuscripts to:

Glynis Jones, Co-ordinating Editor of Environmental Archaeology, Dept. of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 4ET, UK
(Tel: 0114 22 22904, Fax: 0114 272 2563, e-mail: g.jones@sheffield.ac.uk).
Also see: http://www.shef.ac.uk/~ap/envarch/index.html

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PAYMENT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS BY OVERSEAS MEMBERS

The AEA recognises that overseas members have difficulties in paying their subscriptions due to the high cost of bank charges when converting their local currency into sterling. For this reason the Committee introduced a credit card facility that allows overseas members to make payments comparatively easily with minimal loss of revenue to the AEA (for every £24 subscription by credit card the AEA receives £23.04). It is currently the best method for paying overseas subscriptions if the payee does not have access to a sterling bank account.

In the past the AEA would also accept subscriptions in Eurocheques and in the form of Giro transfers. However due to changes in the way the banks process such transactions, these methods of subscription are no longer economically viable. The reason for this is due to the high charges that are imposed in converting other currencies into sterling. For example, of a £24 Giro payment the AEA receives just £21. For a £24 Eurocheque the situation is even worse since only £18.50 is received by the AEA. For this reason the Committee is proposing to stop accepting Giro and Eurocheque payments and to encourage overseas members to pay by credit card as this method of payment represents the best value to the association in terms of minimising transaction charges.

In the future it is hoped that the AEA will be able to establish a Euro account so that members in the Euro zone will not have to pay in sterling. However this is not yet possible and so the Committee would ask all overseas members without access to sterling accounts to make their subscription payments by credit card rather than by Eurocheque or by Giro.

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CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS


ANNOUNCEMENT:
Association for Environmental Archaeology extended Field Trip:
Shropshire and Herefordshire. Friday 28th June to Sunday 30th June 2002.

I am afraid that due to a very low level of interest in this field trip it has been cancelled.

David Smith, The University of Birmingham

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AEA - Bournemouth University One-Day Meeting
Saturday, October 19th 2002

School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole

The AEA autumn one-day meeting will be held on Saturday 19th October at Bournemouth University in the School of Conservation Sciences. Owing to the lack of Annual Conference this year, the AGM will be held on the day of the meeting.

We will have an open programme and offers of short papers (20 minutes) are invited. The presentation of recent results of all aspects of Environmental Archaeology and Palaeoecology are welcomed. The meeting is intended to be informal and students are to be encouraged. Contributors are asked to provide short abstracts in advance of the meeting. Tea and coffee will be provided and there will be a break for lunch (not provided unless requested). A small charge of £5 for the day will be made to cover costs of printing and refreshments. The School of Conservation Sciences (Talbot Campus) is about 30 minutes walk from Bournemouth station. Maps will be provided on request.

Papers to start at 10.30am and finish about 4.30pm (followed by AGM)

If you would like to offer a contribution, please email us (hsmith@bournemouth.ac.uk) or post the form at the back of the newsletter. The closing date for the submission of paper titles/abstracts is 1st September 2002.

For further information please contact one of the organisers, at School of Conservation Sciences, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, BH12 5BB

Organisers: Helen Smith, Mark Maltby

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The Godwin Institute for Quaternary Research of the University of Cambridge announces a Godwin Conference marking the completion of the Stage 3 Project - Achievements in glacial palaeoclimatological and palaeoenvironmental studies and their impact on Palaeolithic archaeology

Cambridge, June 20-22, 2002
First circular
The Stage 3 Project was established by the Godwin Institute in 1996 to address this question:

Did the Neanderthals become extinct late in the last glacial due to the severe, unstable climate, while modern humans, were able to adapt physically, technically or culturally?

The Stage 3 Project is an interdisciplinary, international research programme designed to address this question using existing data and computer models. It aims at asking better questions with better answers as a bonus. The Project adopted a two-step approach. First we wished to gain insight in the climate and climate changes of Oxygen Isotope Stage 3 in Europe and the associated vegetation and mammalian fauna. In the context of diverse and changing glacial climates and landscapes we analysed human behaviour, using a large database of published archaeological dates as proxies for the human presence in time and space. The Project is unique because it relies on volunteer workers and, except for two grants and modest gift money, all costs were borne by the volunteers themselves. It offers instructive examples for currently popular thematic programmes on "Human Evolution and Climate Change." More about the Stage 3 Project and its members can be found on its website:

http://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/oistage3/Details/Homepage.html

At the Conference members of the Stage 3 Project will present its results in lectures and posters, and invited speakers from outside the Project will review it from a wider perspective.

To express your interest, e-mail us at: Stage3@esc.cam.ac.uk

A Second Circular and Registration forms can also be downloaded at the Conference website at:
http://www.the-conference.com/2002/Stage3

If e-mail is not possible, please write to:

Professor Tjeerd H. van Andel
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge CB2 3EQ
UK

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Wellcome Bioarchaeology Day for the North of England

Location: D4 Lecture Theatre, Richmond Building, University of Bradford,
Date: September 5, 2002

The Wellcome Trust, in conjunction with the Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, will host a day of presentations on the funding opportunities available for research in bioarchaeology under the auspices of the Wellcome Trust. The day will include presentations from Dr. Gavin Malloch and representatives of the Wellcome Trust, a series of research overview presentations, and research presentations from current Wellcome Trust grant and fellowship holders. The meeting will also provide a forum for questions and answers for those interested in obtaining research support from the Trust in the future. The cost for the day is £20.00 and will include lunch and coffee/tea.

The Schedule for the Day is as follows:

9.45-10.15 am - Registration with tea/coffee

10.15 am - Welcome from Professor Mark Pollard, PVC for Research, University of Bradford, Chair of the meeting

10.30-11.30 am - Seminar with the Wellcome Trust representatives to discuss funding opportunities offered by the Trust

11.30-12.30 - presentations from the Wellcome Trust University Lecturers

11.30-12.00 - Dr. Alan Cooper, Ancient Biomolecule Research Centre, University of Oxford, "Problems and Solution in Ancient DNA Research: Contamination, Damage, and Authentication"

12.00-12.30 - Dr. Mike Richards, Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, "The Evolution of Human Diets"

12.30 pm - Lunch

1.30- 3.30 pm - Presentations on current research from individuals presently funded by the Wellcome Trust

1.30- 1.50 - Jennifer Hiller, Department of Archaeology and Prehistory, University of Sheffield and Fossil Fuels and Environmental Geochemistry, University of Newcastle, "New Methods for Detecting Preservation in Archaeological Bone"

1.50-2.10 - Dr. Christina Nielsen-Marsh, Fossil Fuels and Environmental Geochemistry, University of Newcastle, "Direct Sequencing of Protein from Ancient Bones Using Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Mass Spectroscopy"

2.10-2.30 - Tom Gilbert, Ancient Biomolecules Research Centre, University of Oxford, "Characterising Post-Mortem Driven DNA Damage in Ancient Specimens"

2.30-2.50 - Elizabeth Stuckey, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, UMIST, "A Biomolecular Approach to the Study of Malaria in Neolithic and Bronze Age Greece"

2.50-3.10 - Dr. Susan Haynes, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, UMIST, "The Origin and Evolution of Einkorn Domestication"

3.10-3.30 - Andrew Isaac, Department of Biomolecular Sciences, UMIST, "Using Microsatellites to Study the Domestication and Spread of Emmer Wheat"

3.30 - 4.00 pm - Coffee/Tea

4.00-5.00 pm - Questions and Answers

5.00 pm - Close and Departure

Please return the reply slip with a cheque payable to 'The University of Bradford' to: Mr. John McIlwaine, Professional and Continuing Education Officer, "Wellcome Bioarchaeology Day", Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP.

Further information about the day can be addressed to:

Dr. Christopher Knüsel
Department of Archaeological Sciences,
Tel.: 01274 233545
Fax: 01274 235190
E-mail: c.knusel@bradford.ac.uk

I would like to attend the Wellcome Trust Bioarchaeology Day for the North of England on 5 September 2002.

Name: ___________________________________
Address:______________________________________________________________________________
Telephone: __________________________ E-mail: ___________________________________________
Dietary Preference: vegan ____ vegetarian ____ other (please specify) ____________________________

I enclose a cheque in the amount of £20.00 made out to 'The University of Bradford'.

Please return to:

Mr. John McIlwaine,
“Wellcome Bioarchaeology Day”,
Department of Archaeological Sciences,
University of Bradford,
Bradford,
West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP.

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Worlds apart? Human settlement and biota of islands.

Association for Environmental Archaeology Annual Symposium, School of Archaeology and Palaeoecology, Queens University Belfast, Belfast.
24th-26th April 2003

Islands play a central role in the formation of both environmental and social communities. This conference aims to bring together palaeoecologists, environmental archaeologists, archaeologists and social historians to explore these themes. Ireland has a rich archaeology and natural history associated with islands, ranging from investigations of small islands and crannogs in lakes, islands in sea Loughs and inlets to of islands off the coast. In addition to these more obvious islands, there are areas of dry islands land within substantial areas of bog and floodplain, which have been foci for colonisation by fauna, flora and human inhabitants. However, people have also created their own social islands or isolated communities, on grounds of religious or cultural difference. The conference aims to explore how such environmental or social communities survived in such settings and the particular problems they faced.

Whilst one of the central themes will be the island palaeoecology, archaeology and history of Ireland, we are actively seeking contributions on any aspect of island research.

Key issues to be addressed include:

  •  The environmental archaeology of island communities, including the influence of marginality on them and their associated biota
  •  Island buffering mechanisms
  •  The use and perception of islands during particular periods
  •  The origin of island floras and faunas & the spread of non indigenous taxa
  •  Island biogeography
  •  Inter-relationships between dry and wet environments
  •  Isolation and inter-dependence within islands
  •  Creation of social islands or isolated communities
  •  Connections between islands (networks, relationships between islands and mainland/other communities)

Conference organisers: Dr. Nicki Whitehouse (n.whitehouse@qub.ac.uk), Dr Eileen Murphy (Eileen.Murphy@qub.ac.uk), Dr Finbar McCormick (f.mccormick@qub.ac.uk) Dr Gill Plunkett (g.plunkett@qub.ac.uk).

Deadline for submission of paper titles and abstracts (300 words max): 1st December 2002. These should be sent to the conference organisers either by email (aea-islands@qub.ac.uk) or by post to:

AEA Conference
School of Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Queens University Belfast
University Road
Belfast BT7 1NN

Conference Programme:

Thurs 24th April
Morning/afternoon: Academic sessions
Evening: Wine Reception

Friday 25th April
Morning/Afternoon: Academic Sessions
Evening: Conference Dinner

Saturday 26th
Morning/afternoon: Optional field trip to Co. Down (Lecale area)

Registration
This covers all academic sessions, tea and coffees and the wine reception. If you require accommodation and wish to attend the conference dinner, please register no later than the 20th February 2003. After this date, individuals will not be able to register for the dinner and will have to make their own accommodation arrangements.

A booking form is provided at the end of this Newsletter. Details of the field trip, maps, information on accommodation and transport and a full conference schedule and itinerary will be sent following receipt of booking form. If anyone would like any leaflets to advertise the conference, please get in touch with:

Dr. Nicki J. Whitehouse
School of Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Queens University of Belfast
Malone Road
Belfast BT7 1NN

Tel. 028 90273978.
Fax number: 028 90335354
Mobile: 07813 076464
Email: N.Whitehouse@qub.ac.uk

If you require any further details, please address enquiries to the organising committee at the following address or email us on:
aea-islands@qub.ac.uk

AEA Conference
School of Archaeology and Palaeoecology
Queens University Belfast
University Road
Belfast BT7 1NN

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CONFERENCE REPORT

ASSOCIATION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGY
Irish Seminar, Saturday 23rd March 2002

This one-day seminar organised by Eileen Reilly and Adian O'Sullivan was a follow-on from the stimulating session held at Queen's University in Belfast in November 2000. Once again the scope of the papers was broadly 'recent research in Ireland' and the programme demonstrated that both the breadth and the depth of paleoenvironmental research in Ireland are increasing. The seminar was well run, the standard of the papers was high and the discussion was lively.

There were fifteen papers covering both research on Irish material and research by Irish investigators in other countries. A wide range of specialisms were covered including insect remains, archaeobotany, archaeozoology, paleohydrology, tephra analysis, dendrochronology, human osteology, and palynology. There were also a number of more synthetic papers that brought together many strands of evidence.

The presence of environmental work in all aspects of Irish Archaeology was also evident. While the majority of speakers had academic affiliation, several of the papers covered work carried out in the private sector (I. Stuijts, M. McClatchie, P. Johnston and E. O'Donovan). Indeed the co-operation between Margaret Gowen Ltd. and University College Dublin indicates that there is increasing integration between these two spheres. Independent research units were also represented with speakers from the Irish Archaeological Wetland Unit and the Discovery Programme. The presentation of papers by field archaeologists (C. Murray and E. O'Donovan) was also encouraging as it indicates that the results of paleoenvironmental work are being used more broadly.

The seminar demonstrated substantial contributions to understanding the development of both landscapes and archaeological sites. It also showed that environmental work can both answer questions posed by the archaeological record, and frame research agendas of its own. Unfortunately, in the absence of national guidelines relating to environmental material in excavation, this kind of work proceeds largely through the good intentions of the individuals and organisations involved.

This seminar and the Queens seminar which preceded it have shown that environmental archaeology is alive and well in Ireland. Hopefully the positive sense created by these meetings will be translated into more regular sessions with thematic focus.

Sarah Cross,
English Heritage, Centre for Archaeology, Portsmouth


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ADVERTISEMENTS

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Véronique Matterne 2001 Agriculture et alimentation végétale durant l'âge du Fer et l'époque gallo-romaine en France septentrionale. (ISBN 2-907303-51-1) 310 p., 105 pl., nbr. tabl.

This is an archaeobotanical survey of the results obtained from 78 settlements from the northern part of the Paris basin. The extensive record is considered principally under the following topics: the history of crop cultivation, the changes of agricultural practices and the transformation of agrarian regimes.

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PUBLICATIONS

We are very grateful, as always, to James Greig for the following information. James writes: "Many thanks for references received from I. Baxter, S. Bottema, W. van Zeist. References gratefully received from the rest of you! Please email to: greigjra@bham.ac.uk"

[ Books - Chapters - Articles ]

BOOKS

Anonymous (2002) Environmental archaeology; a guide to the theory and practice of methods, from sampling and recovery to post-excavation. (Centre for Archaeology Guidelines, 1) English Heritage, Swindon, 35 pp.

R.-M. Arbogast, C. Jeunesse and J. Schibler (2001) Rôle et statut de la chasse dans le Néolithique Ancien Danubien (5500-4900 av J-C) [Role and status of hunting in the early Danubian Neolithic (5500-4900 BC) (in France and Switzerland)]. (IA-ASTK, 1) VML, 435 pp. ISBN 3896464310; £50 hb

D.J. Brewer and T. Clark (2002) Dogs in antiquity. Aris & Phillips,, 120 pp. ISBN 0856687049; £16.50 pb

B. Clavel (2001) L'animal dans l'alimentation medievale et moderne en France du Nord XIIe - XVIIe siècles [The role of animals in medieval and modern food in France from the 12th to the 17th centuries]. (Revue archéologique de Picardie, No spécial 19), 204 pp. 29 E

K. Dobney and T. O'Connor (2002) Bones and the man: studies in honour of Don Brothwell. Oxbow, Oxford, 120 pp. ISBN 1842170600; £30 hb; 14 papers mainly on archaeozoology

K. Heine (2001) Palaeoecology of Africa and the surrounding islands. Balkema, Rotterdam, 327 pp. ISBN 3896463276; £56 hb

R.-D. Kahlke (2001a) Das Pleistozän von Untermassenfeld bei Meiningen (Thüringen) [Pleistocene remains from Untermassenfeld] Vol 3. (RGZM Monograph, 40(3)) Habelt, Bonn, 331 pp. ISBN 3774930813; £35.50 hb; small animals, insects, herbivores, climate

R.-D. Kahlke (2001b) Das Pleistozän von Untermassenfeld bei Meiningen (Thüringen), Vol 2. (RGZM Monograph, 40(2)) Habelt, Bonn, 280 pp. ISBN 3774930805; £47; animal remains

D. Maddy, M.G. Macklin and J.C. Woodward (2001) River basin sediment systems: archives of environmental change. Balkema, Rotterdam, 530 pp. ISBN 9058093425; £70 hb

P. Méniel (2001) Les Gaulois et les animaux: élevage, repas et sacrifice [Gauls and animals: rearing, eating and sacrifice]. Errance, 127 pp. ISBN 2877722015; £14.50 pb

J.D. Meunier and F. Colin (2001) Phytoliths: applications in earth science and human history. Balkema, Rotterdam, 378 pp. ISBN 905809345X; £82.50 hb

A.M. Pollard (1999) Geoarchaeology: exploration, environments and resources. (Geological Society special publication, 165) Geological Society, London, 180 pp. ISBN 1-86239-053-3; £65 hb

S. Triantaphyllou (2001) A bioarchaeological approach to prehistoric cemetery populations from central and western Greek Macedonia. (British Archaeological Reports (International Series), 976) BAR Archaeopress, Oxford, 172 pp. ISBN 1841711853; £42

W. van Zeist, S. Bottema and M. van der Veen (2001) Diet and vegetation at ancient Carthage, Groningen, 104 pp.

J. Weinstock (2000) Late Pleistocene reindeer populations in middle and western Europe. An osteometrical study of Rangifer tarandus. (BioArchaeologica, 3) Mo Vince, Tübingen, 307 pp. ISBN 3 93400 02 7

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CHAPTERS

D.E. Anderson (1999) The peatlands of northwest Scotland as Holocene palaeoclimatic archives. In P. Andrews and P. Banham (eds.), Late Cenozoic environments and hominid evolution. Geological Society, London, pp. 235-245.

S. Bottema, H. Woldring and I. Kayan (2001) The late Quaternary vegetation history of western Turkey. In J. J. Roodenberg and L. C. Thissen (eds.), The Ilpinar excavations II. Nederlands instituut voor het nabije Oosten, Leiden, pp. 327-354.

C. Brombacher and M. Klee (2001) Untersuchungen der botanischen Makroreste. In C. Achour-Uster and J. Kunz (eds.), Autobahngrabungen: Die mittelbronzezeitlichen Siedlungsstelle von Birmensdorf-Stoffel, Grabungen 1995-1996. (Zürcher Archäologie 4), Zürich pp. ??-??

J. Greig (2002) The 13th - 18th century plant remains. In N. Baker (ed.), Shrewsbury Abbey, studies in the archaeology and history of an urban abbey. (Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Monograph 2), pp. 163-177.

A. Hagendorn, H. Hüster-Plogmann, S. Jacomet, et al. (2001) Grenades, maquereaux et autres délicatesses [Pomegranates, mackerel and other delicacies]. In L. Flutsch (ed.), VRAC - l'archéologie en 83 trouvailles, hommage collectif à Daniel Paunier, Lausanne pp. 88-89.

S. Jacomet and J. Schibler (2001) Umwelt und Ernahrung [environment and food]. In A. Furger, C. Isler-Kerényi, S. Jacomet, et al. (eds.), Archäologie und Kulturgeschichte der Schweiz, Band 3. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zürich pp. 107-130.

A.K.G. Jones (2002) Fish bones. In N. Baker (ed.), Shrewsbury Abbey, studies in the archaeology and history of an urban abbey. (Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society 2), pp. 158-159.

G.G. Jones (2002) The excavated faunal remains. In N. Baker (ed.), Shrewsbury Abbey, studies in the archaeology and history of an urban abbey. (Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society 2), pp. 145-158.

L.P. Louwe Kooimans, C. Vermeeren and A.M.I. van Waveren (2001) Artifacten van hout en vezels. In L. P. Louwe Koimans (ed.), Archeologie in de Betuweroute. Hardinxveld-Giessendam Polderweg. Een mesolithisch jachtkamp in het rivierengebied (5500-5000 v. Chr.). (Rapportage Archeologisch Monumentenzorg 83), Amersfoort pp. 379-418.

S. Mason and J. Hather (2001) Parenchymatous plant remains. In S. Mithen (ed.), Hunter-gatherer landscape archaeology. The southern Hebrides Mesolithic project 1988-98. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge pp. pp-pp.

P. Murphy (2001) Palaeoethnobotany. In P. J. Crabtree (ed.), Medieval Archaeology; an encyclopaedia. Garland, New York pp. 249-251.

M.A. Robinson (2001) Insects as palaeoenvironmental indicators. In D. R. Brothwell and A. M. Pollard (eds.), Handbook of archaeological sciences. Wiley, Chichester pp. 122-133.

E.J. Sidell (2001) Archaeology and sea-level change: improved resolution through the combined use of geographical and archaeological methodologies. In A. Millard (ed.), Archaeological sciences 97. (BAR International Series 939) BAR Archaeopress, Oxford pp. 185-192.

D.N. Smith (2002) Medieval and late medieval coleopterous faunas. In N. Baker (ed.), Shrewsbury Abbey, studies in the archaeology and history of an urban abbey. (Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society 2), pp. 159-162.

K. Wasylikowa (2001a) Other botanical studies. In F. Wendord and R. Schild (eds.), Holocene settlement of the Egyptian Sahara, vol 1. Kluwer/Pleum, New York pp. 592-608.

K. Wasylikowa (2001b) Site E-75-6: vegetation and subsistence of the early Neolithic at Nabta Playa, Egypt, reconstructed from charred plant remains. In F. Wendorf and R. Schild (eds.), Holocene settlement of the Egyptian Sahara, vol 1. Kluwer/Plenum, New York pp. 544-591.

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ARTICLES

J.R.L. Allen and S.K. Haslett (2002) Buried salt-marsh edges and tide-level cycles in the mid-Holocene of the Caldicott Level (Gwent). south Wales, UK. The Holocene 12(3): 302-319

T. Anderson (2002) Metaphyseal fibrous defects in juveniles from medieval Norwich. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(2): 144-148

T. Anderson and K. Parfitt (2002) A double cremation from Kent. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(2): 152-153

T. Bar-El and E. Tchernov (2000) Lagomorph remains at prehistoric sites in Israel and south Sinai. Paléorient 26(1): 93-109

I.L. Baxter (2002) Occipital perforations in a late Neolithic probable aurochs (Bos primigenius Bojanus) cranium from Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(2): 142-143

L. Björkman (2001) The role of human disturbance in late Holocene vegetation changes on Kullaberg, southern Sweden. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 10(4): 201-210

C. Bonsall, M.G. Macklin, D.E. Anderson, et al. (2002) Climate change and the adoption of agriculture in northwest Europe. European Journal of Archaeology 5(1): 9-23

S. Bottema (1998) Een archeologische reactie [an archaeological reaction]. Nederlands Bosbouw Tijdschrift 70(3): 105-107 (This and the other papers in the volume present various opinions as to what the Atlantic wildwood was like, in Dutch)

S. Bottema (2000) The Holocene history of walnut, sweet chestnut, manna ash and plane tree in the eastern Mediterranean. Pallas 52: 35-59

S. Bottema (2002) Contes de ma mère l'oye [stories of my Mother Goose]: avicultural notes. Palaeohistoria 41/42 (for 1999/2000): 473-488 (an essay on domestic fowl and domestication)

S. Bottema and R.T.J. Cappers (2000) Palynological and archaeobotanical evidence from Bronze Age northern Mesopotamia. Pihans 88: 37-70 (in Jas R.M. (ed) Rainfall and agriculture in northern Mesopotamia, (proceedings of the 3rd MOS symposium, 1999))

S. Bottema and B. Mook-Kamps (2000) A note on the Allerød vegetation of southeastern Friesland, with emphasis on the Oudehaske area. Palaeohistoria 39/40 (for 1997/1998): 89-97

L. Bouby and P. Marinval (2001) La vigne et les débuts de viticulture en France: apports de l'archéobotanique [The grapevine and the beginnings of viticulture in France, according to macrofossils, in French, naturellement]. Gallia 58: 13-28

R. Bradshaw and B.H. Holmqvist (1999) Danish forest development during the last 3000 years reconstructed from regional pollen data. Ecography 22: 53-62

M.J. Bunting (2002) Detecting woodland remnants in cultural landscapes: modern pollen deposition around small woodlands in northwest Scotland. The Holocene 12(3): 291-301

C.T. Clapham, A.J. Wilkinson, D.M. Wilkinson, et al. (2002) The Mesolithic and Neolithic landscapes of Barfield Tarn and Eskmeal in the English Lake District. Journal of Wetland Archaeology 1: ??-??

L. Costantini and P. Audisio (2000) Plant and insect remains from the Bronze Age site of Ras al-Jine (RJ - 2), Sultanate of Oman. Paléorient 26(1): 143-156

F. D'errico and M. Vanhaeren (2002) Criteria for identifying red deer (Cervus elaphus) age and sex from their canines. Application to the study of upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic ornments. Journal of Archaeological Science 29(2): 177-194

M.-F. Diot (2002) Étude palynologique des dolmens de Bois Neuf III à Marsac (Creuse) et Bagnol à Fromental (Haute-Vienne) [Palynological study of dolmens at Marsac and Bagnol]. Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Française 99(1): 91-103

A.G.E. Fahmy (2001) Palaeoethnobotanical studies of the Neolithic settlement in Hidden Valley, Farafra Oasis, Egypt. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 10(4): 235-246

J.M. Grünberg (2002) Middle Palaeolithic birch-bark pitch. Antiquity 76(291): 15-16

V.A. Hall and J.R. Pilcher (2002) Late-Quaternary Icelandic tephras in Ireland and Great Britain: detection, characterisation and usefulness. The Holocene 12(2): 223-230

S. Hausmann, A.F. Lotter, J.F.N. van Leeuwen, et al. (2002) Interactions of climate and land use documented in the varved sediments of Seebergsee in the Swiss Alps. The Holocene 12(3): 279-290

L.K. Horwitz (2001) Food offerings in the middle Bronze Age. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 133: 78-90

L.K. Horwitz and N. Goring-Morris (2000) Fauna from the early Natufian site of Upper Besor 6 in the central Negev, Israel. Paléorient 26(1): 111-128

P.D.M. Hughes, H.K. Kenward, A.R. Hall, et al. (2001) A high resolution record of mire development and climatic change spanning the Late Glacial- Holocene boundary at Church Moss, Davenham, Cheshire, England. Journal of Quaternary Science 15: 697-724

J.P. Huntley (2001) Sewerby Cottage Farm, Martongate, Bridlington, East Yorkshire (SCF): asessment of charred plant remains from Neolithic deposits. Centre for Archaeology Report 95/2001: 1-25

J.P. Huntley (2002) Irby, the Wirral (Site 30); the charred plant remains from prehistoric to 4th century A.D. samples. Centre for Archaeology Report 31/2002: 1-27

V. Isaakidou, P. Halstead, J. Davis, et al. (2002) Burnt animal sacrifice at the Mycenaean "Palace of Nestor" at Pylos. Antiquity 76(291): 86-92

M. Judd (2002) Ancient injury recidivism: an example from the Kerma period of ancient Nubia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(2): 89-106

H. Kenward (2001) Pubic lice in Roman and medieval Britain. Trends in Parasitology 17: 167-168

J.S.E. Lev-Tov and E.F. Maher (2001) Food in late Bronze Age funerary offerings; faunal evidence from Tomb 1 at Tell Dothan. Palestine Exploration Quarterly 133: 91-110

J.R. Lukacs and C. Rodríguez Martín (2002) Lingual cortical mandibular defects (Stafne's defect): an anthropological approach based on prehistoric skeletons from the Canary Islands. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(2): 112-126

S. Mays (2001) Effects of age and occupation on cortical bone in a group of 18th - 19th century British men. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 116: 34-44

J. Mulville (2002) The role of cetacea in prehistoric and historic Atlantic Scotland. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 21(1): 34-48

P. Murphy (2001a) Charred plant remains from Neolithic and Bronze Age contexts. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 67: 147-149 (in D. Buckley, J.D. Hedges and N. Brown et al, Excavations at a Neolithic cursus, Springfield, Essex, pp 101-162 in above)

P. Murphy (2001b) Mollusca; plant macrofossils; environmental summary. Lincolnshire Archaeology and Heritage Reports Series 4: 81, 85, 151-155, 222, 233-234, 237, 320-323, 377-383 (in Lane T. and Morris E (eds) A millennium of salt-making: prehistoric and Romano-British salt production in the Fenland)

P. Murphy (2001c) Plant macrofossils. East Anglian Archaeology 77: archive report 5.4 (in Flitcroft M., Excavation of a Romano-British settlement on the A149 Snettisham bypass, 1989)

P. Murphy (2001d) Review of molluscs and other non-insect invertebrates from archaeological sites in the west and east midlands and the east of England. Centre for Archaeology Reports 68/2001: 1-105

M.E. Newman, J.S. Parboosingh and P.J. Bridge (2002) Identification of archaeological annal bone by PCR/DNA analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science 29(1): 77-84

R. Olafsdóttir and H.J. Gu_mundsson (2002) Holocene land degradation and climatic change in northeastern Iceland. The Holocene 12(2): 159-168

A.G. Parker, A.S. Goudie, D.E. Anderson, et al. (2002) A review of the mid-Holocene elm decline in the British Isles. Progress in Physical Geography 26(1): 1-45

J.M. Pernaud (2001) Postglacial vegetation history in Luxembourg: new charcoal data from the cave of la Karelslé (Waldbillig, eastern Gutland). Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 10(4): 219-225

S. Räsänen (2001) Tracing and interpreting fine-scale human imact in northern Fennoscandia with the aid of modern pollen analogues. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 10(4): 211-218

W. Smith (2001) Medieval charred plant remains and charcoal from Sherborne Old Castle, Dorset. Centre for Archaeology Reports 70/2001: 1-20

R. Sostaric and H.-J. Küster (2001) Roman plant remains from Veli Brijun (island of Brioni), Croatia. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 10(4): 227-233

J. Storå (2002) Neolithic seal exploitation on the Åland Islands in the Baltic Sea, on the basis of epiphyseal fusion data and metric studies. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(1): 49-64

H. Svobodova, M. Reille and C. Goeury (2001) Past vegetation dynamics of Vltavsky luh, upper Vltava river valley, in the Sumava mountains. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 10(4): 185-199

G.M. Taylor, S. Mays, A.J. Legge, et al. (2001) Genetic analysis of tuberculosis in human remains. Ancient Biomolecules 3: 267-280

M. Tengberg and P. Lombard (2001) Environnment et économie végétale à Qal'at al-Bahreïn aux périodes Dilmoun et Tylos. Premiers éléments d'archéobotanique [Environment and plant economy of Dilmoun and Tylos periods at Qal'at al-Bahrein]. Paléorient 27(1): 167-181

S. Tonkov, H. Pankovska, G. Possnert, et al. (2002) The Holocene vegetation history of Northern Pirin Mountain, southwest Bulgaria, pollen analysis and radiocarbon dating of a core from Lake Ribno Benderishko. The Holocene 12(2): 201-210

G. Turner-Walker, U. Syversen and S. Mays (2001) The archaeology of osteoporosis. European Journal of Archaeology 4: 263-268

M.-R. Usai (2001) Textural pedofeatures and pre-Hadrian's Wall ploughed palaeosols at Stanwix Castle, Cumbria, Uk. Journal of Archaeological Science 28: 541-553

W. van Neer, K. Noyen, B. de Cupere, et al. (2002) On the use of endosteal layers and medullary bone from domestic fowl in archaeozoological studies. Journal of Archaeological Science 29(2): 123-134

W. van Zeist (2002) Third to first millennium BC plant cultivation on the Khabur, north eastern Syria. Palaeohistoria 41/42: 111-125 ((for 1999/2000))

W. van Zeist and S. Bottema (1999) Plant cultivation in ancient Mesopotamia: the palynological and archaeological approach. Berliner Beiträge zum vorderen Orient 18: 25-41

T. Waldron and D. Antoine (2002) Tortuosity or aneurism? The palaeopathology of some abnormalities of the vertebral artery. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(2): 79-88

M.P. Waller and S. Hamilton (2000) Vegetation history of the English chalklands: a mid-Holocene sequence from the Caburn, East Sussex. Journal of Quaternary Science 15: 253-272

K. Wasylikowa (2001) Przemiany roslinnosci jako odbicie procesów wydmotwórczych i osadniczycii w mlodszym Dryasie i Holocenie na stanowisku archologicznym w Witowie kolo Leczycy [Younger Dryas and Holocene vegetation changes as the reflection of aeolian processes and human activity at the archaeological site of Witów near Leczyca, central Poland]. Prace i Materialy Muzeum Archeologicznego i Ethnograficznego w Lodzi, Serie Archeologiczna 41: 43-79

C. Wells and D. Hodgkinson (2001) A late Bronze Age human skull and associated worked wood from a Lancashire wetland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 67: 163-174

G. Willcox (2000) Présence des céréales dans le Néolithique pré-céramique de Shillourokambos à Chypre [Cereals at pre-ceramic Neolithic Shillourokambos, Cyprus]. Paléorient 26(1): 129-135

P. Zibulski (2001) Archäobotanische Untersuchung der Makroreste (Same, Früchte und Dreschreste) [Archaeobotanical study of macrofossils, seeds, fruits and threshing remains]. Antiqua 33: 150-166, 285-296, 333-339 (in Knepf Horisberger U and Hämmerle S, Cham-Oberwil, Hof (Kanton Zug))

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