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Environ Archaeol 12 (1)
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Environ Archaeol 12 (1)
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Circaea
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12 (1)
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Journal
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Ingrid L Mainland
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Maney Publishing
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2007
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/env/2007/00000012/00000001
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31 Jul 2007
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Methodologies for assessment of the state of preservation of pollen and plant macrofossil remains in waterlogged deposits
Julie Jones
Heather Tinsley
Richard A Brunning
71 - 86
Methodologies are proposed for assessing the state of preservation of pollen and plant macrofossil remains based on the investigation of known prehistoric waterlogged sites in the Somerset Levels, under threat from peat extraction and peat wastage. For each sample assessed, a fixed number of pollen grains and macrofossil seeds was classified according to deterioration type and scored for intensity of deterioration. The principal deterioration types recognised for pollen were biochemical (corrosion and degradation) and mechanical (breakage and crumpling). For seeds two main categories of deterioration were adopted, fragmentation and erosion/corrosion of the seed testa. The calculation of preservation indices for pollen and macrofossils allowed comparisons to be made within and between sites. A range of factors which may have influenced variations in preservation are briefly discussed. These methodologies are potentially valuable where there is a need to assess the survival of the archaeobotanical record, particularly where sites are sensitive to environmental change.
Book Reviews
Diane Gifford-Gonzalez
Ellen Hambleton
Paul G Davis
Peter L Murphy
Dale Serjeantson
95 - 112
Includes reviews of: O'Connor, T. (ed.). 2005. Biosphere to Lithosphere. New Studies in Vertebrate Taphonomy (Proceedings of the 9th conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology, Durham (August 2002). Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 18421711 86. 176 pp. £35 (hardback) by Diane Gifford-Gonzalez; Field, N. and Parker Pearson, M. 2003. Fiskerton. An Iron Age Timber Causeway with Iron Age and Roman Votive Offerings: the 1981 Excavations. Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 18421706 43. 244 pp. £35 (hardback) by Ellen Hambleton; Wilkinson, K. and Stevens, C. 2003. Environmental archaeology: approaches, techniques and applications. Stroud: Tempus. ISBN-1 3: 978-0- 7524-1 931-2. 320 pp. £25 (paperback) by Paul Davis; Bar-Yosef Mayer,D.E.(ed.)2005. Archaeomalacology. Molluscs in former environments of human behaviour. (Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference, Durham, August 2002). Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN-1 3: 978-1-84217-120-2, ISBN-1 0: 1- 84217-120-8. 184 pp. £ 40 (hardback) by Peter Murphy; Mulville, J. and Outram, A. K. 2005. The Zooarchaeology of Fats, Oils, Milk and Dairying (Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference, Durham, August 2002). Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN-1 3: 978-1-84217-116-5, ISBN-10: 1-84217-116-X. 200pp. £45 (hardback) by Dale Serjeantson. SH