Stephen J Dockrill
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 887328 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Stephen J Dockrill |
| NOMBRES | Stephen J |
| APELLIDO | Dockrill |
| FIRMA | DOCKRILL S J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Bradford |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 78 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Strategic and sporadic marine consumption at the onset of the Neolithic
Stable isotope analysis has provided crucial new insights into dietary change at the Neolithic transition in north-west Europe, indicating an unexpectedly sudden and radical shift from marine to terrestrial resources in coastal and island locations. Investigations of early Neolithic skeletal material from Sumburgh on Shetland, at the far-flung margins of the Neolithic world, suggest that this general pattern may mask significant subtle detail. An…
The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction
Sustainability and Resilience in Prehistoric North Atlantic Britain
The two archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland, which form the Northern Isles of Britain, are an active focus of archaeological research. The rich Neolithic heritage of Orkney has been acknowledged by the granting of World Heritage status. Although set in both a biogeographically peripheral position and within what may be considered to be marginal landscapes, these North Atlantic islands have a large number of settlement sites with long occupational…
Anthrosols in Iron Age Shetland
The soils surrounding three Iron Age settlements on South Mainland, Shetland, were sampled and compared for indicators of soil amendment. Two of the sites (Old Scatness and Jarlshof) were on lower‐lying, better‐drained, sheltered land; the third (Clevigarth) was in an acid, exposed environment at a higher elevation. The hypothesis, based on previous regional assessments, soil thicknesses, and excavations at Old Scatness, was that the lowland site…
The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration
Journal Article The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration Get access The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration. By GUNNAR SKOGMAR (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004; pp. 331. N.p.). Saki Dockrill Saki Dockrill Kings College London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXI, Issue 492, June 2006, Pages 894–896, https://d…
The management of arable land from prehistory to the present
The arable soils from two multiperiod settlements were analyzed to identify changes in agricultural methods over time. The settlement middens were also analyzed to determine whether potential fertilizers were discarded unused. Results suggest that in the Neolithic period ( ̃4000–2000 B.C. in the UK) the arable soils at Tofts Ness, Orkney, and Old Scatness, Shetland, were created by flattening and cultivating the settlements' midden heaps in situ.…
Joined-Up Archaeology at Old Scatness, Shetland
Excavations on the multi-period settlement at Old Scatness, Shetland have uncovered a number of Iron Age structures with compacted, floor-like layers. Thin section analysis was undertaken in order to investigate and compare the characteristics of these layers. The investigation also draws on earlier analyses of the Iron Age agricultural soil around the settlement and the midden deposits that accumulated within the settlement, to create a 'joined-…
Joined-Up Archaeology at Old Scatness, Shetland
Excavations on the multi-period settlement at Old Scatness, Shetland have uncovered a number of Iron Age structures with compacted, floor-like layers. Thin section analysis was undertaken in order to investigate and compare the characteristics of these layers. The investigation also draws on earlier analyses of the Iron Age agricultural soil around the settlement and the midden deposits that accumulated within the settlement, to create a 'joined-…
The Potential for Dating the Old Scatness Site, Shetland, By Optically Stimulated Luminescence
A series of deposits from the agricultural infield of the multiperiod settlement mound, Old Scatness, were investigated for their potential to yield optically stimulated luminescence dates. Luminescence properties of quartz grains were found to vary through the sequence, but dates were successfully obtained from five deposits, including anthropogenic soils, windblown sands and sands within midden deposits. Single‐aliquot equivalent dose measureme…
Magnetic moments in prehistory
Many types of human activity affect the magnetic properties of the geological materials on which they occur. By integrating measurements of these magnetic properties, such as susceptibility, viscosity, gradiometry and archaeomagnetic data, with other archaeological data, it is possible to answer detailed archaeological questions about such activities. The potential of the close integration of magnetic measurements with ongoing archaeological exca…
Magnetic moments in prehistory
Many types of human activity affect the magnetic properties of the geological materials on which they occur. By integrating measurements of these magnetic properties, such as susceptibility, viscosity, gradiometry and archaeomagnetic data, with other archaeological data, it is possible to answer detailed archaeological questions about such activities. The potential of the close integration of magnetic measurements with ongoing archaeological exca…
Early Anthropogenic Soil Formation at Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney
Compound‐specific δ15N amino acid signals in palaeosols as indicators of early land use
Compound-specific δ15N amino acid signals in soils demonstrate differences between manured grassland, unmanured grassland and continuous cereal cultivation under long-term experimental land-use control conditions, with δ15N values of hydrophobic amino acids providing the most distinctive signals. Analysis of anthropogenic palaeosols from Orkney demonstrates that such signals are retained in archaeological contexts. Relict medieval to early modern…
Scatness, shetland
An integrated survey and research excavation of a multiperiod settlement mound at Scatness, Shetland, was carried out in 1995. This settlement mound contains an Iron Age tower, known as a Broch, and 3 m or more of stratified archaeological deposits, truncated by a modern road. The paper explores the combined use of three-dimensional topographical survey with magnetic and earth-resistance surveys using the twin-probe configuration at both 0.5 m an…
The identification of prehistoric anthropogenic soils in the northern isles using an integrated sampling methodology
An integrated methodology has been developed using magnetic susceptibility, soil phosphate analysis and soil micromorphology to identify early arable soils in the Northern Isles. These techniques are used in the examination of a series of buried soils dating from the Neolithic to the early Iron Age from Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney and a Bronze Age context from South Nesting, Shetland. Magnetic susceptibility has enabled the identification of manur…
Cardinal orientations
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Early Anthropogenic Soil Formation at Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney
Strategic and sporadic marine consumption at the onset of the Neolithic
Stable isotope analysis has provided crucial new insights into dietary change at the Neolithic transition in north-west Europe, indicating an unexpectedly sudden and radical shift from marine to terrestrial resources in coastal and island locations. Investigations of early Neolithic skeletal material from Sumburgh on Shetland, at the far-flung margins of the Neolithic world, suggest that this general pattern may mask significant subtle detail. An…
The management of arable land from prehistory to the present
The arable soils from two multiperiod settlements were analyzed to identify changes in agricultural methods over time. The settlement middens were also analyzed to determine whether potential fertilizers were discarded unused. Results suggest that in the Neolithic period ( ̃4000–2000 B.C. in the UK) the arable soils at Tofts Ness, Orkney, and Old Scatness, Shetland, were created by flattening and cultivating the settlements' midden heaps in situ.…
Anthrosols in Iron Age Shetland
The soils surrounding three Iron Age settlements on South Mainland, Shetland, were sampled and compared for indicators of soil amendment. Two of the sites (Old Scatness and Jarlshof) were on lower‐lying, better‐drained, sheltered land; the third (Clevigarth) was in an acid, exposed environment at a higher elevation. The hypothesis, based on previous regional assessments, soil thicknesses, and excavations at Old Scatness, was that the lowland site…
The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction
Sustainability and Resilience in Prehistoric North Atlantic Britain
The two archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland, which form the Northern Isles of Britain, are an active focus of archaeological research. The rich Neolithic heritage of Orkney has been acknowledged by the granting of World Heritage status. Although set in both a biogeographically peripheral position and within what may be considered to be marginal landscapes, these North Atlantic islands have a large number of settlement sites with long occupational…
Joined-Up Archaeology at Old Scatness, Shetland
Excavations on the multi-period settlement at Old Scatness, Shetland have uncovered a number of Iron Age structures with compacted, floor-like layers. Thin section analysis was undertaken in order to investigate and compare the characteristics of these layers. The investigation also draws on earlier analyses of the Iron Age agricultural soil around the settlement and the midden deposits that accumulated within the settlement, to create a 'joined-…
Cardinal orientations
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The identification of prehistoric anthropogenic soils in the northern isles using an integrated sampling methodology
An integrated methodology has been developed using magnetic susceptibility, soil phosphate analysis and soil micromorphology to identify early arable soils in the Northern Isles. These techniques are used in the examination of a series of buried soils dating from the Neolithic to the early Iron Age from Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney and a Bronze Age context from South Nesting, Shetland. Magnetic susceptibility has enabled the identification of manur…
Scatness, shetland
An integrated survey and research excavation of a multiperiod settlement mound at Scatness, Shetland, was carried out in 1995. This settlement mound contains an Iron Age tower, known as a Broch, and 3 m or more of stratified archaeological deposits, truncated by a modern road. The paper explores the combined use of three-dimensional topographical survey with magnetic and earth-resistance surveys using the twin-probe configuration at both 0.5 m an…
Compound‐specific δ15N amino acid signals in palaeosols as indicators of early land use
Compound-specific δ15N amino acid signals in soils demonstrate differences between manured grassland, unmanured grassland and continuous cereal cultivation under long-term experimental land-use control conditions, with δ15N values of hydrophobic amino acids providing the most distinctive signals. Analysis of anthropogenic palaeosols from Orkney demonstrates that such signals are retained in archaeological contexts. Relict medieval to early modern…
Magnetic moments in prehistory
Many types of human activity affect the magnetic properties of the geological materials on which they occur. By integrating measurements of these magnetic properties, such as susceptibility, viscosity, gradiometry and archaeomagnetic data, with other archaeological data, it is possible to answer detailed archaeological questions about such activities. The potential of the close integration of magnetic measurements with ongoing archaeological exca…
Magnetic moments in prehistory
Many types of human activity affect the magnetic properties of the geological materials on which they occur. By integrating measurements of these magnetic properties, such as susceptibility, viscosity, gradiometry and archaeomagnetic data, with other archaeological data, it is possible to answer detailed archaeological questions about such activities. The potential of the close integration of magnetic measurements with ongoing archaeological exca…
Early Anthropogenic Soil Formation at Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney
The Potential for Dating the Old Scatness Site, Shetland, By Optically Stimulated Luminescence
A series of deposits from the agricultural infield of the multiperiod settlement mound, Old Scatness, were investigated for their potential to yield optically stimulated luminescence dates. Luminescence properties of quartz grains were found to vary through the sequence, but dates were successfully obtained from five deposits, including anthropogenic soils, windblown sands and sands within midden deposits. Single‐aliquot equivalent dose measureme…
Joined-Up Archaeology at Old Scatness, Shetland
Excavations on the multi-period settlement at Old Scatness, Shetland have uncovered a number of Iron Age structures with compacted, floor-like layers. Thin section analysis was undertaken in order to investigate and compare the characteristics of these layers. The investigation also draws on earlier analyses of the Iron Age agricultural soil around the settlement and the midden deposits that accumulated within the settlement, to create a 'joined-…
Joined-Up Archaeology at Old Scatness, Shetland
Excavations on the multi-period settlement at Old Scatness, Shetland have uncovered a number of Iron Age structures with compacted, floor-like layers. Thin section analysis was undertaken in order to investigate and compare the characteristics of these layers. The investigation also draws on earlier analyses of the Iron Age agricultural soil around the settlement and the midden deposits that accumulated within the settlement, to create a 'joined-…
The management of arable land from prehistory to the present
The arable soils from two multiperiod settlements were analyzed to identify changes in agricultural methods over time. The settlement middens were also analyzed to determine whether potential fertilizers were discarded unused. Results suggest that in the Neolithic period ( ̃4000–2000 B.C. in the UK) the arable soils at Tofts Ness, Orkney, and Old Scatness, Shetland, were created by flattening and cultivating the settlements' midden heaps in situ.…
The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration
Journal Article The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration Get access The United States and the Nuclear Dimension of European Integration. By GUNNAR SKOGMAR (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004; pp. 331. N.p.). Saki Dockrill Saki Dockrill Kings College London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume CXXI, Issue 492, June 2006, Pages 894–896, https://d…
Anthrosols in Iron Age Shetland
The soils surrounding three Iron Age settlements on South Mainland, Shetland, were sampled and compared for indicators of soil amendment. Two of the sites (Old Scatness and Jarlshof) were on lower‐lying, better‐drained, sheltered land; the third (Clevigarth) was in an acid, exposed environment at a higher elevation. The hypothesis, based on previous regional assessments, soil thicknesses, and excavations at Old Scatness, was that the lowland site…
Sustainability and Resilience in Prehistoric North Atlantic Britain
The two archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland, which form the Northern Isles of Britain, are an active focus of archaeological research. The rich Neolithic heritage of Orkney has been acknowledged by the granting of World Heritage status. Although set in both a biogeographically peripheral position and within what may be considered to be marginal landscapes, these North Atlantic islands have a large number of settlement sites with long occupational…
The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction
Strategic and sporadic marine consumption at the onset of the Neolithic
Stable isotope analysis has provided crucial new insights into dietary change at the Neolithic transition in north-west Europe, indicating an unexpectedly sudden and radical shift from marine to terrestrial resources in coastal and island locations. Investigations of early Neolithic skeletal material from Sumburgh on Shetland, at the far-flung margins of the Neolithic world, suggest that this general pattern may mask significant subtle detail. An…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 obras) · Archaeology (13 obras) · Geography (13 obras) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (13 obras) · Shetland (12 obras) · Geology (9 obras) · Prehistory (8 obras) · Midden (7 obras) · Oceanography (7 obras) · Excavation (6 obras)