Scotland's first farmers
New insights into early farming practices in North-west Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7659213 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rosie R Bishop (0000-0003-1259-5374, Durham University, corresponding author), D R Gröcke (0000-0003-2296-7530, Durham University), Ian Ralston (0000-0003-1966-6665, University of Edinburgh), Duncan Clarke (0000-0001-8509-3194), David Clarke (0000-0002-2315-2993), Daniel H J Lee (0000-0002-6454-7641), Daniel Lee (0000-0003-0789-058X, University of the Highlands and Islands), Alexandra N Shepherd (University of Aberdeen), Alexandra Shepherd, Antonia S Thomas (0000-0002-1959-7260, University of the Highlands and Islands), P A Rowley‐conwy (0000-0002-9494-3151, Durham University), Mike J Church (0000-0001-7908-7812, Durham University) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue | 389 |
| Pages | 1087-1104 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2022.107 |
| OpenAlex | W4295693506 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 33 |
Thirty years after the discovery of an Early Neolithic timber hall at Balbridie in Scotland was reported in Antiquity , new analysis of the site's archaeobotanical assemblage, featuring 20 000 cereal grains preserved when the building burnt down in the early fourth millennium BC, provides new insights into early farming practices. The results of stable isotope analyses of cereals from Balbridie, alongside archaeobotanical and stable isotope results from three other sites, indicate that while cereals were successfully cultivated in well-established plots without manuring at Balbridie, a variety of manuring strategies was implemented at the other sites. These differences reinforce the picture of variability in cultivation practices across Neolithic North-west Europe
Agriculture · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology) · Geography · Paleoethnobotany · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology
Late Neolithic and Early Bronze Age settlements and agro-pastoral developments in the Oslo Fjord area, southeastern Norway
Préhistoire de la maîtrise de l’énergie alimentaire
The effect of seaweed fertilisation on sulfur isotope ratios (δ34S) and grain size in barley
Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains
Diversity of Free-Threshing Wheat in Early Medieval England Supported by Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Grains
Exploring Affordances
Diet, DNA, and the Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition in Western Scotland
Further investigation into the impact of manuring on stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen isotope (δ15N) values in pulses
Crop manuring and intensive land management by Europe’s first farmers
Gathering Time
Isotopic and zooarchaeological approaches towards understanding aquatic resource use in human economies and animal management in the prehistoric Scottish North Atlantic Islands
Searching for the Origins of Bere Barley
Middle-Neolithic agricultural practices in the Oldenburger Graben wetlands, northern Germany
Combining functional weed ecology and crop stable isotope ratios to identify cultivation intensity
Questioning the relevance of shifting cultivation to Neolithic farming in the loess belt of Europe
The management of arable land from prehistory to the present
Characterizing anthropic sediments in north European Neolithic settlements
Seaweed fertilisation impacts the chemical and isotopic composition of barley
Manuring and stable nitrogen isotope ratios in cereals and pulses
Neolithic settlement at the woodland's edge
Assessing natural variation and the effects of charring, burial and pre-treatment on the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values of archaeobotanical cereals and pulses
Spatial, Species, and Temporal Variations in the13C/12C Ratios of C3Plants
Variations in the 13C/12C ratios of modern wheat grain, and implications for interpreting data from Bronze Age Assiros Toumba, Greece
Revisiting Quanterness
Neolithic Farming and Wild Plant Exploitation in Western Britain
Stepping Stones to the Neolithic? Radiocarbon Dating the Early Neolithic on Islands Within the ‘Western Seaways’ of Britain
Centralisation and long-term change in farming regimes
Cereals, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Neolithic
Stable carbon isotope analysis as a direct means of inferring crop water status and water management practices
Islands of history
The Neolithic timber hall at Balbridie, Grampian Region, Scotland
Did Neolithic farming fail? The case for a Bronze Age agricultural revolution in the British Isles
Did Late Neolithic farming fail or flourish? A Scottish perspective on the evidence for Late Neolithic arable cultivation in the British Isles
| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |