Stephen Nortcliff
Biographic Data
| ID | 3991372 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stephen Nortcliff |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stephen |
| FAMILY NAME | Nortcliff |
| SIGNATURE | NORTCLIFF S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Reading |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Identifying ancient water availability through phytolith analysis
Water management was critical to the development of complex societies but such systems are often difficult, if not impossible, to recognise in the archaeological record, particularly in prehistoric communities when water management began. This is because early irrigation systems are likely to have been ephemeral and as such would no longer be visible in the archaeological record. We conducted a three year crop growing experiment in Jordan to test…
The Soil
Soil forms the outer skin of the earth's land surface. Often less than a metre in depth, it is essential to sustain natural terrestrial ecosystems and human life. Soils result from the interactions over time between climate, parent material, topography, vegetation, and biota. They vary from place to place. Mineral soils are composed of mineral matter, organic matter, and gas- or liquid-filled pores in varying proportions. Soils perform a wide ran…
Ever-growing Amman”, Jordan
Experimental crop growing in Jordan to develop methodology for the identification of ancient crop irrigation
Crop irrigation has long been recognized as having been important for the evolution of social complexity in several parts of the world. Structural evidence for water management, as in the form of wells, ditches and dams, is often difficult to interpret and may be a poor indicator of past irrigation that may have had no need for such constructions. It would be of considerable value, therefore, to be able to infer past irrigation directly from arch…
Soil Hydrology, Nutrient and Erosional Response to the Clearance of Terra Firme Forest, Maraca Island, Roraima, Northern Brazil
tension and water fluxes, overland flow, the production of water and sediment yield, and the losses of nutrients in eroded soil materials from the plots. This paper describes the background to the investigation and indicates and discusses the main results. Surface runoff is dominated by treatment with complete clearance yielding fivefold that on partially and uncleared sites. Subsurface fluxes reflect topography, which controls variable source ar…
Identifying ancient water availability through phytolith analysis
Water management was critical to the development of complex societies but such systems are often difficult, if not impossible, to recognise in the archaeological record, particularly in prehistoric communities when water management began. This is because early irrigation systems are likely to have been ephemeral and as such would no longer be visible in the archaeological record. We conducted a three year crop growing experiment in Jordan to test…
Experimental crop growing in Jordan to develop methodology for the identification of ancient crop irrigation
Crop irrigation has long been recognized as having been important for the evolution of social complexity in several parts of the world. Structural evidence for water management, as in the form of wells, ditches and dams, is often difficult to interpret and may be a poor indicator of past irrigation that may have had no need for such constructions. It would be of considerable value, therefore, to be able to infer past irrigation directly from arch…
Ever-growing Amman”, Jordan
Soil Hydrology, Nutrient and Erosional Response to the Clearance of Terra Firme Forest, Maraca Island, Roraima, Northern Brazil
tension and water fluxes, overland flow, the production of water and sediment yield, and the losses of nutrients in eroded soil materials from the plots. This paper describes the background to the investigation and indicates and discusses the main results. Surface runoff is dominated by treatment with complete clearance yielding fivefold that on partially and uncleared sites. Subsurface fluxes reflect topography, which controls variable source ar…
Soil Hydrology, Nutrient and Erosional Response to the Clearance of Terra Firme Forest, Maraca Island, Roraima, Northern Brazil
tension and water fluxes, overland flow, the production of water and sediment yield, and the losses of nutrients in eroded soil materials from the plots. This paper describes the background to the investigation and indicates and discusses the main results. Surface runoff is dominated by treatment with complete clearance yielding fivefold that on partially and uncleared sites. Subsurface fluxes reflect topography, which controls variable source ar…
Experimental crop growing in Jordan to develop methodology for the identification of ancient crop irrigation
Crop irrigation has long been recognized as having been important for the evolution of social complexity in several parts of the world. Structural evidence for water management, as in the form of wells, ditches and dams, is often difficult to interpret and may be a poor indicator of past irrigation that may have had no need for such constructions. It would be of considerable value, therefore, to be able to infer past irrigation directly from arch…
The Soil
Soil forms the outer skin of the earth's land surface. Often less than a metre in depth, it is essential to sustain natural terrestrial ecosystems and human life. Soils result from the interactions over time between climate, parent material, topography, vegetation, and biota. They vary from place to place. Mineral soils are composed of mineral matter, organic matter, and gas- or liquid-filled pores in varying proportions. Soils perform a wide ran…
Ever-growing Amman”, Jordan
Identifying ancient water availability through phytolith analysis
Water management was critical to the development of complex societies but such systems are often difficult, if not impossible, to recognise in the archaeological record, particularly in prehistoric communities when water management began. This is because early irrigation systems are likely to have been ephemeral and as such would no longer be visible in the archaeological record. We conducted a three year crop growing experiment in Jordan to test…
Ecology (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Biology (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Geology (3 works) · Agriculture (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (2 works) · Crop (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)