J J Lowe

Biographic Data

ID	377758
NAME	J J Lowe
GIVEN NAMES	J J
FAMILY NAME	Lowe
SIGNATURE	LOWE J J
AFFILIATIONS	Royal Holloway University of London
ORCID	0000-0003-4644-702X
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	20
TOTAL CITATIONS	29
AUTHOR COUNT	20
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	1978
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2020
H-INDEX	4

Detection and Characterisation of Eemian Marine Tephra Layers within the Sapropel S5 Sediments of the Aegean and Levantine Seas
Open AccessChristopher Satow, Katharine M Grant et al.ARTICLEQuaternary2020
The Eemian was the last interglacial period (~130 to 115 ka BP) to precede the current interglacial. In Eastern Mediterranean marine sediments, it is marked by a well-developed and organic-rich “sapropel” layer (S5), which is thought to reflect an intensification and northward migration of the African monsoon rain belt over orbital timescales. However, despite the importance of these sediments, very little proxy-independent stratigraphic informat…
Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period)
Open AccessMike Walker, Martin J Head et al.ARTICLEEpisodes2018
Mike Walker, Martin J. Head, Max Berkelhammer, Svante Björck, Hai Cheng, Les Cwynar, David Fisher, Vasilios Gkinis, Antony Long, John Lowe, Rewi Newnham, Sune Olander Rasmussen, Harvey Weiss. Episodes 2018;41:213-23. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2018/018016
Comment on “When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary is stratigraphically optimal” by Jan Zalasiewicz et al. (2015), Quaternary International, 383, 196–203
Open AccessMike Walker, Phil Gibbard et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015
A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records
Open AccessSune O Rasmussen, Matthias Bigler et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews2014
Due to their outstanding resolution and well-constrained chronologies, Greenland ice-core records provide a master record of past climatic changes throughout the Last Interglacial–Glacial cycle in the North Atlantic region. As part of the INTIMATE (INTegration of Ice-core, MArine and TErrestrial records) project, protocols have been proposed to ensure consistent and robust correlation between different records of past climate. A key element of th…
The Siren Site and the Long Transition from Archaic to Late Prehistoric Lifeways on the Eastern Edwards Plateau of Central Texas
R Carpenter, Stephen Carpenter et al.ARTICLEIndex of Texas Archaeology Open…2013Cited by: 1
On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted testing and data recovery investigations at the Siren site (41WM1126), a prehistoric multi-component site in the Interstate Highway 35 right-of-way along the South Fork of the San Gabriel River in Williamson County, Texas. The work was done to fulfill TxDOT’s compliance obligations under the National Historic Preservation Act and the Antiq…
Volcanic ash layers illuminate the resilience of Neanderthals and early modern humans to natural hazards
Open AccessJ J Lowe, John Lowe et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2012
Marked changes in human dispersal and development during the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition have been attributed to massive volcanic eruption and/or severe climatic deterioration. We test this concept using records of volcanic ash layers of the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption dated to ca. 40,000 y ago (40 ka B.P.). The distribution of the Campanian Ignimbrite has been enhanced by the discovery of cryptotephra deposits (volcanic ash layers t…
Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch
Open AccessMike Walker, M J C Walker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Quaternary Science2012
This discussion paper, by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommision on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), considers the prospects for a formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch. Although previous attempts to subdivide the Holocene have proved inconclusive, recent developments in Quaternary stratigraphy, notably the definition …
Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records
Open AccessMike Walker, Sigfús Johnsen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Quaternary Science2009
The Greenland ice core from NorthGRIP (NGRIP) contains a proxy climate record across the Pleistocene–Holocene boundary of unprecedented clarity and resolution. Analysis of an array of physical and chemical parameters within the ice enables the base of the Holocene, as reflected in the first signs of climatic warming at the end of the Younger Dryas/Greenland Stadial 1 cold phase, to be located with a high degree of precision. This climatic event i…
Late Holocene vegetation and palaeoenvironmental history of the Dunadd area, Argyll, Scotland
Open AccessRupert A Housley, Simon Blockley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2009Cited by: 2References: 9
Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental events in the North Atlantic region during the Last Termination
Open AccessJ J Lowe, Sune O Rasmussen et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews2008
Towards a Radiocarbon Chronology of the Late-Glacial
Open AccessM J C Walker, C Bryant et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2001Cited by: 4References: 26
This paper outlines a dating program designed to test the reproducibility of radiocarbon dates on different materials of Late-Glacial age (plant macrofossils, fossil beetle remains, and the “humic” and “humin” chemical fractions of limnic sediments) using a combination of radiometric (beta counting) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques. The results have implications for the design of sampling strategies and for the development of im…
Implications for the Dating of Wisconsinan (Weichselian) Late-Glacial Events of Systematic Radiocarbon Age Differences between Terrestrial Plant Macrofossils from a Site in SW Ireland
Open AccessChris Turney, Chris S M Turney et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2000
AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained from Salix herbacea leaves, Carex seeds, and bulk organic detritus from a lake sediment profile of Wisconsinan (Weichselian) Lateglacial age in SW Ireland. There is a systematic age difference between the dated series from the two types of macrofossils, with ages obtained from Salix herbacea leaves being 900 to 1500 14 C years younger than those obtained from Carex seeds. The latter tend to be more in accord wi…
Palaeolithic Barbed Point from Gransmoor, East Yorkshire, England
Open AccessCharles Sheldrick, J J Lowe et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Prehistoric…1997Cited by: 7References: 5
An Upper Palaeolithic, uniserially barbed antler point, discovered during excavations of a Devensian Lateglacial sediment sequence in a quarry near Gransmoor, Yorkshire, England, is described. The stratigraphic context of the find is summarised, and the age of the implement can be confidently estimated to between 11,500 and 11,100 radiocarbon years BP on the basis of (i) a series of AMS radiocarbon dates, (ii) radiometric dating of the wood withi…
Bramcote Green, Bermondsey
Open AccessChristopher Thomas, C David L Thomas et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Prehistoric…1996Cited by: 6References: 12
An archaeological evaluation and excavation were carried out prior to a housing development in 1992, at Bramcote Green, in the London Borough of Southwark. Up to 3 m of organic rich, alluvial clay silts were deposited during the late Glacial period between about 12,000 BP and 9000 BP. A wide, shallow channel flowing south towards the Thames cut through the clay silts during the early Holocene and was filled with a series of clay and peat layers. …
Holocene pollen stratigraphy and human interference in the woodlands of the northern Apennines, Italy
Open AccessJ J Lowe, C Davite et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene1994Cited by: 5References: 1
Pollen-stratigraphic data and radiocarbon dates are presented for a full Holocene series of sediment cores obtained from a high-level site in the Appennino Parmense, northern Italy. Three 'marker' horizons are identified on the basis of sediment changes and pollen stratigraphy, and the extent to which they indicate episodes of significant human interference in the local vegetation is discussed. The earliest (M1) is dated to around 6300 BP. From t…
Textbook of Pollen Analysis (Fourth Edition)
Open AccessJ J LoweARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews1991
Handbook of holocene palaeoecology and palaeohydrology
Open AccessJ J LoweARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews1985
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments
C Vita-Finzi, Claudio Vita‐finzi et al.ARTICLEMan1985Cited by: 2
Studies in the Lateglacial of North-West Europe, Including Papers Presented at a Symposium of the Quaternary Research Association, Held at University College London in January, 1979
R J Rice, J J Lowe et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1981Cited by: 1
Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment
Hilary H Birks, J M Gray et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1978Cited by: 1

Palaeolithic Barbed Point from Gransmoor, East Yorkshire, England
Open AccessCharles Sheldrick, J J Lowe et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Prehistoric…1997Cited by: 7References: 5
An Upper Palaeolithic, uniserially barbed antler point, discovered during excavations of a Devensian Lateglacial sediment sequence in a quarry near Gransmoor, Yorkshire, England, is described. The stratigraphic context of the find is summarised, and the age of the implement can be confidently estimated to between 11,500 and 11,100 radiocarbon years BP on the basis of (i) a series of AMS radiocarbon dates, (ii) radiometric dating of the wood withi…
Bramcote Green, Bermondsey
Open AccessChristopher Thomas, C David L Thomas et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Prehistoric…1996Cited by: 6References: 12
An archaeological evaluation and excavation were carried out prior to a housing development in 1992, at Bramcote Green, in the London Borough of Southwark. Up to 3 m of organic rich, alluvial clay silts were deposited during the late Glacial period between about 12,000 BP and 9000 BP. A wide, shallow channel flowing south towards the Thames cut through the clay silts during the early Holocene and was filled with a series of clay and peat layers. …
Holocene pollen stratigraphy and human interference in the woodlands of the northern Apennines, Italy
Open AccessJ J Lowe, C Davite et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene1994Cited by: 5References: 1
Pollen-stratigraphic data and radiocarbon dates are presented for a full Holocene series of sediment cores obtained from a high-level site in the Appennino Parmense, northern Italy. Three 'marker' horizons are identified on the basis of sediment changes and pollen stratigraphy, and the extent to which they indicate episodes of significant human interference in the local vegetation is discussed. The earliest (M1) is dated to around 6300 BP. From t…
Towards a Radiocarbon Chronology of the Late-Glacial
Open AccessM J C Walker, C Bryant et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2001Cited by: 4References: 26
This paper outlines a dating program designed to test the reproducibility of radiocarbon dates on different materials of Late-Glacial age (plant macrofossils, fossil beetle remains, and the “humic” and “humin” chemical fractions of limnic sediments) using a combination of radiometric (beta counting) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques. The results have implications for the design of sampling strategies and for the development of im…
Late Holocene vegetation and palaeoenvironmental history of the Dunadd area, Argyll, Scotland
Open AccessRupert A Housley, Simon Blockley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2009Cited by: 2References: 9
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments
C Vita-Finzi, Claudio Vita‐finzi et al.ARTICLEMan1985Cited by: 2
The Siren Site and the Long Transition from Archaic to Late Prehistoric Lifeways on the Eastern Edwards Plateau of Central Texas
R Carpenter, Stephen Carpenter et al.ARTICLEIndex of Texas Archaeology Open…2013Cited by: 1
On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted testing and data recovery investigations at the Siren site (41WM1126), a prehistoric multi-component site in the Interstate Highway 35 right-of-way along the South Fork of the San Gabriel River in Williamson County, Texas. The work was done to fulfill TxDOT’s compliance obligations under the National Historic Preservation Act and the Antiq…
Studies in the Lateglacial of North-West Europe, Including Papers Presented at a Symposium of the Quaternary Research Association, Held at University College London in January, 1979
R J Rice, J J Lowe et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1981Cited by: 1
Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment
Hilary H Birks, J M Gray et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1978Cited by: 1

Studies in the Scottish Lateglacial Environment
Hilary H Birks, J M Gray et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1978Cited by: 1
Studies in the Lateglacial of North-West Europe, Including Papers Presented at a Symposium of the Quaternary Research Association, Held at University College London in January, 1979
R J Rice, J J Lowe et al.ARTICLEGeographical Journal1981Cited by: 1
Handbook of holocene palaeoecology and palaeohydrology
Open AccessJ J LoweARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews1985
Reconstructing Quaternary Environments
C Vita-Finzi, Claudio Vita‐finzi et al.ARTICLEMan1985Cited by: 2
Textbook of Pollen Analysis (Fourth Edition)
Open AccessJ J LoweARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews1991
Holocene pollen stratigraphy and human interference in the woodlands of the northern Apennines, Italy
Open AccessJ J Lowe, C Davite et al.ARTICLEThe Holocene1994Cited by: 5References: 1
Pollen-stratigraphic data and radiocarbon dates are presented for a full Holocene series of sediment cores obtained from a high-level site in the Appennino Parmense, northern Italy. Three 'marker' horizons are identified on the basis of sediment changes and pollen stratigraphy, and the extent to which they indicate episodes of significant human interference in the local vegetation is discussed. The earliest (M1) is dated to around 6300 BP. From t…
Bramcote Green, Bermondsey
Open AccessChristopher Thomas, C David L Thomas et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Prehistoric…1996Cited by: 6References: 12
An archaeological evaluation and excavation were carried out prior to a housing development in 1992, at Bramcote Green, in the London Borough of Southwark. Up to 3 m of organic rich, alluvial clay silts were deposited during the late Glacial period between about 12,000 BP and 9000 BP. A wide, shallow channel flowing south towards the Thames cut through the clay silts during the early Holocene and was filled with a series of clay and peat layers. …
Palaeolithic Barbed Point from Gransmoor, East Yorkshire, England
Open AccessCharles Sheldrick, J J Lowe et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the Prehistoric…1997Cited by: 7References: 5
An Upper Palaeolithic, uniserially barbed antler point, discovered during excavations of a Devensian Lateglacial sediment sequence in a quarry near Gransmoor, Yorkshire, England, is described. The stratigraphic context of the find is summarised, and the age of the implement can be confidently estimated to between 11,500 and 11,100 radiocarbon years BP on the basis of (i) a series of AMS radiocarbon dates, (ii) radiometric dating of the wood withi…
Implications for the Dating of Wisconsinan (Weichselian) Late-Glacial Events of Systematic Radiocarbon Age Differences between Terrestrial Plant Macrofossils from a Site in SW Ireland
Open AccessChris Turney, Chris S M Turney et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Research2000
AMS radiocarbon dates were obtained from Salix herbacea leaves, Carex seeds, and bulk organic detritus from a lake sediment profile of Wisconsinan (Weichselian) Lateglacial age in SW Ireland. There is a systematic age difference between the dated series from the two types of macrofossils, with ages obtained from Salix herbacea leaves being 900 to 1500 14 C years younger than those obtained from Carex seeds. The latter tend to be more in accord wi…
Towards a Radiocarbon Chronology of the Late-Glacial
Open AccessM J C Walker, C Bryant et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2001Cited by: 4References: 26
This paper outlines a dating program designed to test the reproducibility of radiocarbon dates on different materials of Late-Glacial age (plant macrofossils, fossil beetle remains, and the “humic” and “humin” chemical fractions of limnic sediments) using a combination of radiometric (beta counting) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques. The results have implications for the design of sampling strategies and for the development of im…
Synchronisation of palaeoenvironmental events in the North Atlantic region during the Last Termination
Open AccessJ J Lowe, Sune O Rasmussen et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews2008
Formal definition and dating of the GSSP (Global Stratotype Section and Point) for the base of the Holocene using the Greenland NGRIP ice core, and selected auxiliary records
Open AccessMike Walker, Sigfús Johnsen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Quaternary Science2009
The Greenland ice core from NorthGRIP (NGRIP) contains a proxy climate record across the Pleistocene–Holocene boundary of unprecedented clarity and resolution. Analysis of an array of physical and chemical parameters within the ice enables the base of the Holocene, as reflected in the first signs of climatic warming at the end of the Younger Dryas/Greenland Stadial 1 cold phase, to be located with a high degree of precision. This climatic event i…
Late Holocene vegetation and palaeoenvironmental history of the Dunadd area, Argyll, Scotland
Open AccessRupert A Housley, Simon Blockley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2009Cited by: 2References: 9
Volcanic ash layers illuminate the resilience of Neanderthals and early modern humans to natural hazards
Open AccessJ J Lowe, John Lowe et al.ARTICLEProceedings of the National…2012
Marked changes in human dispersal and development during the Middle to Upper Paleolithic transition have been attributed to massive volcanic eruption and/or severe climatic deterioration. We test this concept using records of volcanic ash layers of the Campanian Ignimbrite eruption dated to ca. 40,000 y ago (40 ka B.P.). The distribution of the Campanian Ignimbrite has been enhanced by the discovery of cryptotephra deposits (volcanic ash layers t…
Formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch
Open AccessMike Walker, M J C Walker et al.ARTICLEJournal of Quaternary Science2012
This discussion paper, by a Working Group of INTIMATE (Integration of ice‐core, marine and terrestrial records) and the Subcommision on Quaternary Stratigraphy (SQS) of the International Commission on Stratigraphy (ICS), considers the prospects for a formal subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch. Although previous attempts to subdivide the Holocene have proved inconclusive, recent developments in Quaternary stratigraphy, notably the definition …
The Siren Site and the Long Transition from Archaic to Late Prehistoric Lifeways on the Eastern Edwards Plateau of Central Texas
R Carpenter, Stephen Carpenter et al.ARTICLEIndex of Texas Archaeology Open…2013Cited by: 1
On behalf of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), SWCA Environmental Consultants (SWCA) conducted testing and data recovery investigations at the Siren site (41WM1126), a prehistoric multi-component site in the Interstate Highway 35 right-of-way along the South Fork of the San Gabriel River in Williamson County, Texas. The work was done to fulfill TxDOT’s compliance obligations under the National Historic Preservation Act and the Antiq…
A stratigraphic framework for abrupt climatic changes during the Last Glacial period based on three synchronized Greenland ice-core records
Open AccessSune O Rasmussen, Matthias Bigler et al.ARTICLEQuaternary Science Reviews2014
Due to their outstanding resolution and well-constrained chronologies, Greenland ice-core records provide a master record of past climatic changes throughout the Last Interglacial–Glacial cycle in the North Atlantic region. As part of the INTIMATE (INTegration of Ice-core, MArine and TErrestrial records) project, protocols have been proposed to ensure consistent and robust correlation between different records of past climate. A key element of th…
Comment on “When did the Anthropocene begin? A mid-twentieth century boundary is stratigraphically optimal” by Jan Zalasiewicz et al. (2015), Quaternary International, 383, 196–203
Open AccessMike Walker, Phil Gibbard et al.ARTICLEQuaternary International2015
Formal ratification of the subdivision of the Holocene Series/Epoch (Quaternary System/Period)
Open AccessMike Walker, Martin J Head et al.ARTICLEEpisodes2018
Mike Walker, Martin J. Head, Max Berkelhammer, Svante Björck, Hai Cheng, Les Cwynar, David Fisher, Vasilios Gkinis, Antony Long, John Lowe, Rewi Newnham, Sune Olander Rasmussen, Harvey Weiss. Episodes 2018;41:213-23. https://doi.org/10.18814/epiiugs/2018/018016
Detection and Characterisation of Eemian Marine Tephra Layers within the Sapropel S5 Sediments of the Aegean and Levantine Seas
Open AccessChristopher Satow, Katharine M Grant et al.ARTICLEQuaternary2020
The Eemian was the last interglacial period (~130 to 115 ka BP) to precede the current interglacial. In Eastern Mediterranean marine sediments, it is marked by a well-developed and organic-rich “sapropel” layer (S5), which is thought to reflect an intensification and northward migration of the African monsoon rain belt over orbital timescales. However, despite the importance of these sediments, very little proxy-independent stratigraphic informat…