Centennial-scale climate change in Ireland during the Holocene

GT Swindles, IT Lawson, IP Matthews, M Blaauw… - Earth-Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
We examine mid-to late Holocene centennial-scale climate variability in Ireland using proxy
data from peatlands, lakes and a speleothem. A high degree of between-record variability is …

Environmental indifference? A critique of environmentally deterministic theories of peatland archaeological site construction in Ireland

G Plunkett, C McDermott, GT Swindles… - Quaternary Science …, 2013 - Elsevier
Climate change, whether gradual or sudden, has frequently been invoked as a causal factor
to explain many aspects of cultural change during the prehistoric and early historic periods …

From dates to demography in later prehistoric Ireland? Experimental approaches to the meta-analysis of large 14C data-sets

I Armit, GT Swindles, K Becker - Journal of archaeological science, 2013 - Elsevier
We present a series of iterative methods to examine the problems associated with summed
probability functions (SPFs) based on archaeological radiocarbon data. As a case study we …

[图书][B] The ancient Mediterranean environment between science and history

WV Harris - 2013 - books.google.com
Scientists, historians and archaeologists are at last beginning to collaborate seriously on
studies of the long-term history of the environment. The fruit of an international conference …

Molluscan assemblages in the deposits of landslide dammed lakes as indicators of late Holocene mass movements in the Polish Carpathians

WP Alexandrowicz - Geomorphology, 2013 - Elsevier
Detailed malacological analyses were performed in calcareous tufas filling landslide
dammed lakes within the Polish Carpathians. The composition of molluscan assemblages …

The relative abundance of Onthophagus species in British assemblages of dung beetles as evidence for Holocene climate change

M Robinson - Environmental Archaeology, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The ratio between scarabaeid beetles of the genera Aphodius and Onthophagus in
European dung faunas is influenced by summer climate, such that individuals of Aphodius …

[图书][B] Tough Times: The Archaeology of Crisis and Recovery

EM Van der Wilt, JM Jiménez - 2013 - academia.edu
This paper offers a perspective on the archaeological continuity of towns in Iberia between
AD 400 and 800. While traditional views on the decline of the Roman Empire and the arrival …