A5072355530- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes
- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
- Water Quality and Resources Studies
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Archaeology and Natural History
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Fossil Insects in Amber
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Ancient Near East History
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Freshwater macroinvertebrate diversity and ecology
- Insect Utilization and Effects
- Forensic Entomology and Diptera Studies
- Irish and British Studies
Arizona State University
2024
Oxford BioMedica (United Kingdom)
2023
University of Oxford
2023
Royal Surrey County Hospital
2022
Walton Family Foundation
2022
University of Sheffield
1996-2005
Aberdeenshire Council
2005
Rivers have been diminished, simplified, and degraded globally by the concentration of agriculture, transportation, development in valley bottoms over decades centuries, substantially limiting their ecological health value. More recently, climate change is steadily increasing stress on aging traditional, gray infrastructure. Recent trends river management present an opportunity to address both degradation stress. A strategic focus riverscapes as critical natural infrastructure can serve...
The loss of the Norse Western Settlement in Greenland around mid-fourteenth century has long been taken as a prime example impact changing climate on human populations. This study employs an interdisciplinary approach combining historical documents, detailed archaeological investigations, and high-resolution proxy record from Ice Sheet Project 2 (GISP2) to investigate possible causes for end this settlement. Historical records, mainly Iceland, contain evidence lowered temperatures severe...
The Norse colonisation or landnám of the North Atlantic islands Faroes, Iceland, and Greenland from ninth century AD onwards provides opportunities to examine human environmental impacts on ‘pristine’ landscapes an gradient warmer, more maritime conditions in east colder, continental west. This paper considers key contrasts across initial settlement biota landscape. Before , modes origin (which resulted boreo-temperate affinities), a lack endemic species, limited diversity, no grazing...
Greenland, far north land of the Atlantic, has often been beyond limit European farming settlement. One its Norse settlements, colonized just before AD 1000, is — astonishingly not even at southern tip, but a way up west coast, ‘Western Settlement’. Environmental studies show why occupation came to an end within five centuries, leaving Greenland once more place Arctic-adapted hunters.
It is perhaps a truism to state that the further north community, more diet likely be dominated by animal products. Whilst barley (bygg) was grown in Northern Isles, Faroes and Iceland (Fenton 1978;Fridriksson 1960),cultivation declined many parts of region through late medieval period. Wild lyme grass (Leymus arenarius) harvested eaten as cereal (Guomundsson 1996).Most Norse Greenlanders, however, knew no bread, fourteenth century source, King's Mirror (KM 17, Larson 1917)notes, Erik Red's...
The examination of Norse farm sites in Greenland has been taking place for nearly a century, and reasonable picture built up from several disciplines the nature settlements. There has, however, little integration research between various scientists. Using example recent interdisciplinary palaeoecological study at Nipáitsoq Western Settlement, this paper summarizes interrelated results work an archaeologist (C.A.), historian (G.S.), animal bone specialist (T. McG.), entomologists (P.C.B. &...
Abstract The ‘project risk screening matrix’ derives from a broader effort to assist US government agency staff in reviewing proposed stream management and restoration projects more efficiently effectively. River Restoration Analysis Tool (RiverRAT) developed through this provides thorough, comprehensive auditable approach review evaluate actions ( www.restorationreview.com ). matrix was initially as the first step applying RiverRAT, its purpose being reviewers assessing natural resources...
What were the fine garments vividly painted in Minoan frescoes made of? Fine cotton (cotton from Egypt is still prized today)? Or yet finer fabric of silk? And if silk, where did stuff, or knowledge cultivating silk-worms, come from? A cocoon Santorini offers new evidence.
Abstract By coupling long-range polymerase chain reaction, wastewater-based epidemiology, and pathogen sequencing, we show that adenovirus type 41 hexon-sequence lineages, described in children with hepatitis of unknown origin the United States 2021, were already circulating within country 2019. We also observed other lineages wastewater, whose complete genomes have yet to be documented from clinical samples.
Stream management activities, even well intentioned restoration efforts, all too often degrade aquatic ecosystems. Site- and reach-scale habitat improvement projects have become the default solution to many deficiencies constraints, are planned implemented without proper consideration of their landscape context, process drivers, or geomorphic fitness. Failure recognize these broader scale concerns may lead poor project selection increased potential for failure. To address issues, we...
This report, prefaced by a brief history of Pluscarden Priory, and description the church, describes excavations on western side Priory. Features investigated include end nave, 
 series burials, stone-lined pit containing rich organic deposit, walls associated with medieval monastic complex. The excavation was arranged funded Historic Scotland.
The period of the industrial revolution was a challenging time for British ports as escalations in trade demanded improvements to infrastructures and access ports. Programmes clear mark channels provide quays with warehousing wet docks safe berthing were commonplace. Lancaster on River Lune, some five miles from sea, one many that sought make these under direction Port Commission which established by an Act Parliament 1749. article reports introduced navigation river using surviving records...