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Environ Archaeol 10 (1)
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Environ Archaeol 10 (1)
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Circaea
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10 (1)
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Journal
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Author:
Ingrid L Mainland
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Maney Publishing
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2005
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BIAB (The British & Irish Archaeological Bibliography (BIAB))
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http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/maney/env
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08 Aug 2007
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Reconstructing woodland vegetation and its exploitation by past societies, based on the analysis and interpretation of archaeological wood charcoal macro-remains
Eleni Asouti
Phil Austin
1 - 18
The significance of the analysis of archaeological wood charcoal macro-remains as a tool for the reconstruction of woodland vegetation and its exploitation is discussed. Drawing from both older and more recent publications a number of theoretical and methodological approaches are examined. It is suggested that greater integration of charcoal and archaeological data is needed when evaluating charcoal preservation and sample composition, and that a more coherent theory of the complex ecological and cultural processes affecting species availability and firewood management needs to be developed.
An experimental approach to the disaggregation of samples from peat deposits
Joanna Bending
83 - 90
Experimental work was carried out on material from a peat monolith from the Faroe Islands to ascertain the effectiveness of processing using a sonic bath, sodium carbonate and potassium hydroxide for disaggregating the samples. The amount of damage caused to different modern plant parts was also assessed. The results indicate that sodium carbonate and potassium hydroxide are the most effective methods of disaggregation. Damage to plant parts was caused more quickly by potassium hydroxide than sodium carbonate.
`Science is measurement'; ABMAP, a database of domestic animal bone measurements
Dale Serjeantson
97 - 103
A database of animal bone measurements, the Animal Bone Metrical Archive Project (ABMAP), is available on the Web at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/specColl/abmap. The measurements can be downloaded and imported into a spreadsheet. They are of bones of domestic animals from the Neolithic to the nineteenth century AD from assemblages in England, most from southern England. An example is given of the retrieval of measurements of cattle metacarpals and their application in a scatter diagram. The database is a resource for zooarchaeologists and others concerned with research into prehistoric and early historic domestic livestock and animal husbandry.
Book Reviews
Alexander Verpoorte
Keith M Dobney
Rupert A Housley
105 - 111
Including reviews of: Van Andel, T.H. & Davies, W. (eds) 2003. Neanderthals and Modern Humans in the European Landscape during the Last Glaciation: Archaeological Results of the Stage 3 Project. (McDonald Institute Monograph). Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. ISBN 1-902937-21-X. 265pp. £35.00 (hardback) by Alexander Verpoorte; O'Connor, T. P. 2003. The Analysis of Urban Animal Bone Assemblages: A Handbook for Archaeologists. (The Archaeology of York: Principals and Methods 19/2.) York: Council for British Archaeology. ISBN 1-90277-1-354. 228pp. £15.95 (paperback) by Keith Dobney; Dobney, K. and O'Connor, T. (eds) 2002. Bones and the Man. Studies in Honour of Don Brothwell. Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 1-84217-060-0.113 pp. £30.00 (hardback) by Andrew T. Chamberlain; Purdy, Barbara A. (ed.) 2001. Enduring Records: the Environmental and Cultural Heritage of Wetlands. Oxford: Oxbow Books. ISBN 1 84217 048 1. 302 pp. £48.00 (hardback) by Rupert Houseley. SH
