Tag: Vegetation History & Archaeobotany

Fields and feasts

Posted on July 28, 2017 by WDG

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Two articles recently published on-line in the journal Vegetation History & Archaebotany (of which I am an Associate Editor) recently caught my attention.These explore: agricultural practices of people living in the Netherlands c. 3000-2000 years ago (Arnoldussen & van der Linden, 2017), and what…

Category: Reading, William GoslingTags: ancient agriculture, animals, archaeobotany, Bronze Age, Celtic fields, charcoal, Chultun, Climate change, drums, feast, geochemistry, Guatemala, La Corona, macrobotanical, Maya, Netherlands, north-west Europe, pit, plants, pollen, Raarakker, raised bed agriculture, ritual, Roman period, Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, whistles

Volcanic, climatic and human ecosystem modification

Posted on May 8, 2017 by WDG

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My second pair articles from Vegetation History & Archaeobotany that I would like to highlight look at the impacts of volcanoes and climate on vegetation change. Specifically these explore: The impact of past volcanic events on vegetation in Iceland (Eddudóttir et al., 2017). The effect of climate and fire…

Category: News, William GoslingTags: Brazil, Humans, Iceland, palaeoecology, pollen, spores, vegetation, Vegetation History & Archaeobotany, Volcanic eruption, volcanoes

Vegetation History & Archaeobotany

Posted on February 12, 2017 by WDG

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I am delighted to report that I have recently been appointed as an Associate Editor for the journal Vegetation History & Archaeobotany (VHA). The journals scope is global and covers Quaternary environmental and climatic change, with a specific focus on the Holocene and pre-historic…

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