Search Results - "Paul M Ledger"

Evidence for European presence in the Americas in ad 1021 by Kuitems, Margot, Wallace, Birgitta L., Lindsay, Charles, Scifo, Andrea, Doeve, Petra, Jenkins, Kevin, Lindauer, Susanne, Erdil, Pınar, Ledger, Paul M., Forbes, Véronique, Vermeeren, Caroline, Friedrich, Ronny, Dee, Michael W.

“…Transatlantic exploration took place centuries before the crossing of Columbus. Physical evidence for early European presence in the Americas can be found in…”
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The palaeoenvironmental impact of prehistoric settlement and proto-historic urbanism: tracing the emergence of the Oppidum of Corent, Auvergne, France by Ledger, Paul M, Miras, Yannick, Poux, Matthieu, Milcent, Pierre Yves

“…Early human societies and their interactions with the natural world have been extensively explored in palaeoenvironmental studies across Central and Western…”
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Are circumpolar hunter-gatherers visible in the palaeoenvironmental record? Pollen-analytical evidence from Nunalleq, southwestern Alaska by Ledger, Paul M

“…Identifying evidence for hunter-gatherers in the palaeoenvironmental record is far from simple. Despite decades of research, few studies have demonstrated…”
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New horizons at L’Anse aux Meadows by Ledger, Paul M., Girdland-Flink, Linus, Forbes, Véronique

“…The UNESCO World Heritage site of L’Anse aux Meadows (LAM) in northern Newfoundland is the only undisputed site of pre-1492 presence of Europeans in the…”
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Activity Areas or Conflict Episode? Interpreting the Spatial Patterning of Lice and Fleas at the Precontact Yup’ik Site of Nunalleq (Sixteenth to Seventeenth Centuries AD, Alaska) by Forbes, Véronique, Huchet, Jean-Bernard, McManus-Fry, Ellen, Gómez Coutouly, Yan Axel, Masson-MacLean, Julie, Masson-MacLean, Édouard, Ledger, Paul M., Britton, Kate, Hillerdal, Charlotta, Knecht, Rick

“…Archaeoentomological research at the precontact site of Nunalleq (sixteenth and seventeenth centuries AD), Southwest Alaska, has identified hundreds of lice…”
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Reply to Dee and Kuitems: Our model is an expression of the uncertainties inherent in the radiocarbon data by Ledger, Paul M, Girdland-Flink, Linus, Forbes, Véronique

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THREE GENERATIONS UNDER ONE ROOF? BAYESIAN MODELING OF RADIOCARBON DATA FROM NUNALLEQ, YUKON-KUSKOKWIM DELTA, ALASKA by Ledger, Paul M., Forbes, Véronique, Masson-Maclean, Edouard, Hillerdal, Charlotta, Hamilton, W. Derek, McManus-Fry, Ellen, Jorge, Ana, Britton, Kate, Knecht, Richard A.

“…This article presents the results of a program of radiocarbon dating and Bayesian modeling from the precontact Yup'ik site of Nunalleq (GDN-248) in subarctic…”
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Shieling activity in the Norse Eastern Settlement: Palaeoenvironment of the ‘Mountain Farm’, Vatnahverfi, Greenland by Ledger, Paul M, Edwards, Kevin J, Schofield, J Edward

“…Transhumance agriculture formed a key component of subsistence strategies in the Norse economies of the North Atlantic, with evidence of shielings or sæters…”
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Dating and Digging Stratified Archaeology in Circumpolar North America: A View from Nunalleq, Southwestern Alaska by Ledger, Paul M., Forbes, Véronique, Masson-MacLean, Edouard, Knecht, Richard A.

“…Through the case study of the Thule-era village site of Nunalleq (GDN-248), this paper presents 14C dating results and perspectives on the issues associated…”
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Palynology supports 'Old Norse' introductions to the flora of Greenland by Schofield, J. Edward, Edwards, Kevin J., Erlendsson, Egill, Ledger, Paul M.

“…Aim: This paper integrates pollen-analytical data from sites across southern Greenland to revisit the debate regarding which plants may have been introduced…”
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The biogeographical status of Alnus crispa (Ait.) Pursch in sub-Arctic southern Greenland: Do pollen records indicate local populations during the past 1500 years? by Ledger, Paul M., Edwards, Kevin J., Schofield, J. Edward

“…Phytogeographical studies of south-western Greenland suggest that Alnus crispa is not native to the far south of the island. Palynological investigations…”
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Geoarchaeology and chronostratigraphy of the Lac du Puy intraurban protohistoric wetland, Corent, France by Mayoral, Alfredo, Peiry, Jean‐Luc, Berger, Jean‐François, Ledger, Paul M., Depreux, Bruno, Simon, François‐Xavier, Milcent, Pierre‐Yves, Poux, Matthieu, Vautier, Franck, Miras, Yannick

“…This paper presents the first results of the geoarchaeological study of an unusual hilltop wetland, located within the protohistoric proto‐urban site of Corent…”
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Vatnahverfi: A Green and Pleasant Land? Palaeoecological Reconstructions of Environmental and Land-use Change by Ledger, Paul M, Edwards, Kevin J, Schofield, J. Edward

“…Accounts describing the Vatnahverfi region of Greenland are almost always effusive in their praise for the rich and bountiful nature of the landscape. Whether…”
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REPLY TO DEE AND KUITEMS: Ourmodel is an expression of the uncertainties inherent in the radiocarbon data by Ledger, Paul M., Girdland-Flink, Linus, Forbes, Véronique

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A sub-centennial, Little Ice Age climate reconstruction using beetle subfossil data from Nunalleq, southwestern Alaska by Forbes, Véronique, Ledger, Paul M., Cretu, Denisa, Elias, Scott

“…There is myriad evidence that global warming is exerting a profoundly disruptive influence on the lifeways of modern native (Yup'ik) communities living in the…”
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Competing hypotheses, ordination and pollen preservation: Landscape impacts of Norse landnám in southern Greenland by Ledger, Paul M., Edwards, Kevin J., Schofield, J. Edward

“…Peat sequences in close proximity to former Norse farmsteads in southern Greenland are valuable palaeoecological archives for exploring the impacts of the 10th…”
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Stable carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope analysis of permafrost preserved human hair from rescue excavations (2009, 2010) at the precontact site of Nunalleq, Alaska by Britton, Kate, McManus-Fry, Ellen, Nehlich, Olaf, Richards, Mike, Ledger, Paul M., Knecht, Rick

“…The reconstruction of diet and subsistence strategies is integral to understanding hunter-gatherer societies in the past, and is particularly of interest in…”
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Holocene Vegetation Dynamics and First Land-Cover Estimates in the Auvergne Mountains (Massif Central, France): Key Tools to Landscape Management by Miras, Yannick, Mariani, Michela, Ledger, Paul, Mayoral, Alfredo, Chassiot, Léo, Lavrieux, Marlène

“…A multi-proxy palaeoecological investigation has been undertaken at high spatio-temporal resolution in the Lower Auvergne Mountains (France). It allows us to…”
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Palynology supports ‘ O ld N orse’ introductions to the flora of G reenland by Schofield, J. Edward, Edwards, Kevin J., Erlendsson, Egill, Ledger, Paul M.

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Geoarchaeology and chronostratigraphy of the Lac du Puy intraurban protohistoric wetland, Corent, France by Mayoral, Alfredo, Peiry, Jean-Luc, Berger, Jean-François, Ledger, Paul M, Depreux, Bruno, Simon, François-Xavier, Milcent, Pierre-Yves, Poux, Matthieu, Vautier, Franck, Miras, Yannick

“…This paper presents the first results of the geoarchaeological study of an unusual hilltop wetland, located within the protohistoric proto-urban site of Corent…”
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