Carol Palmer
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4865873 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Carol Palmer |
| NOMBRES | Carol |
| APELLIDO | Palmer |
| FIRMA | PALMER C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4612-5426 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 94 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1991 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Using Phytolith, Geochemical and Ethnographic Analysis to Inform on Site Construction and Activities in the Neolithic of Southwest Asia
This paper explores what can be learned about settlement construction and use in the southwest Asian Neolithic from phytolith, geochemical and ethnographic analysis. This period was targeted because, despite its importance, our understanding of building practices and use of space within settlements is sometimes limited. We chose the sites of WF16 and ‘Ain Ghazal as case studies and compared them with ethnographic samples of known origin from the …
Assessing the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as an engagement tool for the Jordanian cultural heritage community
MaDiH (Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan) was a two-year UK-Jordanian project that aimed to identify essential systems, datasets and standards to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of Jordan’s digital cultural heritage. The project launched an online catalogue and prototype repository using the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) platform to present the collected data that was produced by the local and intern…
Dr Andrea de Silva Zerbini 1984–2019
Andrea de Silva Zerbini was an outstanding young scholar of the ancient Near East, with a passion for cultural heritage protection and management, incorporating the use of digital tools for documen...
The Deepsal Project
The Deep Past as a Social Asset in the Levant (DEEPSAL) project, conducted in 2015–16 by the Council for British Research in the Levant, examined two communities in southern Jordan, Beidha and Basta, who live near significant Neolithic archaeological sites. The project collected information on the communities’ current socioeconomic conditions, their relationship with local cultural heritage and how that cultural heritage currently benefits or hin…
A dual geochemical‐phytolith methodology for studying activity areas in ephemeral sites
This study aims to contribute to the interpretation of ephemeral sites by exploring the efficacy of geochemistry and phytolith analysis to identify activity areas in seasonally occupied ethnographic sites. The application of a portable X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument and phytolith analysis to soil samples from six Bedouin campsites at Wadi Faynan, Jordan, provided insights about anthropogenic enrichment patterns and the effects of short perio…
Ethno-geochemical and Phytolith Studies of Activity Related Patterns
Understanding Neolithic sites in southwest Asia is often difficult because of the lack of preservation of organic remains and the effects of various taphonomic processes that alter the original record. Here, we use an ethnographic approach to test the potential of using plant phytoliths and geochemistry to aid our interpretation of southwest Asian Neolithic sites. Our study of a recently abandoned stone and mud constructed village in Jordan, show…
The Seasonal Mobility of Prehistoric Gazelle Herds in the Azraq Basin, Jordan
The hunting of Gazella subgutturosa was a dominant practice for Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic hunter–gatherers in the east Jordan steppe. The seasonal mobility of this taxon in the Levant is poorly understood, especially for early prehistory when herd movements would have influenced hunter-gatherer use of the steppes. This paper proposes four patterns of seasonal herd mobility for G. subgutturosa centred on Jordan’s Azraq Basin. The four pa…
Quantification of Protozoa and Viruses from Small Water Volumes
Large sample volumes are traditionally required for the analysis of waterborne pathogens. The need for large volumes greatly limits the number of samples that can be processed. The aims of this study were to compare extraction and detection procedures for quantifying protozoan parasites and viruses from small volumes of marine water. The intent was to evaluate a logistically simpler method of sample collection and processing that would facilitate…
The Long-Term Ecology of Agricultural Terraces and Enclosed Fields from Antikythera, Greece
Vegetation recolonisation of abandoned agricultural terraces on Antikythera, Greece
Antikythera is a small, relatively remote Mediterranean island, lying 35 km north-west of Crete, and its few contemporary inhabitants live mainly in the small village at the only port. However, an extensive network of terraces across the island bears witness to the past importance of farming on the island, although the intensity of use of these cultivated plots has changed according to fluctuating population levels. Most recently, the rural popul…
The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria
Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval norther…
The functional ecology of present-day arable weed floras and its applicability for the identification of past crop husbandry
An Early to Middle Saxon Settlement at Quarrington, Lincolnshire
Excavations undertaken at Quarrington, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, revealed part of an Early and Middle Saxon settlement with associated fields or enclosures. Several timber buildings were identified, both round and rectangular, and there was evidence of ferrous and non-ferrous metalworking at the site. Finds included a large and regionally significant pottery assemblage, showing that Quarrington had an extensive trading network and obtained pot…
Milk and Cereals
This article outlines traditional ways that food, principally wheat and milk products, are prepared for storage and eaten in the Levant. Food is an important component of human culture, which not only provides nutrition, but is also used to cement social ties and mark occasions. Foods prepared and consumed by farming and pastoral groups help to define their respective identities and emphasise difference. All the groups discussed here, sedentary f…
Feasts
Archaeology and Desertification in the Wadi Faynan
This report describes the fourth season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working together to reconstruct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan. The particular focus of the project is the long-term history of inter-relationships between landscape and people, as a contribution to the study of processes of desertification and environmental degradation. The 1999 fieldwork contributed si…
Environment and Land Use in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan
This report describes the third season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working to reconstrnct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan over the past 200,000 years. The particular focus of the project is the long-term history of inter-relationships between landscape and people, as a contribution to the study of processes of desertification and environmental degradation. The geomorpholo…
A Fibs Approach to the Use of Weed Ecology for the Archaeobotanical Recognition of Crop Rotation Regimes
‘Following the plough’
This paper documents disappearing agricultural practices in northern Jordan. The fieldwork for the study was conducted between 1989 and 1992. The paper sets out the local classification of crops and the main events of the agricultural year. It includes a discussion of traditional measures for seed and land. Tillage is central to good crop management practices and the ard, or scratch-plough, is also discussed. Changes in agricultural practice, as …
Occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in water supplies of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
During June 1996, water supplies of the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, were sampled to obtain an assessment of Cryptosporidium oocyst and Giardia cyst concentrations. Each sample was concentrated and stained with an indirect immunofluorescent antibody, and parasites were counted through microscopic analysis. In three surface water supplies, Cryptosporidium oocyst concentrations ranged from 58 to 260 oocysts per 100 L, and Giardia cysts were pr…
Increased prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Honduras, Central America
We report on our investigation of a malaria outbreak in Honduras, Central America, in January 1997. We tested 202 patients with fever and chills using thin and thick blood film microscopy. Sixteen patients lived in the city and the rest lived in rural areas. A total of 95 samples (47%) were positive for malaria parasites. Seventy-nine percent (63/80) of the rural patients were infected with Plasmodium vivax and 21% (17/80) were infected with P. f…
An Exploration of the Effects of Crop Rotation Regime on Modem Weed Floras
Fallow-cereal is the primary crop rotation regime used in the Mediterranean and Near East in the recent past. This may not always have been the case and legume-cereal rotation may have played an important role in certain periods. In the short-term, cultivated fallow is beneficial to soil moisture and fertility and, therefore, the subsequent cereal crop. In the long-term, however, this regime causes soil erosion and nutrient deterioration through …
The Role of Fodder in the Farming System
(1998). The Role of Fodder in the Farming System: a Case Study From Northern Jordan. Environmental Archaeology: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-10
Environmental Factors and the Yield Potential of Ancient Wheat Crops
The Role of Fodder in the Farming System
A Fibs Approach to the Use of Weed Ecology for the Archaeobotanical Recognition of Crop Rotation Regimes
The Long-Term Ecology of Agricultural Terraces and Enclosed Fields from Antikythera, Greece
The functional ecology of present-day arable weed floras and its applicability for the identification of past crop husbandry
Environmental Factors and the Yield Potential of Ancient Wheat Crops
A dual geochemical‐phytolith methodology for studying activity areas in ephemeral sites
This study aims to contribute to the interpretation of ephemeral sites by exploring the efficacy of geochemistry and phytolith analysis to identify activity areas in seasonally occupied ethnographic sites. The application of a portable X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument and phytolith analysis to soil samples from six Bedouin campsites at Wadi Faynan, Jordan, provided insights about anthropogenic enrichment patterns and the effects of short perio…
The Role of Fodder in the Farming System
(1998). The Role of Fodder in the Farming System: a Case Study From Northern Jordan. Environmental Archaeology: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-10
An Early to Middle Saxon Settlement at Quarrington, Lincolnshire
Excavations undertaken at Quarrington, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, revealed part of an Early and Middle Saxon settlement with associated fields or enclosures. Several timber buildings were identified, both round and rectangular, and there was evidence of ferrous and non-ferrous metalworking at the site. Finds included a large and regionally significant pottery assemblage, showing that Quarrington had an extensive trading network and obtained pot…
An Exploration of the Effects of Crop Rotation Regime on Modem Weed Floras
Fallow-cereal is the primary crop rotation regime used in the Mediterranean and Near East in the recent past. This may not always have been the case and legume-cereal rotation may have played an important role in certain periods. In the short-term, cultivated fallow is beneficial to soil moisture and fertility and, therefore, the subsequent cereal crop. In the long-term, however, this regime causes soil erosion and nutrient deterioration through …
Ethno-geochemical and Phytolith Studies of Activity Related Patterns
Understanding Neolithic sites in southwest Asia is often difficult because of the lack of preservation of organic remains and the effects of various taphonomic processes that alter the original record. Here, we use an ethnographic approach to test the potential of using plant phytoliths and geochemistry to aid our interpretation of southwest Asian Neolithic sites. Our study of a recently abandoned stone and mud constructed village in Jordan, show…
The Seasonal Mobility of Prehistoric Gazelle Herds in the Azraq Basin, Jordan
The hunting of Gazella subgutturosa was a dominant practice for Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic hunter–gatherers in the east Jordan steppe. The seasonal mobility of this taxon in the Levant is poorly understood, especially for early prehistory when herd movements would have influenced hunter-gatherer use of the steppes. This paper proposes four patterns of seasonal herd mobility for G. subgutturosa centred on Jordan’s Azraq Basin. The four pa…
Vegetation recolonisation of abandoned agricultural terraces on Antikythera, Greece
Antikythera is a small, relatively remote Mediterranean island, lying 35 km north-west of Crete, and its few contemporary inhabitants live mainly in the small village at the only port. However, an extensive network of terraces across the island bears witness to the past importance of farming on the island, although the intensity of use of these cultivated plots has changed according to fluctuating population levels. Most recently, the rural popul…
The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria
Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval norther…
The Role of Fodder in the Farming System
Ethnobotanical investigation of semi-arid zone crop husbandry
The Role of Fodder in the Farming System
Environmental Factors and the Yield Potential of Ancient Wheat Crops
‘Following the plough’
This paper documents disappearing agricultural practices in northern Jordan. The fieldwork for the study was conducted between 1989 and 1992. The paper sets out the local classification of crops and the main events of the agricultural year. It includes a discussion of traditional measures for seed and land. Tillage is central to good crop management practices and the ard, or scratch-plough, is also discussed. Changes in agricultural practice, as …
Occurrence of Cryptosporidium oocysts and Giardia cysts in water supplies of San Pedro Sula, Honduras
During June 1996, water supplies of the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, were sampled to obtain an assessment of Cryptosporidium oocyst and Giardia cyst concentrations. Each sample was concentrated and stained with an indirect immunofluorescent antibody, and parasites were counted through microscopic analysis. In three surface water supplies, Cryptosporidium oocyst concentrations ranged from 58 to 260 oocysts per 100 L, and Giardia cysts were pr…
Increased prevalence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria in Honduras, Central America
We report on our investigation of a malaria outbreak in Honduras, Central America, in January 1997. We tested 202 patients with fever and chills using thin and thick blood film microscopy. Sixteen patients lived in the city and the rest lived in rural areas. A total of 95 samples (47%) were positive for malaria parasites. Seventy-nine percent (63/80) of the rural patients were infected with Plasmodium vivax and 21% (17/80) were infected with P. f…
An Exploration of the Effects of Crop Rotation Regime on Modem Weed Floras
Fallow-cereal is the primary crop rotation regime used in the Mediterranean and Near East in the recent past. This may not always have been the case and legume-cereal rotation may have played an important role in certain periods. In the short-term, cultivated fallow is beneficial to soil moisture and fertility and, therefore, the subsequent cereal crop. In the long-term, however, this regime causes soil erosion and nutrient deterioration through …
The Role of Fodder in the Farming System
(1998). The Role of Fodder in the Farming System: a Case Study From Northern Jordan. Environmental Archaeology: Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-10
Environment and Land Use in the Wadi Faynan, Southern Jordan
This report describes the third season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working to reconstrnct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan over the past 200,000 years. The particular focus of the project is the long-term history of inter-relationships between landscape and people, as a contribution to the study of processes of desertification and environmental degradation. The geomorpholo…
A Fibs Approach to the Use of Weed Ecology for the Archaeobotanical Recognition of Crop Rotation Regimes
Archaeology and Desertification in the Wadi Faynan
This report describes the fourth season of fieldwork by an interdisciplinary team of archaeologists and geographers working together to reconstruct the landscape history of the Wadi Faynan in southern Jordan. The particular focus of the project is the long-term history of inter-relationships between landscape and people, as a contribution to the study of processes of desertification and environmental degradation. The 1999 fieldwork contributed si…
Milk and Cereals
This article outlines traditional ways that food, principally wheat and milk products, are prepared for storage and eaten in the Levant. Food is an important component of human culture, which not only provides nutrition, but is also used to cement social ties and mark occasions. Foods prepared and consumed by farming and pastoral groups help to define their respective identities and emphasise difference. All the groups discussed here, sedentary f…
Feasts
An Early to Middle Saxon Settlement at Quarrington, Lincolnshire
Excavations undertaken at Quarrington, near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, revealed part of an Early and Middle Saxon settlement with associated fields or enclosures. Several timber buildings were identified, both round and rectangular, and there was evidence of ferrous and non-ferrous metalworking at the site. Finds included a large and regionally significant pottery assemblage, showing that Quarrington had an extensive trading network and obtained pot…
The functional ecology of present-day arable weed floras and its applicability for the identification of past crop husbandry
Vegetation recolonisation of abandoned agricultural terraces on Antikythera, Greece
Antikythera is a small, relatively remote Mediterranean island, lying 35 km north-west of Crete, and its few contemporary inhabitants live mainly in the small village at the only port. However, an extensive network of terraces across the island bears witness to the past importance of farming on the island, although the intensity of use of these cultivated plots has changed according to fluctuating population levels. Most recently, the rural popul…
The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria
Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval norther…
The Long-Term Ecology of Agricultural Terraces and Enclosed Fields from Antikythera, Greece
Quantification of Protozoa and Viruses from Small Water Volumes
Large sample volumes are traditionally required for the analysis of waterborne pathogens. The need for large volumes greatly limits the number of samples that can be processed. The aims of this study were to compare extraction and detection procedures for quantifying protozoan parasites and viruses from small volumes of marine water. The intent was to evaluate a logistically simpler method of sample collection and processing that would facilitate…
Ethno-geochemical and Phytolith Studies of Activity Related Patterns
Understanding Neolithic sites in southwest Asia is often difficult because of the lack of preservation of organic remains and the effects of various taphonomic processes that alter the original record. Here, we use an ethnographic approach to test the potential of using plant phytoliths and geochemistry to aid our interpretation of southwest Asian Neolithic sites. Our study of a recently abandoned stone and mud constructed village in Jordan, show…
The Seasonal Mobility of Prehistoric Gazelle Herds in the Azraq Basin, Jordan
The hunting of Gazella subgutturosa was a dominant practice for Epipalaeolithic and early Neolithic hunter–gatherers in the east Jordan steppe. The seasonal mobility of this taxon in the Levant is poorly understood, especially for early prehistory when herd movements would have influenced hunter-gatherer use of the steppes. This paper proposes four patterns of seasonal herd mobility for G. subgutturosa centred on Jordan’s Azraq Basin. The four pa…
A dual geochemical‐phytolith methodology for studying activity areas in ephemeral sites
This study aims to contribute to the interpretation of ephemeral sites by exploring the efficacy of geochemistry and phytolith analysis to identify activity areas in seasonally occupied ethnographic sites. The application of a portable X‐ray fluorescence (XRF) instrument and phytolith analysis to soil samples from six Bedouin campsites at Wadi Faynan, Jordan, provided insights about anthropogenic enrichment patterns and the effects of short perio…
Dr Andrea de Silva Zerbini 1984–2019
Andrea de Silva Zerbini was an outstanding young scholar of the ancient Near East, with a passion for cultural heritage protection and management, incorporating the use of digital tools for documen...
The Deepsal Project
The Deep Past as a Social Asset in the Levant (DEEPSAL) project, conducted in 2015–16 by the Council for British Research in the Levant, examined two communities in southern Jordan, Beidha and Basta, who live near significant Neolithic archaeological sites. The project collected information on the communities’ current socioeconomic conditions, their relationship with local cultural heritage and how that cultural heritage currently benefits or hin…
Assessing the MaDiH CKAN catalogue as an engagement tool for the Jordanian cultural heritage community
MaDiH (Mapping Digital Cultural Heritage in Jordan) was a two-year UK-Jordanian project that aimed to identify essential systems, datasets and standards to contribute to the long-term sustainable development of Jordan’s digital cultural heritage. The project launched an online catalogue and prototype repository using the Comprehensive Knowledge Archive Network (CKAN) platform to present the collected data that was produced by the local and intern…
Geography (19 obras) · Archaeology (16 obras) · Biology (14 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 obras) · Agriculture (12 obras) · Ecology (11 obras) · Agroforestry (8 obras) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (6 obras) · Crop (6 obras) · History (6 obras)