The Beaker Phenomenon and the Genomic Transformation of Northwest Europe
- I. Olalde, Selina Brace, D. Reich
- HistoryNature
- 9 May 2017
Genome-wide data from 400 Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age Europeans is presented, finding limited genetic affinity between Beaker-complex-associated individuals from Iberia and central Europe, and excludes migration as an important mechanism of spread between these two regions.
The Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles
- I. Armit
- History
- 31 March 1996
Ancient genomes indicate population replacement in Early Neolithic Britain
- Selina Brace, Y. Diekmann, I. Barnes
- Environmental ScienceNature Ecology & Evolution
- 15 April 2019
Genetic affinities with Iberian Neolithic individuals indicate that British Neolithic people were mostly descended from Aegean farmers who followed the Mediterranean route of dispersal, which infer considerable variation in pigmentation levels in Europe by circa 6000 bc.
Rapid climate change did not cause population collapse at the end of the European Bronze Age
- I. Armit, G. Swindles, K. Becker, G. Plunkett, M. Blaauw
- Environmental Science, GeographyProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- 17 November 2014
Using new methods to analyze paleoclimatic and archeological datasets, the deterministic idea that population collapse at the end of the northwestern European Bronze Age was caused by rapid climate change is overturned.
From dates to demography in later prehistoric Ireland? Experimental approaches to the meta-analysis of large 14C data-sets
- I. Armit, G. Swindles, K. Becker
- Environmental Science
- 2013
Hillforts at War: From Maiden Castle to Taniwaha Pā
- I. Armit
- ArtProceedings of the Prehistoric Society
- 2007
Following Wheeler's excavations at Maiden Castle, the multivallate hillforts of Wessex came to be seen as responses to a specific form of warfare based around the massed use of slings. As part of the…
Headhunting and the Body in Iron Age Europe
- I. Armit
- Philosophy
- 1 March 2012
1. Detached fragments of humanity 2. A remarkable spiritual continuity? 3. Shamans on the march 4. Pillars, heads, and corn 5. Neither this world, nor the next 6. From the dead to the living 7. Gods…
The Later Prehistory of the Western Isles of Scotland
- I. Armit
- History
- 31 December 1992
A study of the development of settlements in the Hebrides in the period from 1000 BC to 800 AD. Armit proposes a new classification of sites to take account of their particular characteristics; he…
Hunter-gatherers transformed: the transition to agriculture in northern and western Euope
- I. Armit, B. Finlayson
- Environmental ScienceAntiquity
- 1 September 1992
The quantity and quality of material from the late Mesolithic/early Neolithic in southern Scandinavia has dominated the study of this important period in northwest Europe. Recent evidence from the…
Understanding the British Iron Age: an agenda for action. A Report for the Iron Age Research Seminar and the Council of the Prehistoric Society
- T. Champion, C. Haselgrove, I. Armit, J. Creighton, A. Gwilt
- Economics
- 2001
This booklet is a working paper which lays out an overall framework for the improvement of archaeological research strategies at a regional level in Britain. A key concern is to address the fact that…
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