Elizabeth Stroud
Biographic Data
| ID | 286067 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Stroud |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Stroud |
| SIGNATURE | STROUD E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4299-6638 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 85 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
A multi-proxy approach to mid-5th millennium BCE human-plant relationships at Ploča Mičov Grad, Lake Ohrid
On-site and near-site analyses from Ploča Mičov Grad, Lake Ohrid (North Macedonia) provide complementary perspectives on the mid-5 th millennium BCE pile-built lakeshore settlement and local vegetation dynamics within a sheltered bay. Through a synthesis of archaeobotanical, dendroarchaeological and palaeoecological evidence, we consider the relationship between human activity (particularly foraging, timber selection and cultivation) and local ve…
New insights into the diet and economy of the central and northern Transjordan during the Iron Age: Zooarchaeology and stable isotopes analysis of recent excavations (Amman Citadel, Tell Zira’a, Tell …
We investigate the diet and economy of the central and northern Transjordan during the Iron Age (c. 1,200 – 332 BCE). We present four new datasets from recent excavations providing results from zooarchaeology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis on animal remains: Amman Citadel, Tell Zira’a, Tell Bleibil, and Tell Ushayer. This research shows a generalised pattern of a mixed agro-pastoral economy focussed on keeping sheep, goats, and c…
Inside a nutshell: A stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic charring and tissue offset for hazelnuts
Charred common hazel ( Corylus avellana ) nutshell fragments are frequently found at archaeological sites, sometimes in large quantities, but relatively little has been done with them in palaeodietary and palaeoecological studies beyond noting their presence. The oily hazelnut kernel in contrast rarely survives charring. This study provides baseline data for the incorporation of stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotope results on haze…
A House on the Hill: Late Bronze Age Pulses and Isotope Agroecology at Knossos Gypsades, Crete
New archaeobotanical and isotopic analyses from the lower Gypsades hill, Knossos provide a detailed snapshot of agricultural practices associated with a modest household during the Late Bronze Age, a few hundred metres to the south of the palace. The discovery of in situ charred concentrations of five pulse crops in a storage room enabled archaeobotanical and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic investigations of the household’s agricultural pract…
Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the nature of cereal agriculture at 8th- and 9th-century ad Sedgeford, East Anglia, UK
Sedgeford’s multi-feature malting complex, dated to the 8th to 9th century ad , is the earliest known of the early medieval era in England (the approximately contemporaneous, sizeable malting kiln at Higham Ferrers not being part of a larger complex). Three complementary approaches are here used to reveal cultivation practices for cereal grains (predominantly rye and free-threshing wheat) malted at Sedgeford. Specifically, these are used to deter…
The effects of charring on morphology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values of common and foxtail millet grains
Stable isotopes are a core method for assessing crop growing conditions in different climatic and soil environments and, thereby, for understanding past agricultural practices. However, isotopic values in plants are altered depending on distinct forms of preservation, including degrees of charring. To investigate this issue in two cereals, common millet ( Panicum miliaceum L.) and foxtail millet [ Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv.], we conducted expe…
Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains
Stable isotope analysis of plant remains recovered from archaeological sites is becoming more routine. There remains a lack of consensus, however, on how to appropriately select archaeological plant remains for isotopic analysis, how to account for differences in preservation and the effect of potential contamination, and how to interpret the measured isotope values in terms of the conditions in which the plants grew. In this paper, we outline th…
Sieving the weeds from the grains: An R based package for classifying archaeobotanical samples of cereals and pulses according to crop processing stages
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-024-01006-7
Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia
This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of crops and ‘wild’ resources, providing resilience against crop failure. Comparisons to earlier (c.5787–5722 t…
Best practices for selecting samples, analyzing data, and publishing results in isotope archaeology
Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: A bioarchaeological dataset for the study of early medieval agriculture (Data paper)
The FeedSax project combined bioarchaeological data with evidence from settlement archaeology to investigate how, when and why the expansion of arable farming occurred between the 8th-13th centuries in England. It has generated and released a vast, multi-faceted archaeological dataset both to underpin its own published findings and to support further research
Referee statement
Referee statement in McKerracher, M. et al. 2023 Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: a bioarchaeological dataset for the study of early medieval agriculture (Data paper)
Seeing the fields through the weeds: Introducing the WeedEco R package for comparing past and present arable farming systems using functional weed ecology
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-023-00964-8
Turning up the heat: Assessing the impact of charring regime on the morphology and stable isotopic values of cereal grains
The stable isotopic values of charred crops are now frequently analysed in archaeology. While previous research has highlighted how grain morphology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values change with grain charring temperature, such research has been limited to temperature ranges under 260 °C and using predominately Mediterranean cereals and pulses. For the first time, this study provides experimental data on the impact of charring on two …
Changing Land Use and Political Economy at Neolithic and Bronze Age Knossos, Crete: Stable Carbon (δ 13 C) and Nitrogen (δ 15 N) Isotope Analysis of Charred Crop Grains and Faunal Bone Collagen
Excavations at Knossos have uncovered faunal and archaeobotanical archives spanning the Neolithic and Bronze Age (7th–2nd millennia bce ), during which one of Europe’s earliest known farming settlements developed into its first major urban settlement and centre of one of its oldest regional states. Through stable isotope (δ 13 C, δ 15 N) analysis of seeds and bones (as evidence for the growing conditions of cereal and pulse crops and for the type…
A stable isotope and functional weed ecology investigation into Chalcolithic cultivation practices in Central Anatolia: Çatalhöyük, Çamlıbel Tarlası and Kuruçay
An Integrated Bioarchaeological Approach to the Medieval ‘Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study from Stafford, England, c. ad 800–1200
In much of Europe, the advent of low-input cereal farming regimes between c. ad 800 and 1200 enabled landowners—lords—to amass wealth by greatly expanding the amount of land under cultivation and exploiting the labour of others. Scientific analysis of plant remains and animal bones from archaeological contexts is generating the first direct evidence for the development of such low-input regimes. This article outlines the methods used by the FeedS…
Settlement change on the western Konya Plain: Refining Neolithic and Chalcolithic chronologies at Canhasan, Turkey
Concluding the Neolithic
The second half of the seventh millennium BC saw the demise of the previously affluent and dynamic Neolithic way of life. The period is marked by significant social and economic transformations of local communities, as manifested in a new spatial organization, patterns of architecture, burial practices, and in chipped stone and pottery manufacture. This volume has three foci. The first concerns the character of these changes in different parts of…
Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: The Bioarchaeology of an Agricultural Revolution
From texts to teeth: A multi-isotope study of sheep and goat herding practices in the Late Bronze Age (‘Mycenaean’) polity of Knossos, Crete
Agricultural innovation and resilience in a long-lived early farming community: The 1,500-year sequence at Neolithic to early Chalcolithic Çatalhöyük, central Anatolia
Intensive archaeobotanical investigations at Çatalhöyük have created a unique opportunity to explore change and continuity in plant use through the ca 1,500-year Neolithic to early Chalcolithic sequence of an early established farming community. The combination of crops and herd animals in the earliest (Aceramic) part of the sequence reflects a distinct and diverse central Anatolian ‘package’ at the end of the eighth millennium cal. BC. Here we r…
From Traditional Farming in Morocco to Early Urban Agroecology in Northern Mesopotamia: Combining Present-day Arable Weed Surveys and Crop Isotope Analysis to Reconstruct Past Agrosystems in (Semi-)ar…
Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupWe integrate functional weed ecology with crop stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management practices in (semi-)arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope analysis to frame assessment of agricultu…
An Integrated Bioarchaeological Approach to the Medieval ‘Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study from Stafford, England, c. ad 800–1200
In much of Europe, the advent of low-input cereal farming regimes between c. ad 800 and 1200 enabled landowners—lords—to amass wealth by greatly expanding the amount of land under cultivation and exploiting the labour of others. Scientific analysis of plant remains and animal bones from archaeological contexts is generating the first direct evidence for the development of such low-input regimes. This article outlines the methods used by the FeedS…
Agricultural innovation and resilience in a long-lived early farming community: The 1,500-year sequence at Neolithic to early Chalcolithic Çatalhöyük, central Anatolia
Intensive archaeobotanical investigations at Çatalhöyük have created a unique opportunity to explore change and continuity in plant use through the ca 1,500-year Neolithic to early Chalcolithic sequence of an early established farming community. The combination of crops and herd animals in the earliest (Aceramic) part of the sequence reflects a distinct and diverse central Anatolian ‘package’ at the end of the eighth millennium cal. BC. Here we r…
From Traditional Farming in Morocco to Early Urban Agroecology in Northern Mesopotamia: Combining Present-day Arable Weed Surveys and Crop Isotope Analysis to Reconstruct Past Agrosystems in (Semi-)ar…
Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupWe integrate functional weed ecology with crop stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management practices in (semi-)arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope analysis to frame assessment of agricultu…
Turning up the heat: Assessing the impact of charring regime on the morphology and stable isotopic values of cereal grains
The stable isotopic values of charred crops are now frequently analysed in archaeology. While previous research has highlighted how grain morphology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values change with grain charring temperature, such research has been limited to temperature ranges under 260 °C and using predominately Mediterranean cereals and pulses. For the first time, this study provides experimental data on the impact of charring on two …
Changing Land Use and Political Economy at Neolithic and Bronze Age Knossos, Crete: Stable Carbon (δ 13 C) and Nitrogen (δ 15 N) Isotope Analysis of Charred Crop Grains and Faunal Bone Collagen
Excavations at Knossos have uncovered faunal and archaeobotanical archives spanning the Neolithic and Bronze Age (7th–2nd millennia bce ), during which one of Europe’s earliest known farming settlements developed into its first major urban settlement and centre of one of its oldest regional states. Through stable isotope (δ 13 C, δ 15 N) analysis of seeds and bones (as evidence for the growing conditions of cereal and pulse crops and for the type…
Seeing the fields through the weeds: Introducing the WeedEco R package for comparing past and present arable farming systems using functional weed ecology
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-023-00964-8
Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: The Bioarchaeology of an Agricultural Revolution
From texts to teeth: A multi-isotope study of sheep and goat herding practices in the Late Bronze Age (‘Mycenaean’) polity of Knossos, Crete
Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia
This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of crops and ‘wild’ resources, providing resilience against crop failure. Comparisons to earlier (c.5787–5722 t…
Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: A bioarchaeological dataset for the study of early medieval agriculture (Data paper)
The FeedSax project combined bioarchaeological data with evidence from settlement archaeology to investigate how, when and why the expansion of arable farming occurred between the 8th-13th centuries in England. It has generated and released a vast, multi-faceted archaeological dataset both to underpin its own published findings and to support further research
A stable isotope and functional weed ecology investigation into Chalcolithic cultivation practices in Central Anatolia: Çatalhöyük, Çamlıbel Tarlası and Kuruçay
From Traditional Farming in Morocco to Early Urban Agroecology in Northern Mesopotamia: Combining Present-day Arable Weed Surveys and Crop Isotope Analysis to Reconstruct Past Agrosystems in (Semi-)ar…
Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupWe integrate functional weed ecology with crop stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management practices in (semi-)arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope analysis to frame assessment of agricultu…
Agricultural innovation and resilience in a long-lived early farming community: The 1,500-year sequence at Neolithic to early Chalcolithic Çatalhöyük, central Anatolia
Intensive archaeobotanical investigations at Çatalhöyük have created a unique opportunity to explore change and continuity in plant use through the ca 1,500-year Neolithic to early Chalcolithic sequence of an early established farming community. The combination of crops and herd animals in the earliest (Aceramic) part of the sequence reflects a distinct and diverse central Anatolian ‘package’ at the end of the eighth millennium cal. BC. Here we r…
From texts to teeth: A multi-isotope study of sheep and goat herding practices in the Late Bronze Age (‘Mycenaean’) polity of Knossos, Crete
Concluding the Neolithic
The second half of the seventh millennium BC saw the demise of the previously affluent and dynamic Neolithic way of life. The period is marked by significant social and economic transformations of local communities, as manifested in a new spatial organization, patterns of architecture, burial practices, and in chipped stone and pottery manufacture. This volume has three foci. The first concerns the character of these changes in different parts of…
Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: The Bioarchaeology of an Agricultural Revolution
An Integrated Bioarchaeological Approach to the Medieval ‘Agricultural Revolution: A Case Study from Stafford, England, c. ad 800–1200
In much of Europe, the advent of low-input cereal farming regimes between c. ad 800 and 1200 enabled landowners—lords—to amass wealth by greatly expanding the amount of land under cultivation and exploiting the labour of others. Scientific analysis of plant remains and animal bones from archaeological contexts is generating the first direct evidence for the development of such low-input regimes. This article outlines the methods used by the FeedS…
Settlement change on the western Konya Plain: Refining Neolithic and Chalcolithic chronologies at Canhasan, Turkey
A stable isotope and functional weed ecology investigation into Chalcolithic cultivation practices in Central Anatolia: Çatalhöyük, Çamlıbel Tarlası and Kuruçay
Changing Land Use and Political Economy at Neolithic and Bronze Age Knossos, Crete: Stable Carbon (δ 13 C) and Nitrogen (δ 15 N) Isotope Analysis of Charred Crop Grains and Faunal Bone Collagen
Excavations at Knossos have uncovered faunal and archaeobotanical archives spanning the Neolithic and Bronze Age (7th–2nd millennia bce ), during which one of Europe’s earliest known farming settlements developed into its first major urban settlement and centre of one of its oldest regional states. Through stable isotope (δ 13 C, δ 15 N) analysis of seeds and bones (as evidence for the growing conditions of cereal and pulse crops and for the type…
Best practices for selecting samples, analyzing data, and publishing results in isotope archaeology
Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: A bioarchaeological dataset for the study of early medieval agriculture (Data paper)
The FeedSax project combined bioarchaeological data with evidence from settlement archaeology to investigate how, when and why the expansion of arable farming occurred between the 8th-13th centuries in England. It has generated and released a vast, multi-faceted archaeological dataset both to underpin its own published findings and to support further research
Referee statement
Referee statement in McKerracher, M. et al. 2023 Feeding Anglo-Saxon England: a bioarchaeological dataset for the study of early medieval agriculture (Data paper)
Seeing the fields through the weeds: Introducing the WeedEco R package for comparing past and present arable farming systems using functional weed ecology
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-023-00964-8
Turning up the heat: Assessing the impact of charring regime on the morphology and stable isotopic values of cereal grains
The stable isotopic values of charred crops are now frequently analysed in archaeology. While previous research has highlighted how grain morphology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values change with grain charring temperature, such research has been limited to temperature ranges under 260 °C and using predominately Mediterranean cereals and pulses. For the first time, this study provides experimental data on the impact of charring on two …
The effects of charring on morphology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values of common and foxtail millet grains
Stable isotopes are a core method for assessing crop growing conditions in different climatic and soil environments and, thereby, for understanding past agricultural practices. However, isotopic values in plants are altered depending on distinct forms of preservation, including degrees of charring. To investigate this issue in two cereals, common millet ( Panicum miliaceum L.) and foxtail millet [ Setaria italica (L.) P.Beauv.], we conducted expe…
Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains
Stable isotope analysis of plant remains recovered from archaeological sites is becoming more routine. There remains a lack of consensus, however, on how to appropriately select archaeological plant remains for isotopic analysis, how to account for differences in preservation and the effect of potential contamination, and how to interpret the measured isotope values in terms of the conditions in which the plants grew. In this paper, we outline th…
Sieving the weeds from the grains: An R based package for classifying archaeobotanical samples of cereals and pulses according to crop processing stages
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s00334-024-01006-7
Living by the lake: Plant food diversity in a prehistoric lake‐dwelling community in the Republic of North Macedonia
This paper explores the relationship between wetland ecosystems and prehistoric lakeshore settlements within the Lake Ohrid basin (a biodiversity hotspot) by considering plant food systems at Ploča Mičov Grad, North Macedonia. The mid‐fifth millennium (c.4555–4373 to 4437–4241 cal BCE) waterlogged assemblage contained a diverse spectrum of crops and ‘wild’ resources, providing resilience against crop failure. Comparisons to earlier (c.5787–5722 t…
A multi-proxy approach to mid-5th millennium BCE human-plant relationships at Ploča Mičov Grad, Lake Ohrid
On-site and near-site analyses from Ploča Mičov Grad, Lake Ohrid (North Macedonia) provide complementary perspectives on the mid-5 th millennium BCE pile-built lakeshore settlement and local vegetation dynamics within a sheltered bay. Through a synthesis of archaeobotanical, dendroarchaeological and palaeoecological evidence, we consider the relationship between human activity (particularly foraging, timber selection and cultivation) and local ve…
New insights into the diet and economy of the central and northern Transjordan during the Iron Age: Zooarchaeology and stable isotopes analysis of recent excavations (Amman Citadel, Tell Zira’a, Tell …
We investigate the diet and economy of the central and northern Transjordan during the Iron Age (c. 1,200 – 332 BCE). We present four new datasets from recent excavations providing results from zooarchaeology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis on animal remains: Amman Citadel, Tell Zira’a, Tell Bleibil, and Tell Ushayer. This research shows a generalised pattern of a mixed agro-pastoral economy focussed on keeping sheep, goats, and c…
Inside a nutshell: A stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic charring and tissue offset for hazelnuts
Charred common hazel ( Corylus avellana ) nutshell fragments are frequently found at archaeological sites, sometimes in large quantities, but relatively little has been done with them in palaeodietary and palaeoecological studies beyond noting their presence. The oily hazelnut kernel in contrast rarely survives charring. This study provides baseline data for the incorporation of stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotope results on haze…
A House on the Hill: Late Bronze Age Pulses and Isotope Agroecology at Knossos Gypsades, Crete
New archaeobotanical and isotopic analyses from the lower Gypsades hill, Knossos provide a detailed snapshot of agricultural practices associated with a modest household during the Late Bronze Age, a few hundred metres to the south of the palace. The discovery of in situ charred concentrations of five pulse crops in a storage room enabled archaeobotanical and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic investigations of the household’s agricultural pract…
Archaeobotanical evidence reveals the nature of cereal agriculture at 8th- and 9th-century ad Sedgeford, East Anglia, UK
Sedgeford’s multi-feature malting complex, dated to the 8th to 9th century ad , is the earliest known of the early medieval era in England (the approximately contemporaneous, sizeable malting kiln at Higham Ferrers not being part of a larger complex). Three complementary approaches are here used to reveal cultivation practices for cereal grains (predominantly rye and free-threshing wheat) malted at Sedgeford. Specifically, these are used to deter…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (19 works) · Geography (14 works) · Archaeology (13 works) · Agriculture (10 works) · Biology (9 works) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (9 works) · Crop (7 works) · Ecology (7 works) · Forestry (6 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 works)