Newsletter of the Association for Environmental Archaeology

Latest edition: Newsletter 80 May 2003

ISSN 1363-6553

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PUBLICATIONS

We apologise to Edith Schmidt for the mistakes in the last Newsletter. Here is the corrected version of her reference and information about a more recent publication – many thanks, Edith.

Schmidt (1998): E.Schmidt, Der Kornkäfer Sitophilus granarius Schoen. Curculionidae aus der Schuttschicht des bandkeramischen Brunnens von Erkelenz-Kückhoven. –aus: Rhein. Amt für Bodendenkmalpflage (Hg.) (1998): Brunnen der Jungsteinzeit. Internat. Symposium Erkelenz 27.-29. Okt. 1997, Materialien zur Bodendenkmalpflege Bd. 11:261-269. Rheinland-Verlag, Köln.

Schmidt (2002): E.Schmidt, Wirbellosenreste aus einer jünger-latènezeitlichen Siedlungsstelle in Porz-Lind (b.Köln). – in: H.E. Joachim, Porz -Lind, Ein mittel- bis spätlatènezeitlicher Siedlungsplatz im ‘Linder Bruch’ (Stadt Köln) RA 47: S.209-250 (Mainz 2002).

We are very grateful to James Greig for the following information:

James writes;

“Many thanks to Otto Brinkkemper, René Cappers, Brigitte Cooremans, Roel Lauwerier, Julian Wiethold, Derek Yalden and others who have sent in references that would otherwise have been omitted. Further references to jimi.gee@virgin.net”

BOOKS

K. Alm Kubler (2001) Holocene environmental change of southern Öland, Sweden. (Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 28) Upps ala University, Uppsala.

R.T.J. Cappers and S. Bottema (2002) The dawn of farming in the Near East. (Studies in early Near Eastern Production, Subsistence and Environment, 6) ex Oriente, Berlin, 189 pp.

N.F. Miller (2002) Drawing on the past; an archaeobotanist's sketchbook. University of Pennsylvania Museum, Philadelphia, 112 pp. ISBN 1 931 707 27 8, $US 19.95

A. Stirland (2001) Raising the dead; the skeleton crew of King Henry VIII's great ship, the Mary Rose. Wiley, Chichester, 184 pp. ISBN 0 471 984 485

THESES

M. Andric (2001) Transition to farming and human impact on the Slovenian landscape. doctoral thesis, University of Oxford

A. Bogaard (2002) The permanence, intensity and seasonality of early crop cultivation in western-central Europe. doctoral thesis, Sheffield university

M. Marinova (2001) Vergleichende paläoethnobotanische Untersuchung zur Vegetationsgeschichte und zur Entwicklung der prähistorischen Landnutzung in Bulgarien [Comparative palaeoethnobotanical research on vegetation development and prehistoric land use in Bulgaria]. doctoral thesis, Bonn university

R. Thomas (2002) Animals, economy and status: the integration of historical and zooarchaeological evidence in the study of a medieval castle. doctoral thesis, Birmingham university

CHAPTERS

I.L. Baxter (2002) Animal bone. In D. Hurst (ed.), Castle Moat, Leominster. Excavation by Margaret Jones in 1962. Leominster Historical Society, pp. 36-40.

O. Brinkkemper, H.van Haaster, P.van Rijn, et al. (2002) Archeobotanie. In P. F. B. Jongste and G. J. van Wijngaarden (eds.), Het erfgoed van eigenblock; nederzettingsterrein uit de Bronstijd te Rumpt (gemeente Gedermalsen) [The inheritance of property; Bronze Age settlement at Rumpt]. (Rapportage Archeologische Monumentenzorg 86) ROB, Amersfoort pp. 439-557.

M. Ciaraldi (2002) plant macroremains. In G. Coates (ed.), A prehistoric and Romano-British landscape. Excavations at Whitemoor Haye quarry, Staffordshire 1997-1999. (BAR 340) Tempus Reparatum, Oxford pp. 62-66.

M. Emanuelsson, S. Nilsson and J.E. Wallin (2001) Land use dynamics during 2000 years - a case study of agrarian land use in a forest landscape, west-central Sweden. In M. Emanuelsson (ed.), Settlement and land-use history in the central Swedish forest region. The use of pollen analysis in interdisciplinary studies: appendix 1. (Sylvestria 223), Umeå .

R. Gale (2002) charcoal. In G. Coates (ed.), A prehistoric and Romano-British landscape. Excavations at Whitemoor Haye quarry, Staffordshire 1997-1999. (BAR (British Series) 340) Tempus Reparatum, Oxford pp. 74-78.

J. Greig (2002) seeds. In G. Coates (ed.), A prehistoric and Romano-British landscape. Excavations at Whitemoor Haye quarry, Staffordshire 1997-1999. (BAR British Series 340) Tempus Reparatum, Oxford pp. 72-73.

V.A. Hall and L. Bunting (2001) Tephra-dated pollen studies of medieval landscapes in the north of Ireland. In P. J. Duffy, D. Edwards and E. Fitzpatrick (eds.), Gaelic Ireland: land, lordship and settlement c. 1250-1650. Four Courts Press, Dublin pp. 207-222.

S. Karg and D.E. Robinson (2002) Secondary food plants from medieval sites in Denmark: fruits, nuts, vegetables, herbs and spices. In K. Viklund and R. Engelmark (eds.), Nordic archaeobotany - NAG 2000 in Umeå. (Archaeology and Environment 15), pp. 133-142.

R. Lauwerier (2001) Archeozoölogie. In R. M. van Heeringen and E. M. Theunissen (eds.), Kvaliteitsbepalend onderzoek ten behoeve van duurzaam behoud van Neolithische terreinen in West-Friesland en de Kop van Noord-Holland, Deel 1 Waardstelling. (Nederlandse Archaeologische Rapporten 21) ROB, Amersfoort pp. 117-126, 174-210.

R. Lauwerier (2002a) Animals as food for the soul. In K. Dobney and T. O'Connor (eds.), Bones and the man. Oxbow, Oxford pp. 62-71.

R. Lauwerier (2002b) De archeozoölogie van de Middeleeuwen: balans en perspectief [Medieval archaeozoology, balance and perspective]. In (eds), Middeleeuwse toestanden: archeologie, geschiedenis en monumentenzorg., Amersfoort & Hilversum pp. 225-233.

R. Lauwerier and J.M.M. Robeerst (2001) Horses in Roman times in the Netherlands. In H. Buitenhuis and W. Prummel (eds.), Animals and man in the past. Essays in honour of Dr A.T. Clason. (ARC Publicatie 41), Groningen pp. 275-290.

K. Nicholls (2001) Woodland cover in pre-Norman Ireland. In P. J. Duffy, D. Edwards and E. Fitzpatrick (eds.), Gaelic Ireland: land, lordship and settlement c. 1250-1650. Four Courts Press, Dublin pp. 181-206.

D. Smith (2002) insect remains. In G. Coates (ed.), A prehistoric and Romano-British landscape. Excavations at Whitemoor Haye quarry, Staffordshire 1997-1999. (BAR (British Series) 340) Tempus Reparatum, Oxford pp. 67-72.

J. Wiethold (2001) Recherches archéobotaniques in France Centre-Est. Campagne 2001. In V. Guichard (ed.), Rapport annuel d'activité scientifique 2001 de Centre archéologique européen du Mont Beuvray., Glux-en-Glenne pp. 245-256.

J. Wiethold (2002) Giff in de schottele. Strowe dar peper up ...botanische Funde als Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Ernährungs- und Umweltgeschichte in Einbeck [Botanical finds as information sources on medieval nutrition and environment development in Einbeck]. In A. Heege (ed.), Einbeck im Mittelalter; eine archäologische-historische Spurensuche. (Studien zur Einbecker Geschichte 17), Oldenburg pp. 240-246.

J. Wiethold and J.M. Treffort (2002) Archäobotanische Funde als Hinweis auf Handels- und Kulturkontakte zum Mittelmeergebiet in der Hallstattzeit? Das Beispiel des Fundplatzes von "Roche Noire", Montagnieu (Aisne), Frankreich [Archaeobotancal finds as evidence for trade and cultural contacts with the Mediterranean region in the Iron Age; the example from the site "Roche Moire" (Ain), France]. In A. Lang and V. Salac (eds.), Fernkontakte in der Eisenzeit., Praha pp. 379-394.

ARTICLES

K.W. Alt, C.P. Adler, C.H. Buitrago-Téllez, et al. (2002) Infant osteosarcoma. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 442-448

J. Ansorge and J. Wiethold (2002) Frankenstraße 57a - zur Geschichte eines Stralsunder Grundstückes mit Brau- und Mälzgerechtigkeit [Frankenstraße 57a, development of a property in Stralsund with brewing and malt preparation]. Archäologische Berichte aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 9: 164-189

D. Arixtegui, C. Chondrogianni, A. Lami, et al. (2001) Lacustrine organic matter and the Holocne palaeoenvironmental record of Lake Albano (central Italy). Journal of Paleolimnology 26: 283-292

I.L. Baxter (2002) animal bone. Transactions of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society 18: xx-yy (In: Bretherton J, Hurst D, Baxter I, Jones L and Pearson L, Excavation of a multi-period site at Worcester Road, Droitwich, pp 25-51 in above)

R.H.E. Blatter, S. Jacomet and A. Schlumbaum (2002) Little evidence for the preservation of a single-copy gene in charred archaeological wheat. Ancient Biomolecules 4: 65-77

E. Brandt, I. Weichmann and G. Grupe (2002) How reliable are immunological tools for the detection of ancient proteins in fossil bones? International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(5): 307-316

P. Brasili, B. Bonfiglioli and A.R. Ventrella (2002) A case of "butterfly" vertebra from Sardinia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 415-419

M. Brickley (2002) An investigation of historical and archaeological evidence for age-related bone loss and osteoporosis. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(5): 364-371

O. Brinkkemper and T.de Ridder (2001) Hoogstad 5.019. Archeobotanisch onderzoek naar het milieu rond een nederzetting en een dam uit de Romeinse Tijd (150-175 na Chr) [Archaeobotanical study of the environment round a settlement and a dam from the Roman period (AD 150-175)]. VLAK-Verslag 2.3: 1-21

O. Brinkkemper and T.de Ridder (2003) Van Schravendijkplein 1.090. Het archeobotanische onderzoek. Een pollendiagram uit de Romainse Tijd en een vlijlaag uit een grafelijke gracht, Vlaardingen [A pollen diagram from the Roman period and an organic layer from the moat around a count's court]. VLAK-Verslag 5.3: 1-25

S.M. Cayless and R.M. Tipping (2002) Data on mid-Holocene climatic, vegetation and anthropogenic interactions at Stanshiel Rig, southern Scotland. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 11: 201-210

B. Cooremans (1997/1998) Stuifmeelanalyse van het zandige oud oppervlak [pollen analysis of the sandy old ground surface]. Archeologie in Vlaanderen 6: 27-29, 109 (in L. van Impe et al, De Keltische Goudschat van Beringen (prov. Limburg) [The Celtic gold hoard from Beringen], 9-132 in above)

B. Cooremans, K. Desender, A. Ervynck, et al. (1997/8) Onderzoek van plantaardige en dierlijke resten uit een Romeinse waterput van de vindplaats "Refuge" te Sint-Andries, Brugge (prov. West-Vlaanderen): economie en ecologie [Study of plant and the animal remains from a Roman well at the "Refuge" site, Sint-Andries, Brugge; economy and ecology]. Archeologie in Vlaanderen 6: 209-229

M. Culiberg (1999) Palaeobotany in Slovene archaeology. Arheoloski Vestnik 50: 323-331

C. Dickson (1999) 6.3 the plant remains. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series 15: 104-117 (in: B.E. Crawford and B. Ballin Smith, The Biggings, Papa Stour, Shetland. The history and archaeology of a royal Norwegian farm, in above.)

E.M. During (2002) Review of "Raising the dead....crew of the Mary Rose" by Ann Stirland. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(5): 380-382

M. Emanuelsson, U. Bergquist, U. Segerström, et al. (2000) Shieling or something else? An Iron Age and medieval forest settlement at Gammelvallen in Ängersjö, central Sweden. Lund Archaeological Review 6: 123-138

E.R. Ermoli and G.D. Pasquale (2002) Vegetation dynamics of south-western Italy in the last 28 kyr inferred from pollen analysis of a Tyrrhenian Sea core. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 11: 211-219

E. Gauthier (2000) Mise en évidence pollinique de la culture de la vigne au 1er siècle après J-C dans la plaine de la Doubs (Neublans, Jura) [Evidence of viticulture on the plain of the river Doubs (Neublans, Jura) in the 1st century AD]. Revue d'Archéométrie 24: 63-69

R. Gravendeel, W.V. Neer and D. Brinkhuizen (2002) An identification key for dermal denticles of Rajidae from the North Sea. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 420-441

B.J. Groenewoudt, J. Deeben, B.van Geel, et al. (2001) An early Mesolithic assemblage with faunal remains in a stream valley near Zutphen, the Netherlands. Archäologisches Korrespondenzblatt 31: 329-348

P. Guilizzoni, A. Lami, A. Marchetto, et al. (2002) Palaeoproductivity and environmental changes during the Holocene in central Italy as recorded in two crater lakes (Albano and Nemi). Quaternary International 88: 57-68

A. Hall (2000) Technical report: plant remains from excavations at Flixborough, N. Lincolnshire (site code FLX89). Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York 2000/56: 1-107

A. Hall (2003) Recognition and characterisation of turves in archaeological occupation deposits be means of macrofossil plant remains. Centre for Archaeology Reports 16/2003: 1-121

A. Hall, H. Kenward, D. Jaques, et al. (2000) Technical report: environment and industry at Layerthorpe Bridge, York (site code YPRYM 1996.345). Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York 2000/64: 1-117

J.A. Harild and D.E. Robinson (2002) Plantemakrofossilanalyse af materiale fra middelalderlige lag (o. 1200-1600) fra Møllegade 8-10, Aalborg [Plant macrofossil analysis of medieval material from Aalborg, Denmark]. National Museum, Copenhagen, NNU Rapport 3/2002.

B.M. Holt, G. Fornaciari and V. Formicola (2002) Bone remodelling following a lower leg fracture in the 11,000 year old hunter-gatherer from Vado all'Arancio (Italy). International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 402-406

D. Jaques, A. Hall, S. Rowland, et al. (2002a) Technical Report: Biological remains from a site at Low Farm, near Cottingham, East Riding of Yorkshire (site code TSEP418). Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York 2002/8: 1-15

D. Jaques, A. Hall, S. Rowland, et al. (2002b) Technical Report: Biological remains from a site sot of Ganstead, East Riding of Yorkshire (site code TSEP901). Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York 2002/9: 1-21

M. Jeraj (2000) Palynological investigations of the profile from the pile dwelling Hocevarica. Arheoloski Vestnik 51: 109-112

H. Kenward (2002) Honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) from archaeological deposits in Britain. Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York 2002/11: 1-17

H.K. Kenward, A. Hall and J. Carrott (2000) Environment, activity and living conditions at Deer Park Farms: evidence from plant and invertebrate remains. Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York 2000/57: 1-82

H. Kenward, A. Hall, D. Jaques, et al. (2002) Technical Report: Biological reains from a site east of High Catton, East Riding of Yorkshire (site code TSEP222). Reports from the Environmental Archaeology Unit, York 2002/12: 1-33

A. Kreuz and N. Boenke (2002) The presence of two-grained einkorn at the time of the Bandkeramik Culture. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 11(3): 233-240

H. Kroll and J. Wiethold (2001) Die Kulturpflanzenfunde von Jürgenshagen, Landkreis Güstrow. Jüngere Bronzezeit und vorrömische Eisenzeit [Crop plants from Jürgenshagen, Landkreis Güstrow. Later Bronze Age and pre-Roman Iron Age]. Bodendenkmalpflege in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Jahrbuch 48: 105-128

R. Lauwerier and J.T. Zeiler (2000) Wishful thinking en de introductie van de konijn in de Lage Landen [wishful thinking and the introduction of the rabbit to the Low Countries]. Westerheem 49/1: 133-137

A.M. Lézine, J.F. Saliège, R. Mathieu, et al. (2002) Mangroves of Oman during the late Holocene: climatic implications and impact on human settlements. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 11(3): 221-232

A.F. Lotter (2001) The palaeolimnology of Soppensee (central Switzerland) as evidenced by diatom, pollen and fossil pigment studies. Journal of Paleolimnology 25(1): xx-yy.

G.J.R. Maat (2002) Review of "Bones and the man". International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 449-450

B. Maes and O. Brinkkemper (2002) Sleedorns en Pruimen [Sloes and plums]. De Levende Natuur 103: 160-163

S. Mays (2002) The relationships between molar wear and age in an early 19th century AD archaeological human skeletal series of documented age at death. Journal of Archaeological Science 29: 861-871

S. Mays, E. Fysh and G.M. Taylor (2002) An investigation of the link between visceral surface rib lesions and tuberculosis in a medieval skeletal series from England using ancient DNA. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119: 27-36

S. Mays and G.M. Taylor (2002) Osteological and biomolecular study of two possible cases of hypertrophic osteoarthropathy from medieval England. Journal of Archaeological Science 29: 1267-1276

V. Onar, A. Armyak, O. Belli, et al. (2002) Skeletal remains of dogs unearthed from the Van-Yoncatepe necropolises. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(5): 317-334

J.H. Plochocki (2002) Directional bilaterial asymmetry in human sacral morphology. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(5): 349-355

A. Poska and L. Saarse (2002) Biostratigraphy and 14C dating of a lake sediment sequence on the north-west Estonian carbonaceous plateau, interpreted in terms of human impact in the surroundings. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 11: 191-200

A. Ramrath, L. Sadori and F.W. Negendank (2000) Sediments from Lago di Mezzano, central Italy: a record of Lateglacial/Holocene climatic variations and anthropogenic impact. The Holocene 10: 87-95

M.P. Richards, S. Mays and B.T. Fuller (2002) Stable C and N isotope values of bone and teeth reflect weaning and growth events at the medieval Warram Percy site. American Journal of Physical Anthropology 119: 205-210

F.J. Rühli, C. Lanz, S. Ulrich-Bochsler, et al. (2002) State-of-the-art imaging in palaeopathology: the value of multislice computed tomography in visualising doubtful cranial lesions. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(5): 372-379

U. Segerström and M. Emanuelsson (2002) Extensive forest grazing and hay making on mires - vegetation shcnges in south-central Sweden due to land use since medieval times. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany 11(3): 181-190

M. Spigelman, C. Matheson, G. Lev, et al. (2002) Confirmation of the presence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific DNA in three archaeological specimens. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 393-401

J.T. Stock (2002) A test of two methods of radiographically deriving long bone cross-sectional properties compared to direct sectioning of the diaphysis. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(5): 335-342

M.W. Tocheri and J.E. Molto (2002) Aging fetal and juvenile skeletons from Roman Period Egypt using basiocciput osteometrics. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(5): 356-363

S. Tonkov (2003) Holocene palaeovegetation of the northwest Pinin mountains, Bulgaria, as reconstructed from pollen analysis. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 124(1-2): 51-61

G. Turner-Walker, C.M. Nielsen-Marsh, U. Syversen, et al. (2002) Sub-micron spongiform porosity is the major ultra-structural alteration occurring in archaeological bone. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 407-414

J. Weber and A. Czarnetzki (2002) Primary intraosseous meningioma in a skull of the medieval period of southwestern Germany. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 12(6): 385-392

J. Wiethold (2000) Ernährung und Umwelt im spätmittelalterlichen und frühneuzeitlichen Rostock. Archäobotanische Ergebnisse der Analyse zweier Kloaken der Ausgrabung Kröpeliner Str. 55-56/ Kühstraße (Hotel Warnow) [Food and environment in late medieval and early post-medieval Rostock]. Bodendenkmalpflege in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Jahrbuch 47: 351-378

J. Wiethold (2001) Von Heidenkorn und Mandelmilch. Botanische Analysen an einem frühneuzeitlichen Kloakeninhalt von der Mühlenstraße in Stralsund [Of buckwheat and almond milk - botanical analyses of a post-medieval drain contents, from Stralsund]. Archäologische Berichte aus Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 5: 104-131

D.W. Yalden (2002) Place-name and archaeological evidence on the recent history of birds in Britain. Acta zoologica cracoviensia 45: 415-429.