James H Dickson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1084274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James H Dickson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James H |
| FAMILY NAME | Dickson |
| SIGNATURE | DICKSON J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3213-755X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 46 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Forest Moss
In recent years, the study of Palaeolithic people has been a vigorous, productive topic, with the increasing knowledge of diet contributing significantly to the debate's liveliness (e.g. Richards 2009; Henry et al . 2010; Hardy et al . 2012, 2016; El Zaatari et al . 2016
Six mosses from the Tyrolean Iceman’s alimentary tract and their significance for his ethnobotany and the events of his last days
How to find the bogmoss, Sphagnum imbricatum s.l., in South Tyrol, Italy
Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchì, the first ancient body of a man from a North American glacier
We report on scientific analyses of the only well-preserved ancient human body ever recovered from a North American glacier. The body was found high in the mountains of northwest British Columbia at about 80 km from the nearest point of the strongly indented coast of southern Alaska. The geographical location suggests that the young man, aged about 20 years, could have lived either on the mild coast or in the continental interior. Preliminary env…
An early metal assemblage from Dail na Caraidh, Inverness-shire, and its context
Between 1980 and 1984 a number of finds of EBA metalwork were recovered via metal-detecting from an area of rough ground at the head of a small disused quarry. This report considers the character of the metalwork and the context in which that material was deposited. It concludes that the entire assemblage could have resulted from more than one period of votive deposition, and that these activities focused upon a prominent, but natural, long mound…
Flora and vegetation at about A.D. 1100 in the vicinity of Brno, Czech Republic
Unusual food plants from Oakbank Crannog, Loch Tay, Scottish Highlands
Oakbank is one of 18 crannogs in Loch Tay, and the first in Britain to have been excavated underwater. The abundant and well-preserved plant remains indicate a prosperous society with a well-founded arable and pastoral agriculture. Opium poppy and spelt wheat remains imply trade and suggest high status. Cloudberry pips highlight long-range gathering, possibly during transhumance
Excavations at Levan Castle, Gourock, 1966 & 1970-72
In 1970 Renfrewshire Planning Authority were concerned with proposals to develop part of the Levan estate for new housing, and wished to know the probable extent of the former barmkin and outbuildings. A three-season excavation was arranged and supervised by the writer, with the advice in the first year of Eric J. Talbot, then lecturer in medieval archaeology at Glasgow, and thereafter with the advice and support of the late Mrs. Anne Halifax-Cra…
Professor Sir Harry Godwin, F.R.S., 1901–1985 — a tribute
Evidence concerning the roman military diet at Bearsden, Scotland, in the 2nd Century AD
A Pollen Diagram from the Auld Wives' Lifts, Craigmaddie Muir, Strathclyde
A pollen diagram has been prepared from shallow mud and peat in the small basin surrounding the Auld Wives' Lifts, a large block of sandstone perched on two supporters and decorated with ancient carved heads. Sedimentation began during the early Flandrian period and soon gave way to peat formation. However there is little peat that could have formed in the last five thousand radiocarbon years. Therefore the pollen diagram may tell us little about…
Bronze age mead
The discovery of three bronze age cist burials at Ashgrove, Fife, was unusual in revealing highly decomposed macroscopic plant debris in cist I, which was excavated by Professor R. J. Adam, Mrs Mary Adam and Professor L. H. Butler. Miss A. Henshall (1964) states that the liberal clay luting of the side slabs and cover of cist I had been so effective as to keep the interior dry and free of soil. She also reports that 'Over the skeleton and cist fl…
Evidence concerning the roman military diet at Bearsden, Scotland, in the 2nd Century AD
Bronze age mead
The discovery of three bronze age cist burials at Ashgrove, Fife, was unusual in revealing highly decomposed macroscopic plant debris in cist I, which was excavated by Professor R. J. Adam, Mrs Mary Adam and Professor L. H. Butler. Miss A. Henshall (1964) states that the liberal clay luting of the side slabs and cover of cist I had been so effective as to keep the interior dry and free of soil. She also reports that 'Over the skeleton and cist fl…
Six mosses from the Tyrolean Iceman’s alimentary tract and their significance for his ethnobotany and the events of his last days
Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchì, the first ancient body of a man from a North American glacier
We report on scientific analyses of the only well-preserved ancient human body ever recovered from a North American glacier. The body was found high in the mountains of northwest British Columbia at about 80 km from the nearest point of the strongly indented coast of southern Alaska. The geographical location suggests that the young man, aged about 20 years, could have lived either on the mild coast or in the continental interior. Preliminary env…
An early metal assemblage from Dail na Caraidh, Inverness-shire, and its context
Between 1980 and 1984 a number of finds of EBA metalwork were recovered via metal-detecting from an area of rough ground at the head of a small disused quarry. This report considers the character of the metalwork and the context in which that material was deposited. It concludes that the entire assemblage could have resulted from more than one period of votive deposition, and that these activities focused upon a prominent, but natural, long mound…
Flora and vegetation at about A.D. 1100 in the vicinity of Brno, Czech Republic
Bronze age mead
The discovery of three bronze age cist burials at Ashgrove, Fife, was unusual in revealing highly decomposed macroscopic plant debris in cist I, which was excavated by Professor R. J. Adam, Mrs Mary Adam and Professor L. H. Butler. Miss A. Henshall (1964) states that the liberal clay luting of the side slabs and cover of cist I had been so effective as to keep the interior dry and free of soil. She also reports that 'Over the skeleton and cist fl…
A Pollen Diagram from the Auld Wives' Lifts, Craigmaddie Muir, Strathclyde
A pollen diagram has been prepared from shallow mud and peat in the small basin surrounding the Auld Wives' Lifts, a large block of sandstone perched on two supporters and decorated with ancient carved heads. Sedimentation began during the early Flandrian period and soon gave way to peat formation. However there is little peat that could have formed in the last five thousand radiocarbon years. Therefore the pollen diagram may tell us little about…
Evidence concerning the roman military diet at Bearsden, Scotland, in the 2nd Century AD
Professor Sir Harry Godwin, F.R.S., 1901–1985 — a tribute
Excavations at Levan Castle, Gourock, 1966 & 1970-72
In 1970 Renfrewshire Planning Authority were concerned with proposals to develop part of the Levan estate for new housing, and wished to know the probable extent of the former barmkin and outbuildings. A three-season excavation was arranged and supervised by the writer, with the advice in the first year of Eric J. Talbot, then lecturer in medieval archaeology at Glasgow, and thereafter with the advice and support of the late Mrs. Anne Halifax-Cra…
Flora and vegetation at about A.D. 1100 in the vicinity of Brno, Czech Republic
Unusual food plants from Oakbank Crannog, Loch Tay, Scottish Highlands
Oakbank is one of 18 crannogs in Loch Tay, and the first in Britain to have been excavated underwater. The abundant and well-preserved plant remains indicate a prosperous society with a well-founded arable and pastoral agriculture. Opium poppy and spelt wheat remains imply trade and suggest high status. Cloudberry pips highlight long-range gathering, possibly during transhumance
An early metal assemblage from Dail na Caraidh, Inverness-shire, and its context
Between 1980 and 1984 a number of finds of EBA metalwork were recovered via metal-detecting from an area of rough ground at the head of a small disused quarry. This report considers the character of the metalwork and the context in which that material was deposited. It concludes that the entire assemblage could have resulted from more than one period of votive deposition, and that these activities focused upon a prominent, but natural, long mound…
Kwäday Dän Ts'ìnchì, the first ancient body of a man from a North American glacier
We report on scientific analyses of the only well-preserved ancient human body ever recovered from a North American glacier. The body was found high in the mountains of northwest British Columbia at about 80 km from the nearest point of the strongly indented coast of southern Alaska. The geographical location suggests that the young man, aged about 20 years, could have lived either on the mild coast or in the continental interior. Preliminary env…
How to find the bogmoss, Sphagnum imbricatum s.l., in South Tyrol, Italy
Six mosses from the Tyrolean Iceman’s alimentary tract and their significance for his ethnobotany and the events of his last days
Forest Moss
In recent years, the study of Palaeolithic people has been a vigorous, productive topic, with the increasing knowledge of diet contributing significantly to the debate's liveliness (e.g. Richards 2009; Henry et al . 2010; Hardy et al . 2012, 2016; El Zaatari et al . 2016
Archaeology (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Biology (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (6 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Geology (6 works) · Art (3 works) · Biogeosciences (3 works) · Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (3 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (3 works)