David S Leigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 1637779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David S Leigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | David S |
| FAMILY NAME | Leigh |
| SIGNATURE | LEIGH D S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Georgia |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9594-1035 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1972 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Radiocarbon Database Offers New Perspectives on Ancient Oaxaca - Erratum
Radiocarbon Database Offers New Perspectives on Ancient Oaxaca
We present a dataset of 1,119 radiocarbon dates and their contexts for Oaxaca, Mexico, a best effort to include all published dates, plus hundreds of unpublished samples. We illustrate its potential and limitations with five examples: (1) dated stratigraphy in stream cutbanks show how aggradation, downcutting, and stability responded to global climate and human activities; (2) 14C samples from Late/Terminal Formative contexts allow interregional …
Stable carbon analysis of alluvial paleosols in the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico
Discovery and appraisal of the early Christian church of Notre Dame de Baudes near Labastide-du-Temple, France
Anthropic signatures in alluvium of the Upper Little Tennessee River valley, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA
Years of agricultural engineering in Mesoamerica
Human and Climate influence on Floodplain Sedimentation in the Upper Little Tennessee River Valley, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA
Late-Holocene paleofloods in the Upper Little Tennessee River valley, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA
We derive a paleoflood chronology for the past 2000 years from three stratigraphic sections of overbank sediments with dates from radiocarbon, luminescence, 137 Cs techniques, and historical records. Particle sizes were measured in 6–15 year intervals in post-1870 sediments and in 45–170 year intervals in pre-1870 sediments using an automatic laser analyzer. The sedimentological characteristics of ad 1948–2009 deposits were compared with gaging r…
Comment on “Holocene aridity and storm phases, Gulf and Atlantic coasts, USA” by Ervin G. Otvos, 2005, Quaternary Research 63, 368–373
Wet early to middle Holocene conditions on the upper Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA
A peat core from a cutoff paleochannel of Little River on the upper Coastal Plain of North Carolina provides a continuous pollen record of environmental change for the past 10,500 years and includes a sedimentary record of overbank floods. Palynological and sedimentary data indicate that the early to middle Holocene was wetter than previously suggested from lake sites in the southeastern United States. The period from 9000 to 6100 cal yr B.P. is …
Chronology of Inland Eolian Dunes on the Coastal Plain of Georgia, USA
Most inland eolian dunes associated with rivers on the Georgia Coastal Plain probably date to glacial periods. Direct dating of the dune sand by optically stimulated luminescence dating, combined with limiting ages from radiocarbon dating, shows that dunes formed during isotope stage 2, stage 3, the transition between stages 4 and 5, and isotope stage 6 or earlier. Most of the dates indicate dune activity between 30,000 and 15,000 years ago. Holo…
Buried Artifacts in Sandy Soils
Evaluating artifact burial by eolian versus bioturbation processes, South Carolina Sandhills, USA
Artifacts are commonly buried by approximately 50 cm of sediment at prehistoric archeological sites (early Archaic through Mississippian) on uplands of the Sandhills of the upper Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. Bioturbation, eolian sedimentation, and colluviation are the primary processes that can explain artifact burial because of the upland position of the sites in an erosional landscape setting. Colluvial sedimentation is disc…
Conservation
(1997). Conservation: Studies at West Dean College; Picture Framing A Framed Portrait from the Roman Empire; Security: The Human Factor in Security Engineering. Museum Management and Curatorship: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 309-318
Loess of the Upper Mississippi Valley Driftless Area
Loess of the Driftless Area includes four distinct late Quaternary lithostratigraphic units: the Wyalusing (new), Loveland, Roxana, and Peoria formations. Erosion has removed parts or all of the pre-late Wisconsian loess at many sites. These formations consist largely of loess and retransported loess that typically occurs on uplands, terraces, and valley margins in the region. The oldest widespread formation (probably > 125,000 yr B.P.) is here f…
AMS Radiocarbon Age of the Upper Mississippi Valley Roxana Silt
Accelerator mass spectrometer radiocarbon ages of the Roxana Silt (loess) along the Upper Mississippi Valley of Wisconsin and Minnesota indicate that loess sedimentation of the Roxana Silt occurred between about 55,000 and 27,000 14 C yr B.P. However, due to local environmental controls, the basal age at any given site may range from 55,000 to 35,000 14 C yr B.P. The radiocarbon ages presented here are in agreement with previous radiocarbon ages …
Prehistoric settlement and landscape change on alluvial fans in the upper Mississippi river valley
Geoarchaeological studies of alluvial fans in the northern Sny Bottom (Upper Mississippi River valley) focused on distal fan lobe processes, the effects of small‐scale landscape change on prehistoric locational decisions, and the resulting structure of the archaeological record. Aerial imagery together with coring and trenching of paleochannels on distal lobes found that frequent channel avulsion (1) produced abrupt landform/habitat changes and (…
Ambiguity in Anglo-Saxon Style I Art
Fresh examination of the detailed zoo- and anthropomorphic motifs on some early Kentish jewellery suggests that they were deliberately designed to deceive the eye. A recurring device is the use of images which have more than one meaning, depending on the angle at which they are viewed. It is suggested that ambiguity may have been a characteristic feature of Style I art, and that the use of this style may have had more than a purely ornamental fun…
The Frontiers of Secrecy
A Viking-age Grave at Donnybrook, Co. Dublin
RECOGNITION IN THE Castle Museum, Nottingham, of a ‘lost’ sword from a Viking-age warrior's grave excavated at Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, in 1879, has prompted a reassessment of the burial, which is discussed in relation to other Viking-age burials in the ‘Irish Sea province’. Detailed metallurgical analysis of the sword, undertaken during conservation, has provided important information about the techniques of its construction, and has demonstrated…
A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery
(1977). A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery. Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 1-46
The Anglo-Saxon Village at Chalton, Hampshire
EXPLORATORY investigations at the Chalton Anglo-Saxon village in 1971 were followed in 1972 by a major excavation, which revealed some 8 per cent of the expected area of the settlement. A number of rectangular timber buildings were found. These, attributable to at least four phases, included small, square or oblong, post-built structures with one doorway; longer, oblong, post-built structures with two doors, set opposite one another in the long s…
Anglo-Saxon Houses at Chalton, Hampshire
FIELD-WORK undertaken as part of research into the past use of a typical area of south Hampshire downland has revealed an Anglo-Saxon hill-top village of some 6 hectares (75 acres). In a sample excavation two timber houses set end to end were discovered, with traces of several others and fences associated with them. The two houses, built of posts set in continuous trenches, both superseded buildings of posts set in individual post-holes. The hous…
Years of agricultural engineering in Mesoamerica
Ambiguity in Anglo-Saxon Style I Art
Fresh examination of the detailed zoo- and anthropomorphic motifs on some early Kentish jewellery suggests that they were deliberately designed to deceive the eye. A recurring device is the use of images which have more than one meaning, depending on the angle at which they are viewed. It is suggested that ambiguity may have been a characteristic feature of Style I art, and that the use of this style may have had more than a purely ornamental fun…
Prehistoric settlement and landscape change on alluvial fans in the upper Mississippi river valley
Geoarchaeological studies of alluvial fans in the northern Sny Bottom (Upper Mississippi River valley) focused on distal fan lobe processes, the effects of small‐scale landscape change on prehistoric locational decisions, and the resulting structure of the archaeological record. Aerial imagery together with coring and trenching of paleochannels on distal lobes found that frequent channel avulsion (1) produced abrupt landform/habitat changes and (…
A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery
(1977). A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery. Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 1-46
Anglo-Saxon Houses at Chalton, Hampshire
FIELD-WORK undertaken as part of research into the past use of a typical area of south Hampshire downland has revealed an Anglo-Saxon hill-top village of some 6 hectares (75 acres). In a sample excavation two timber houses set end to end were discovered, with traces of several others and fences associated with them. The two houses, built of posts set in continuous trenches, both superseded buildings of posts set in individual post-holes. The hous…
The Anglo-Saxon Village at Chalton, Hampshire
EXPLORATORY investigations at the Chalton Anglo-Saxon village in 1971 were followed in 1972 by a major excavation, which revealed some 8 per cent of the expected area of the settlement. A number of rectangular timber buildings were found. These, attributable to at least four phases, included small, square or oblong, post-built structures with one doorway; longer, oblong, post-built structures with two doors, set opposite one another in the long s…
Radiocarbon Database Offers New Perspectives on Ancient Oaxaca
We present a dataset of 1,119 radiocarbon dates and their contexts for Oaxaca, Mexico, a best effort to include all published dates, plus hundreds of unpublished samples. We illustrate its potential and limitations with five examples: (1) dated stratigraphy in stream cutbanks show how aggradation, downcutting, and stability responded to global climate and human activities; (2) 14C samples from Late/Terminal Formative contexts allow interregional …
Late-Holocene paleofloods in the Upper Little Tennessee River valley, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA
We derive a paleoflood chronology for the past 2000 years from three stratigraphic sections of overbank sediments with dates from radiocarbon, luminescence, 137 Cs techniques, and historical records. Particle sizes were measured in 6–15 year intervals in post-1870 sediments and in 45–170 year intervals in pre-1870 sediments using an automatic laser analyzer. The sedimentological characteristics of ad 1948–2009 deposits were compared with gaging r…
A Viking-age Grave at Donnybrook, Co. Dublin
RECOGNITION IN THE Castle Museum, Nottingham, of a ‘lost’ sword from a Viking-age warrior's grave excavated at Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, in 1879, has prompted a reassessment of the burial, which is discussed in relation to other Viking-age burials in the ‘Irish Sea province’. Detailed metallurgical analysis of the sword, undertaken during conservation, has provided important information about the techniques of its construction, and has demonstrated…
Anglo-Saxon Houses at Chalton, Hampshire
FIELD-WORK undertaken as part of research into the past use of a typical area of south Hampshire downland has revealed an Anglo-Saxon hill-top village of some 6 hectares (75 acres). In a sample excavation two timber houses set end to end were discovered, with traces of several others and fences associated with them. The two houses, built of posts set in continuous trenches, both superseded buildings of posts set in individual post-holes. The hous…
The Anglo-Saxon Village at Chalton, Hampshire
EXPLORATORY investigations at the Chalton Anglo-Saxon village in 1971 were followed in 1972 by a major excavation, which revealed some 8 per cent of the expected area of the settlement. A number of rectangular timber buildings were found. These, attributable to at least four phases, included small, square or oblong, post-built structures with one doorway; longer, oblong, post-built structures with two doors, set opposite one another in the long s…
A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery
(1977). A Study of Cross-Hatched Gold Foils in Anglo-Saxon Jewellery. Medieval Archaeology: Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 1-46
A Viking-age Grave at Donnybrook, Co. Dublin
RECOGNITION IN THE Castle Museum, Nottingham, of a ‘lost’ sword from a Viking-age warrior's grave excavated at Donnybrook, Co. Dublin, in 1879, has prompted a reassessment of the burial, which is discussed in relation to other Viking-age burials in the ‘Irish Sea province’. Detailed metallurgical analysis of the sword, undertaken during conservation, has provided important information about the techniques of its construction, and has demonstrated…
The Frontiers of Secrecy
Ambiguity in Anglo-Saxon Style I Art
Fresh examination of the detailed zoo- and anthropomorphic motifs on some early Kentish jewellery suggests that they were deliberately designed to deceive the eye. A recurring device is the use of images which have more than one meaning, depending on the angle at which they are viewed. It is suggested that ambiguity may have been a characteristic feature of Style I art, and that the use of this style may have had more than a purely ornamental fun…
Prehistoric settlement and landscape change on alluvial fans in the upper Mississippi river valley
Geoarchaeological studies of alluvial fans in the northern Sny Bottom (Upper Mississippi River valley) focused on distal fan lobe processes, the effects of small‐scale landscape change on prehistoric locational decisions, and the resulting structure of the archaeological record. Aerial imagery together with coring and trenching of paleochannels on distal lobes found that frequent channel avulsion (1) produced abrupt landform/habitat changes and (…
AMS Radiocarbon Age of the Upper Mississippi Valley Roxana Silt
Accelerator mass spectrometer radiocarbon ages of the Roxana Silt (loess) along the Upper Mississippi Valley of Wisconsin and Minnesota indicate that loess sedimentation of the Roxana Silt occurred between about 55,000 and 27,000 14 C yr B.P. However, due to local environmental controls, the basal age at any given site may range from 55,000 to 35,000 14 C yr B.P. The radiocarbon ages presented here are in agreement with previous radiocarbon ages …
Loess of the Upper Mississippi Valley Driftless Area
Loess of the Driftless Area includes four distinct late Quaternary lithostratigraphic units: the Wyalusing (new), Loveland, Roxana, and Peoria formations. Erosion has removed parts or all of the pre-late Wisconsian loess at many sites. These formations consist largely of loess and retransported loess that typically occurs on uplands, terraces, and valley margins in the region. The oldest widespread formation (probably > 125,000 yr B.P.) is here f…
Conservation
(1997). Conservation: Studies at West Dean College; Picture Framing A Framed Portrait from the Roman Empire; Security: The Human Factor in Security Engineering. Museum Management and Curatorship: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 309-318
Evaluating artifact burial by eolian versus bioturbation processes, South Carolina Sandhills, USA
Artifacts are commonly buried by approximately 50 cm of sediment at prehistoric archeological sites (early Archaic through Mississippian) on uplands of the Sandhills of the upper Coastal Plain of the southeastern United States. Bioturbation, eolian sedimentation, and colluviation are the primary processes that can explain artifact burial because of the upland position of the sites in an erosional landscape setting. Colluvial sedimentation is disc…
Chronology of Inland Eolian Dunes on the Coastal Plain of Georgia, USA
Most inland eolian dunes associated with rivers on the Georgia Coastal Plain probably date to glacial periods. Direct dating of the dune sand by optically stimulated luminescence dating, combined with limiting ages from radiocarbon dating, shows that dunes formed during isotope stage 2, stage 3, the transition between stages 4 and 5, and isotope stage 6 or earlier. Most of the dates indicate dune activity between 30,000 and 15,000 years ago. Holo…
Buried Artifacts in Sandy Soils
Wet early to middle Holocene conditions on the upper Coastal Plain of North Carolina, USA
A peat core from a cutoff paleochannel of Little River on the upper Coastal Plain of North Carolina provides a continuous pollen record of environmental change for the past 10,500 years and includes a sedimentary record of overbank floods. Palynological and sedimentary data indicate that the early to middle Holocene was wetter than previously suggested from lake sites in the southeastern United States. The period from 9000 to 6100 cal yr B.P. is …
Comment on “Holocene aridity and storm phases, Gulf and Atlantic coasts, USA” by Ervin G. Otvos, 2005, Quaternary Research 63, 368–373
Human and Climate influence on Floodplain Sedimentation in the Upper Little Tennessee River Valley, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA
Late-Holocene paleofloods in the Upper Little Tennessee River valley, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA
We derive a paleoflood chronology for the past 2000 years from three stratigraphic sections of overbank sediments with dates from radiocarbon, luminescence, 137 Cs techniques, and historical records. Particle sizes were measured in 6–15 year intervals in post-1870 sediments and in 45–170 year intervals in pre-1870 sediments using an automatic laser analyzer. The sedimentological characteristics of ad 1948–2009 deposits were compared with gaging r…
Years of agricultural engineering in Mesoamerica
Anthropic signatures in alluvium of the Upper Little Tennessee River valley, Southern Blue Ridge Mountains, USA
Discovery and appraisal of the early Christian church of Notre Dame de Baudes near Labastide-du-Temple, France
Stable carbon analysis of alluvial paleosols in the Mixteca Alta, Oaxaca, Mexico
Radiocarbon Database Offers New Perspectives on Ancient Oaxaca - Erratum
Radiocarbon Database Offers New Perspectives on Ancient Oaxaca
We present a dataset of 1,119 radiocarbon dates and their contexts for Oaxaca, Mexico, a best effort to include all published dates, plus hundreds of unpublished samples. We illustrate its potential and limitations with five examples: (1) dated stratigraphy in stream cutbanks show how aggradation, downcutting, and stability responded to global climate and human activities; (2) 14C samples from Late/Terminal Formative contexts allow interregional …
Archaeology (15 works) · Geography (14 works) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 works) · Geology (11 works) · Geology (9 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (8 works) · Paleontology (8 works) · Geomorphology (7 works) · Holocene (7 works) · Radiocarbon dating (7 works)