Article
A Roman provincial city and its contamination legacy from artisanal and daily-life activities
Holdridge G, Kristiansen SM, Barfod GH, Kinnaird TC, Lichtenberger A, Olsen J, Philippsen B, Raja R & Simpson I (2021) A Roman provincial city and its contamination legacy from artisanal and daily-life activities. PLoS ONE, 16 (6), Art. No.: e0251923. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0251923
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Lichtenberger A, Raja R, Seland EH & Simpson IA (2021) Scaling up and zooming in: Global history and high-definition archaeology perspectives on the longue dureé of urban-environmental relations in Gerasa (Jerash, Jordan). Journal of Global History, 16 (3), pp. 395-414. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1740022821000012
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Davis C, Coningham R, Acharya KP, Kunwar RB, Forlin P, Weise K, Maskey PN, Joshi A, Simpson I, Toll D, Wilkinson S, Hughes P, Sarhosis V, Kumar A & Schmidt A (2020) Identifying archaeological evidence of past earthquakes in a contemporary disaster scenario: case studies of damage, resilience and risk reduction from the 2015 Gorkha Earthquake and past seismic events within the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Property (Nepal). Journal of Seismology, 24 (4), p. 729–751. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10950-019-09890-7
Book Chapter
Trolls, Water, Time, and Community: Resource Management in the Myvatn District of Northeast Iceland
Sigurdardottir R, Newton AJ, Hicks MT, Dugmore AJ, Hreinsson V, Ogilvie AEJ, Juliusson AD, Einarsson A, Hartman S, Simpson IA, Vesteinsson O & McGovern TH (2019) Trolls, Water, Time, and Community: Resource Management in the Myvatn District of Northeast Iceland. In: Lozny LR & McGovern TH (eds.) Global Perspectives on Long Term Community Resource Management. Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, 11. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing Ag, pp. 77-101. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-15800-2_5
Article
Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago
Wedage O, Amano N, Langley M, Douka K, Blinkhorn J, Crowther A, Deraniyagala S, Kourampas N, Simpson I, Perera N, Picin A, Boivin N, Petraglia M & Roberts P (2019) Specialized rainforest hunting by Homo sapiens ~45,000 years ago. Nature Communications, 10 (1), p. 739. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-08623-1
Article
Industrial Devon: Reflections and learning from schools-based heritage outreach in Scotland
Mills C, Simpson I & Geller J (2019) Industrial Devon: Reflections and learning from schools-based heritage outreach in Scotland. Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage, 6 (3), pp. 172-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/20518196.2019.1602967
Article
Lichtenberger A, Raja R, Heldaas Seland E, Kinnaird T & Simpson IA (2019) Urban-Riverine Hinterland Synergies in Semi-Arid Environments: Millennial-Scale Change, Adaptations, and Environmental Responses at Gerasa/Jerash. Journal of Field Archaeology, 44 (5), pp. 333-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/00934690.2019.1625619
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Microliths in the South Asian rainforest ~45-4 ka: New insights from Fa-Hien Lena Cave, Sri Lanka
Wedage O, Picin A, Blinkhorn J, Douka K, Deraniyagala S, Kourampas N, Perera N, Simpson I, Boivin N, Petraglia M & Roberts P (2019) Microliths in the South Asian rainforest ~45-4 ka: New insights from Fa-Hien Lena Cave, Sri Lanka. PLoS ONE, 14 (10), Art. No.: e0222606. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222606
Article
Archaeological assessment reveals Earth's early transformation through land use
Stephens L, Fuller D, Boivin N, Rick T, Gauthier N, Kay A, Marwick B, Armstrong CGD, Barton CM, Denham T, Douglass K, Driver J, Janz L, Simpson IA & Roberts P (2019) Archaeological assessment reveals Earth's early transformation through land use. Science, 365 (6456), pp. 897-902. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aax1192
Preprint / Working Paper
Kinnaird TC & Simpson IA (2019) Geochronologies from the Kathmandu Valley UNESCO World Heritage Site: Optically Stimulated Luminescence measurement of monument foundation sediments and radiocarbon measurement of timbers. Geoarchaeological Assessment of Post-earthquake Kasthamandap Working Papers, 3. Not Online.
Preprint / Working Paper
Geo-Archaeological Assessment of Foundation Fills, Kasthamandap, Nepal
Simpson IA, Kelly L, Kinnaird T, Graham C, Coningham R, Davis C, Acharya K, Kunwar R & Mirnig N (2019) Geo-Archaeological Assessment of Foundation Fills, Kasthamandap, Nepal. Geoarchaeological Assessment of Post-earthquake Kasthamandap Working Papers, 2. Not Online.
Article
Tisdall E, Barclay R, Nichol A, McCulloch R, Simpson I, Smith H & Vésteinsson O (2018) Palaeoenvironmental evidence for woodland conservation in Northern Iceland from settlement to the twentieth century. Environmental Archaeology, 23 (3), pp. 205-216. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2018.1437105
Preprint / Working Paper
Luminescence dating of soils and sediments from Jerash, Jordan
Cresswell AJ, Sanderson DCW, Kinnaird TC, Holdridge G, Lichtenberger A, Raja R & Simpson IA (2018) Luminescence dating of soils and sediments from Jerash, Jordan. Jerash Geoarchaeology.
Book Chapter
Educational backgrounds, project design and inquiry learning in citizen science
Edwards R, McDonnell D, Simpson I & Wilson A (2017) Educational backgrounds, project design and inquiry learning in citizen science. In: Herodotou C, Sharples M & Scanlon E (eds.) Citizen Inquiry: Synthesising Science and Inquiry Learning. London: Routledge, pp. 195-209. https://www.routledge.com/Citizen-Inquiry-Synthesising-Science-and-Inquiry-Learning/Herodotou-Sharples-Scanlon/p/book/9781138208698
Article
City and wadi: Exploring the environs of Jerash
Holdridge G, Kristiansen SK, Lichtenberger A, Raja R & Simpson I (2017) City and wadi: Exploring the environs of Jerash. Antiquity, 91 (358), Art. No.: e7. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2017.123
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Sharafi S, Fouladvand S, Simpson I & Alvarez JAB (2016) Application of pattern recognition in detection of buried archaeological sites based on analysing environmental variables, Khorramabad Plain, West Iran. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 8, pp. 206-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.06.024
Article
Davis C, Coningham R, Acharya KP, Simpson I, Tremblay J, Kunwar RB, Manuel M, Bahadur K & Basanta B (2016) Re-investigating Tilaurakot's Ancient Fortifications: a preliminary report of excavations through the northern rampart at Tilaurakot(Nepal). Ancient Nepal, (190), pp. 30-46. http://doa.gov.np/downloads.php?id=22
Article
Climate challenges, vulnerabilities, and food security
Nelson MC, Ingram SE, Dugmore AJ, Streeter R, Peeples MA, McGovern TH, Hegmon M, Arneborg J, Kintigh KW, Brewington S, Spielmann KA, Simpson I, Strawhacker C, Comeau LEL, Torvinen A, Madsen CK, Hambrecht G & Smiarowski K (2016) Climate challenges, vulnerabilities, and food security. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (2), pp. 298-303. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1506494113
Article
Strickland K, Coningham R, Acharya KP, Schmidt A, Simpson I, Kunwar RB, Tremblay J, Manuel M, Davis C, Bahadur K & Basanta B (2015) Ancient Lumminigame: A Preliminary Report on Recent Archaeological Investigations at Lumbini's Village Mound. Ancient Nepal, (190), pp. 1-17.
Article
Recent excavations at Tilaurakot's southern Industrial mound: a preliminary report
Strickland K, Coningham R, Acharya KP, Dahal BN, Davis C, Kunwar RB, Tremblay J, Simpson I, Jones J, Hale D, Bahadur K & Basanta B (2015) Recent excavations at Tilaurakot's southern Industrial mound: a preliminary report. Ancient Nepal, (190), pp. 47-58.
Article
Europeanization of sub-Arctic environments: perspectives from Norse Greenland’s outer fjords
Golding KA, Simpson I, Wilson C, Lowe EC, Schofield JE & Edwards KJ (2015) Europeanization of sub-Arctic environments: perspectives from Norse Greenland’s outer fjords. Human Ecology, 43 (1), pp. 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-014-9708-y
Article
The lead legacy: The relationship between historical mining, pollution and the post-mining landscape
Mills C, Simpson I & Adderley WP (2014) The lead legacy: The relationship between historical mining, pollution and the post-mining landscape. Landscape History, 35 (1), pp. 47-72. https://doi.org/10.1080/01433768.2014.916912
Article
Maghsoudi M, Simpson I, Kourampas N & Nashli HF (2014) Archaeological sediments from settlement mounds of the Sagzabad Cluster, central Iran: Human-induced deposition on an arid alluvial plain. Quaternary International, 324, pp. 67-83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.10.057
Article
The earliest Buddhist shrine: Excavating the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini (Nepal)
Coningham R, Acharya KP, Strickland KM, Davis C, Manuel M, Simpson I, Gilliland K, Tremblay J, Kinnaird TC & Sanderson DCW (2013) The earliest Buddhist shrine: Excavating the birthplace of the Buddha, Lumbini (Nepal). Antiquity, 87 (338), pp. 1104-1123. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00049899
Book Chapter
Coningham R, Gunawardhana P, Adikari G, Manuel M, Davis C & Simpson I (2013) Discussion. In: Coningham R & Gunawardhana P (eds.) Anuradhapura Volume III: The Hinterland. BAR International Series, 2568. London: Archaeopress, pp. 459-479. http://www.archaeopress.com/archaeopressshop/DMS/3076B280-EE0B-4FE6-A7FF-2F0731336CF1.PDF
Book Chapter
Environment and Water Management
Gilliland K, Simpson I, Adderley WP, Burbidge CI, Cresswell AJ, Sanderson D, Coningham R, Gunawardhana P, Adikari G, Manuel M, Strickland K, Young R, Namalgamuwa H, Rammungoda UR & Senanayake J (2013) Environment and Water Management. In: Coningham R & Gunawardhana P (eds.) Anuradhapura Volume III: The Hinterland. BAR International Series, 2568. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 191-227. http://www.archaeopress.com/archaeopressshop/DMS/3076B280-EE0B-4FE6-A7FF-2F0731336CF1.PDF
Book Chapter
Sediments, soils and livelihood in a late Neolithic village on the Iranian Plateau: Tepe Sialk
Kourampas N, Simpson I, Nashli HF, Manuel M & Coningham R (2013) Sediments, soils and livelihood in a late Neolithic village on the Iranian Plateau: Tepe Sialk. In: Mathews R & Nashli H (eds.) The Neolithisation of Iran: The Formation of New Societies. British Association for Near Eastern Archaeology. Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 189-200. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/dbbc/neolithisation-of-iran.html
Article
The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands
Church MJ, Arge SV, Edwards KJ, Ascough PL, Bond JM, Cook G, Dockrill SJ, Dugmore AJ, McGovern TH, Nesbitt C & Simpson I (2013) The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, pp. 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011
Article
Tisdall E, McCulloch R, Sanderson D, Simpson I & Woodward N (2013) Living with sand: A record of landscape change and storminess during the Bronze and Iron Ages Orkney, Scotland. Quaternary International, 308-309, pp. 205-215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.016
Book Chapter
The excavation at Belmont, Wadbister, Unst, Shetland
Larsen A, Dyhrfjeld-Johnsen MD, Batt C, Bond JM, Brown LD, Edwards KJ, Hamlet L, McDonnell G, MacLeod-Rivers M, Outram Z, Schofield JE, Summers JR, Simpson I, Steele VG & Turner V (2013) The excavation at Belmont, Wadbister, Unst, Shetland. In: Turner V, Bond J & Larsen A (eds.) Viking Unst: Excavation and Survey in Northern Shetland 2006-2010. Lerwick: Shetland Heritage Publication, pp. 181-216. http://www.shetlandheritageshop.com/Viking-Unst-Excavation-and-Survey-in-Northern-Shetland-2006-2010.html
Book Chapter
Excavations at Hamar and Underhoull
Bond JM, Dockrill SJ, Outram Z, Batey CE, Summers JR, Friel R, Brown L, Brown LD, Campbell E, Cussans JE, Cook G, Legg RJ, Marshall WA, McDonnell J & Simpson I (2013) Excavations at Hamar and Underhoull. In: Turner V, Bond J & Larsen A (eds.) Viking Unst: Excavation and Survey in Northern Shetland 2006-2010. Lerwick: Shetland Heritage Publication, pp. 123-179. http://www.shetlandheritageshop.com/Viking-Unst-Excavation-and-Survey-in-Northern-Shetland-2006-2010.html
Book Chapter
In search of the infields: Viking - Norse field systems in Unst
Turner V & Simpson I (2013) In search of the infields: Viking - Norse field systems in Unst. In: Turner V, Bond J & Larsen A (eds.) Viking Unst: Excavation and Survey in Northern Shetland 2006-2010. Lerwick: Shetland Heritage Publication, pp. 39-73. http://www.shetlandheritageshop.com/Viking-Unst-Excavation-and-Survey-in-Northern-Shetland-2006-2010.html
Article
Gilliland K, Simpson I, Adderley WP, Burbidge CI, Cresswell AJ, Sanderson DCW, Coningham R, Manuel M, Strickland K, Gunawardhana P & Adikari G (2013) The dry tank: development and disuse of water management infrastructure in the Anuradhapura hinterland, Sri Lanka. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40 (2), pp. 1012-1028. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.034
Book Chapter
Micromorphological analyses of samples from Context 577
Simpson I (2012) Micromorphological analyses of samples from Context 577. In: Sveinbjarnardόttir G (ed.) Reykholt: Archaeological Investigations at a High Status Farm in Western Iceland. Publications of the National Museum of Iceland, 29. Reykjavik: National Museum of Iceland, pp. 254-256.
Book Chapter
Quoygrew and its landscape context
Barrett JH, Farr LR, Redhouse D, Richer S, Zimmermann J, Sharpe L, Ovenden S, Moore J, Poller T, Milek K, Simpson I, Smith M, Gourley B & O'Connor T (2012) Quoygrew and its landscape context. In: Barrett J (ed.) Being an Islander: Production and Identity at Quoygrew, Orkney, AD 900-1600. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, pp. 25-46. http://www2.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/publications/monographs/new-titles/
Article
Kourampas N, Simpson I, Polo-Diaz A, Perera HN & Deraniyagala SU (2012) Geoarchaeological reconnaissance of Pleistocene sites in southern Sri Lanka: Fahien-lena rockshelter and tool-bearing sediments of the Iranamadu formation. Ancient Ceylon, (23), pp. 1-26.
Article
Coningham R, Gunawardhana P, Davis C, Adikari G, Simpson I, Strickland K, Gilliland K & Manuel M (2012) Contextualising the Tabbova-Maradanmaduva 'culture': Excavations at Nikawewa, Tirappane district, Anuradhapura district, Sri lanka. South Asian Studies, 28 (1), pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/02666030.2012.659877
Article
Shieling Areas: Historical Grazing Pressures and Landscape Responses in Northern Iceland
Brown J, Simpson I, Morrison S, Adderley WP, Tisdall E & Vésteinsson O (2012) Shieling Areas: Historical Grazing Pressures and Landscape Responses in Northern Iceland. Human Ecology, 40 (1), pp. 81-99. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-011-9456-1
Book Chapter
Simpson I & Wilson G (2011) Anthropogenic sediments and anthrosols at Links of Noltland: The potential for integrated palaeo-landscape interpretations. In: Moore H & Wilson G (eds.) Shifting Sands. Links of Noltland, Westray: Interim Report on Neolithic and Bronze Age Excavations, 2007-09. Archaeological Report, 4. Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, pp. 75-76.
Book Chapter
Thin section micromorphology of anthrosols (Area 1)
McKenna LE & Simpson I (2011) Thin section micromorphology of anthrosols (Area 1). In: Moore H & Wilson G (eds.) Shifting Sands. Links of Noltland, Westray: Interim Report on Neolithic and Bronze Age Excavations, 2007-09. Archaeological Report, 4. Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, pp. 77-89.
Book Chapter
Simpson I & Adderley WP (2011) Activities and accumulations: Micromorphological analyses of archaeological sediments from multi-room houses in Finnmark, Norway. In: Olsen B, Urbanczyk P & Amundsen C (eds.) Hybrid Spaces: Medieval Finnmark and the Archaeology of Multi-Room Houses. Instituttet for sammenlignende kulturforskning: serie B, Skrifter, 139. Oslo: Novus, pp. 267-286.
Commentary
Coningham R, Gunawardhana P, Manuel M, Adikari G, Young R, Schmidt A, Krishnan K, Simpson I, Davis C & Batt C (2011) Response to Goonatilake. Commentary on: S Goonatilake (2011), 'Susantha Goonatilake', Antiquity 85(329), pp. 1060-1065. Antiquity, 85 (329), pp. 1065-1067. http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/085/ant0851065.htm
Article
Perera HN, Kourampas N, Simpson I, Deraniyagala SU, Bulbeck D, Kamminga J, Perera J, Fuller DQ, Szabo K & Oliveira NV (2011) People of the ancient rainforest: Late Pleistocene foragers at the Batadomba-lena rockshelter, Sri Lanka. Journal of Human Evolution, 61 (3), pp. 254-269. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhevol.2011.04.001
Article
Golding KA, Simpson I, Schofield JE & Edwards KJ (2011) Norse–Inuit interaction and landscape change in southern Greenland. A geochronological, pedological and palynological investigation. Geoarchaeology, 26 (3), pp. 315-345. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20351
Book Chapter
Old Scatness: the Viking and Norse anthrosols
Turner V, Burbidge CI & Simpson I (2010) Old Scatness: the Viking and Norse anthrosols. In: Dockrill S, Bond J, Turner V, Brown L, Bashford D, Cussans J & Nicholson R (eds.) The Pictish and Viking Settlement. Excavations at Old Scatness, Shetland, Volume 1. Lerwick: Shetland Heritage Publications, pp. 197-203. http://www.shetlandheritageshop.com/Excavations-at-Old-Scatness-Vol-1.html
Book Chapter
Adderley WP, Wilson C, Simpson I & Davidson D (2010) Anthropogenic Features. In: Stoops G, Marcelino V & Mees F (eds.) Interpretation of micromorphological features of soils and regoliths. Amsterdam: Elsevier, pp. 577-596. http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/bookdescription.editors/716493/description#description
Book Chapter
The Palaeoenvironment of Myvatnssveit During the Viking Age and Early Medieval Period
Lawson I, Milek K, Adderley WP, Casely AF, Church MJ, Duarte L, Dugmore AJ, Edwards KJ, Gathorne-Hardy FJ, Gudmundsson G, Morrison S, Newton A & Simpson I (2009) The Palaeoenvironment of Myvatnssveit During the Viking Age and Early Medieval Period. In: Lucas G (ed.) Hofstadir - Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland. Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series, 1, 1. Iceland: Institute of Archaeology, Iceland, pp. 26-54. http://www.instarch.is/instarch/english/publication/monograph_series/hofstadir/
Book Chapter
Land: Its Organisation and Management at Norse Hofstaðir
Simpson I, Adderley WP, Thomson AM, Gudmundsson G, Vésteinsson O, Friđriksson A & McGovern TH (2009) Land: Its Organisation and Management at Norse Hofstaðir. In: Lucas G (ed.) Hofstadir - Excavations of a Viking Age Feasting Hall in North-Eastern Iceland. Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series, 1, 1. Iceland: Institute of Archaeology, Iceland, pp. 335-370. http://www.instarch.is/instarch/english/publication/monograph_series/hofstadir/
Book Chapter
Lucas G, Roberts HM, Edvardsson R, Aldred O, McGovern TH, Vésteinsson O, Sigurgeirsson MA, Chepstow-Lusty A, Simpson I, Gudmundsson G, Lockheart MJ, Obuseng V, Bull ID & Evershed RP (2009) The structural sequence. In: Lucas G (ed.) Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age feasting hall in North-eastern Iceland. Institute of Archaeology Monograph Series, 1. Reykjavik: The Institute of Archaeology, pp. 55-167.
Article
Edwards KJ, Dugmore AJ, Panagiotakopulu E, Simpson I, Schofield JE, Golding KA & Casely AF (2009) Footprints on the edge of Thule: Landscapes of Norse-indigenous interaction. A Major New Research Programme. Journal of Northern Studies, 2009 (2), pp. 117-122. http://www.jns.org.umu.se/JNS_2_2009_contents.pdf
Article
Conceptual models of 1200 years of Icelandic soil erosion reconstructed using tephrochronology
Dugmore AJ, Gisladottir G, Simpson I & Newton A (2009) Conceptual models of 1200 years of Icelandic soil erosion reconstructed using tephrochronology. Journal of the North Atlantic, 2, pp. 1-18. http://www.eaglehill.us/programs/journals/jona/journal-north-atlantic.shtml
Article
Kourampas N, Simpson I, Perera HN, Deraniyagala SU & Wijeyapala WH (2009) Rockshelter Sedimentation in a Dynamic Tropical Landscape: Late Pleistocene-Early Holocene Archaeological Deposits in Kitulgala Beli-lena, Southwestern Sri Lanka. Geoarchaeology, 24 (6), pp. 677-714. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20287
Article
Geoarchaeological investigations at Sandhavn, South Greenland
Golding KA, Simpson I, Schofield JE & McMullen JA (2009) Geoarchaeological investigations at Sandhavn, South Greenland. Antiquity, 83 (320). http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/golding/
Article
Kourampas N, Simpson I, Perera HN & Deraniyagala SU (2008) Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherers in the South Asian rainforest: geoarchaeology of inhabited rockshelters in south-western Sri Lanka. Antiquity, 82 (316). http://antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/kourampas/index.html
Article
Anthrosols in Iron Age Shetland: Implications for Arable and Economic Activity
Guttmann EB, Simpson I, Nielsen N & Dockrill SJ (2008) Anthrosols in Iron Age Shetland: Implications for Arable and Economic Activity. Geoarchaeology, 23 (6), pp. 799-823. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20239
Article
Land in Landscapes circum Landnám: an Integrated Study of Settlements in Reykholtsdalur, Iceland
Sveinbjarnardottir G, Simpson I & Thomson AM (2008) Land in Landscapes circum Landnám: an Integrated Study of Settlements in Reykholtsdalur, Iceland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 1 (1), pp. 1-15. http://www.bioone.org/perlserv/?request=get-archive&issn=1935-1933; https://doi.org/10.3721/070420
Article
Thomas J, Simpson I & Davidson D (2008) GIS mapping of anthropogenic soils in Scotland: investigating the location and vulnerability of Scottish plagen-type soils. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali - Memorie serie A, 112, pp. 85-90. http://www.stsn.it/serAvolCXII.htm
Article
Simpson I, Kourampas N & Perera HN (2008) Bellan-bandi Palassa, Sri Lanka: Formation processes of a Mesolithic open-air site identified through thin section micromorphology. Archaeologia: Journal of Archaeology, 4, pp. 3-18. http://www.kln.ac.lk/social/social/social.htm
Article
Adderley WP, Simpson I & Vésteinsson O (2008) Local-scale adaptations: a modeled assessment of soil, landscape, microclimatic and management factors in Norse home-field productivities. Geoarchaeology, 23 (4), pp. 500-527. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119877513/abstract; https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20228
Research Report
The Papar Project: Introduction to the Hebrides
Crawford BE & Simpson I (2008) The Papar Project: Introduction to the Hebrides. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland. http://www.paparproject.org.uk/hebrides_introduction.pdf
Book Chapter
Beyond Mound 11: Investigations within the Tofts Ness Landscape
Dockrill SJ, Gater JA & Simpson I (2007) Beyond Mound 11: Investigations within the Tofts Ness Landscape. In: Dockrill S (ed.) Investigations in Sanday, Orkney Volume 2: Tofts Ness, Sanday - An island landscape through 3,000 years of prehistory. Edinburgh: The Orcadian Ltd and Historic Scotland, pp. 113-141.
Book Chapter
Soils and the early cultural landscape
Simpson I, Dockrill SJ, Guttmann EB, Bull ID & Evershed RP (2007) Soils and the early cultural landscape. In: Dockrill S (ed.) Investigations in Sanday, Orkney Volume 2: Tofts Ness, Sanday - An island landscape through 3,000 years of prehistory. Edinburgh: The Orcadian Ltd and Historic Scotland, pp. 239-252.
Book Chapter
Adderley WP, Simpson I, Barrett R & Wess TJ (2007) Archaeological soils and sediments: Application of microfocus synchrotron X-ray scattering, diffraction and fluorescence analyses in thin section. In: Glascock MD, Speakman RJ & Popelka-Filcoff RS (eds.) Archaelogical Chemistry : Analytical Techniques and Archaeological Interpretation. ACS symposium series, 968. Washington, D.C.: American Chemical Society, pp. 194-209. http://www.oup.com/us/catalog/general/subject/Chemistry/?view=usa&ci=9780841274136
Article
The palaeoecology of a high status Icelandic farm
Sveinbjarnardottir G, Erlendsson E, Vickers K, McGovern TH, Milek K, Edwards KJ, Simpson I & Cook G (2007) The palaeoecology of a high status Icelandic farm. Environmental Archaeology, 12 (2), pp. 187-206. https://doi.org/10.1179/174963107x226453
Article
The state of theocracy: defining an early medieval hinterland in Sri Lanka
Coningham R, Gunawardhana P, Manuel M, Adikari G, Katugampola M, Young R, Schmidt A, Krishnan K, Simpson I, McDonnell G & Batt C (2007) The state of theocracy: defining an early medieval hinterland in Sri Lanka. Antiquity, 81 (313), pp. 699-719. http://antiquity.ac.uk/ant/081/ant0810699.htm
Article
The identification and significance of inputs to Anthrosols in North-West Europe
Davidson D, Dercon G, Simpson I, Dalsgaard K, Spek T & Plant DA (2007) The identification and significance of inputs to Anthrosols in North-West Europe. Atti della Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali - Memorie serie A, 112, pp. 79-83. http://www.stsn.it/serAvolCXII.htm
Book Chapter
Geoarchaeological investigations at Qassiarsuk (Brattahlið), Greenland
Simpson I & Adderley WP (2007) Geoarchaeological investigations at Qassiarsuk (Brattahlið), Greenland. In: Edvardsson R (ed.) Archaeological excavations at Qassiarsuk 2005-2006 Field Report (Data Structure Report). Bolungarvík, Greenland: Náttúrustofa Vestfjarða, NABO, Grønlands Nationalmuseum & Arkiv, pp. 40-54. http://www.nabohome.org/publications/fieldreports/BrattahlidE29NFieldReport07.pdf
Article
Modeling Historic Rangeland Management and Grazing Pressures in Landscapes of Settlement
Thomson AM & Simpson I (2007) Modeling Historic Rangeland Management and Grazing Pressures in Landscapes of Settlement. Human Ecology, 35 (2), pp. 151-168. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9055-8
Article
McGovern TH, Vésteinsson O, Friđriksson A, Church MJ, Lawson I, Simpson I, Einarsson A, Dugmore AJ, Cook G, Perdikaris S, Edwards KJ, Thomson AM, Adderley WP, Newton A, Lucas G, Edvardsson R, Aldred O & Dunbar E (2007) Landscapes of Settlement in Northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of Human Impact and Climate Fluctuation on the Millennial Scale. American Anthropologist, 109 (1), pp. 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1525/AA.2007.109.1.27
Book Chapter
Envisioning future landscapes in the Environmentally Sensitive Areas of Scotland
Simpson I, Parsisson D, Hanley N & Bullock CH (2006) Envisioning future landscapes in the Environmentally Sensitive Areas of Scotland. In: Lozny L (ed.) Landscapes Under Pressure: Theory and Practice of Cultural Heritage Research and Preservation. New York: Springer, pp. 115-134. http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/0-387-28461-3_7
Article
Soils and palaeo-climate based evidence for irrigation requirements in Norse Greenland
Adderley WP & Simpson I (2006) Soils and palaeo-climate based evidence for irrigation requirements in Norse Greenland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 33 (12), pp. 1666-1679. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.02.014
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Early Rangelands in the North Atlantic Region
Simpson I, Thomson AM, Brown J, Adderley WP, Morrison S & Wheeler K (2006) Early Rangelands in the North Atlantic Region. NABO Conference: THE VIEW FROM HERE: History and Ecology of the North Atlantic Region, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 20.09.2006-24.09.2006.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Norse settlement and site formation in the Faroe Islands
Simpson I, Adderley WP, McKenzie J & Wilson C (2006) Norse settlement and site formation in the Faroe Islands. NABO Conference: THE VIEW FROM HERE: History and Ecology of the North Atlantic Region, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 20.09.2006-24.09.2006.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Site formation processes in late-medieval multi-room building complexes, Finnmark, Norway
Adderley WP, Simpson I, Olsen B, Henriksen J, Urbanczyk P, Myrvoll E & Amundsen C (2006) Site formation processes in late-medieval multi-room building complexes, Finnmark, Norway. NABO Conference: THE VIEW FROM HERE: History and Ecology of the North Atlantic Region, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 20.09.2006-24.09.2006.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Norse Homefield management across the North Atlantic Region
Adderley WP & Simpson I (2006) Norse Homefield management across the North Atlantic Region. NABO Conference: THE VIEW FROM HERE: History and Ecology of the North Atlantic Region, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, 20.09.2006-24.09.2006.
Article
Thomson AM & Simpson I (2006) A grazing model for simulating the impact of historical land management decisions in sensitive landscapes: Model design and validation. Environmental Modelling and Software, 21 (8), pp. 1096-1113. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2005.05.008
Article
Simpson I, Guttmann EB, Cluett J & Shepherd A (2006) Characterizing Anthropic Sediments in North European Neolithic Settlements: An Assessment from Skara Brae, Orkney. Geoarchaeology, 21 (3), pp. 221-235. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20101
Article
Historic landscape management: a validation of quantitative soil thin-section analyses
Adderley WP, Simpson I & Davidson D (2006) Historic landscape management: a validation of quantitative soil thin-section analyses. Journal of Archaeological Science, 33 (3), pp. 320-334. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2005.07.016
Article
Guttmann EB, Simpson I, Davidson D & Dockrill SJ (2006) The Management of Arable Land from Prehistory to the Present: Case Studies from the Northern Isles of Scotland. Geoarchaeology, 21 (1), pp. 61-92. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20089
Book Chapter
Sample research topics: the formation and utilisation of the landscape
Mainland I, Simpson I & Tipping R (2005) Sample research topics: the formation and utilisation of the landscape. In: Downes J, Foster S & Wickham-Jones C (eds.) The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Research Agenda. Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, pp. 126-127.
Book Chapter
Simpson I (2005) Soil and sediment analyses. In: Downes J, Foster S & Wickham-Jones C (eds.) The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Research Agenda. Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, pp. 107-109.
Book Chapter
The formation and utlilisation of the landscape
Mainland I, Simpson I & Tipping R (2005) The formation and utlilisation of the landscape. In: Downes J, Foster S & Wickham-Jones C (eds.) The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site: Research Agenda. Edinburgh: Historic Scotland, pp. 87-95. http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/orkney-agenda-prelims.pdf
Book Chapter
Lancaster S, Simpson I & Davidson D (2005) Soil micomorphology. In: Bradley R (ed.) The Moon and the Bonfire: An investigation of three stone circles in north-east Scotland. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, pp. 42-46, 68-72.
Book Chapter
The time dimension in landscape ecology: cultural soils and spatial pattern in early landscapes
Davidson D & Simpson I (2005) The time dimension in landscape ecology: cultural soils and spatial pattern in early landscapes. In: Wiens J & Moss M (eds.) Issues and Perspectives in Landscape Ecology. Cambridge Studies in Landscape Ecology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 152-158. http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/life-sciences/ecology-and-conservation/issues-and-perspectives-landscape-ecology#
Book Chapter
Living off the land: farming and fishing at Old Scatness
Bond JM, Nicholson RA & Simpson I (2005) Living off the land: farming and fishing at Old Scatness. In: Turner V, Nicholson R, Dockrill S & Bond J (eds.) Tall Stories? Two millennia of Brochs. Lerwick: Shetland Amenity Trust, pp. 209-218. http://www.shetlandheritageshop.com/Tall-Stories-2-Millenia-of-Brochs.html
Book Chapter
Manuring practices in antiquity: a review of the evidence
Guttmann EB, Simpson I & Davidson D (2005) Manuring practices in antiquity: a review of the evidence. In: Smith D, Brickley M & Smith W (eds.) Fertile Ground: Papers in Honour of Susan Limbrey. Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 22. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 68-76. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/fertile-ground.html
Article
A Hypothesis-Based Approach to Landscape Change in Suduroy, Faroe Islands
Edwards KJ, Borthwick D, Cook G, Dugmore AJ, Mairs K, Church MJ, Simpson I & Adderley WP (2005) A Hypothesis-Based Approach to Landscape Change in Suduroy, Faroe Islands. Human Ecology, 33 (5), pp. 621-650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-4746-0
Article
Early-Norse home-field productivity in the Faroe Islands
Adderley WP & Simpson I (2005) Early-Norse home-field productivity in the Faroe Islands. Human Ecology, 33 (5), pp. 711-736. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-6423-8
Article
Sustainable rangeland grazing in Norse Faroe
Thomson AM, Simpson I & Brown J (2005) Sustainable rangeland grazing in Norse Faroe. Human Ecology, 33 (5), pp. 737-761. http://www.springerlink.com/content/p726h17162320529/; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-7596-x
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Adderley WP & Simpson I (2005) Cultural Ecology in the Kala-Balge Region, North East Nigeria: ethno-pedological understandings and historical resource use. 2005 American Association of Geographers, Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 05.04.2005-09.04.2005. http://meridian.aag.org/callforpapers/program/AbstractDetail.cfm?AbstractID=4376
Presentation / Talk
Simpson I & Adderley WP (2005) Invited lecture: Micromorphological analysis of the soils and sediments of the multiroom house complexes, Finnmark Norway. Rybno Workshop on Multi-room Houses, Rybno, Poland.
Article
Simpson I, Barrett J & Milek KB (2005) Interpreting the Viking Age to Medieval period transition in norse Orkney through cultural soil and sediment analyses. Geoarchaeology, 20 (4), pp. 355-377. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20054
Poster
Adderley WP, Simpson I, Barrett R & Wess TJ (2005) Archaeological Soils and sediments: Application of microfocus synchrotron X-ray diffraction analyses in thin-section. Synchrotron Radiation in Art and Archaeology meeting, Grenoble, France, 09.02.2005-12.02.2005.
Article
Dercon G, Davidson D, Dalsgaard K, Simpson I, Spek T & Thomas J (2005) Formation of sandy anthropogenic soils in NW Europe: Identification of inputs based on particle size distribution. CATENA, 59 (3), pp. 341-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2004.08.001
Article
The Norse landnam on the North Atlantic islands: an environmental impact assessment
Dugmore AJ, Church MJ, Buckland PC, Edwards KJ, Lawson I, McGovern TH, Panagiotakopulu E, Simpson I, Skidmore P & Sveinbjarnardottir G (2005) The Norse landnam on the North Atlantic islands: an environmental impact assessment. Polar Record, 41 (1), pp. 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247404003985
Article
Arable agriculture in prehistory: new evidence from soils in the Northern Isles
Guttmann EB, Dockrill SJ & Simpson I (2004) Arable agriculture in prehistory: new evidence from soils in the Northern Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 134, pp. 53-64. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_134/134_053_064.pdf
Article
Fornir akrar á Íslandi. Meintar minjar um kornrækt á fyrri öldum
Gudmundsson G, Snaesdottir M, Simpson I, Hallsdottir M, Sigurgeirsson MA & Arnason K (2004) Fornir akrar á Íslandi. Meintar minjar um kornrækt á fyrri öldum. Arbok hins Islenzka Fornleifafelags, pp. 79-106. http://hif.is/arbok-hins-islenzka-fornleifafelags/arbok-2002-2003/
Book Chapter
Fuel utilisation in pre-industrial Iceland: A micromorphological and historical analysis
Vésteinsson O & Simpson I (2004) Fuel utilisation in pre-industrial Iceland: A micromorphological and historical analysis. In: Gudmundsson G (ed.) Current Issues in Nordic Archaeology: Proceedings of the 21st conference of Nordic Archaeologists 6-9 September 2001, Akureyri Iceland. Reykjavik: Society of Icelandic Archaeologists, pp. 181-187.
Book Chapter
Form and function in Shetland prehistoric field systems
Turner V, Chrystall FH, Simpson I & Guttmann EB (2004) Form and function in Shetland prehistoric field systems. In: Housley R & Coles G (eds.) Atlantic Connections and Adaptations: Economies, environments and subsistence in lands bordering the North Atlantic. Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 21. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 120-127. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/atlantic-connections-and-adaptations.html
Book Chapter
Edwards KJ, Buckland PC, Dugmore AJ, McGovern TH, Simpson I & Sveinbjarnardottir G (2004) Landscapes circum – Landnám: Viking settlement in the North Atlantic and its human and ecological consequences: a major new research programme. In: Housley R & Coles G (eds.) Atlantic connections and adaptations: economies, environments and subsistence in lands bordering the North Atlantic. Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 21. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 260-271. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/atlantic-connections-and-adaptations.html
Book Chapter
Bringing in the sheaves: farming intensification in the post-broch Iron Age
Bond JM, Guttmann EB & Simpson I (2004) Bringing in the sheaves: farming intensification in the post-broch Iron Age. In: Housley R & Coles G (eds.) Atlantic connections and adaptations: economies, environments and subsistence in lands bordering the North Atlantic. Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, 21. Oxford: Oxbow Monographs, pp. 138-145. http://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/atlantic-connections-and-adaptations.html
Conference Paper (published)
A micromorphological perspective on archaeological site formation processes
Simpson I & Adderley WP (2004) A micromorphological perspective on archaeological site formation processes. In: Larsen J & Rolfsen P (eds.) Halvdanshaugen - Arkeologi, Historie og Naturvitenskap. Occasional Papers, vol. 3. Oslo, Norway: University Museum of Cultural Heritage, University of Oslo, pp. 329-340.
Article
Adderley WP, Alberts IL, Simpson I & Wess TJ (2004) Calcium–iron–phosphate features in archaeological sediments: characterization through microfocus synchrotron X-ray scattering analyses. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31 (9), pp. 1215-1224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2002.03.001
Article
Adderley WP, Simpson I, Kirscht H, Adam M, Spencer JQ & Sanderson DCW (2004) Enhancing ethno-pedology: integrated approaches to Kanuri and Shuwa Arab definitions in the Kala–Balge region, northeast Nigeria. CATENA, 58 (1), pp. 41-64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2003.12.003
Article
Assessing the role of winter grazing in historic land degradation, Myvatnssveit, northeast Iceland
Simpson I, Gudmundsson G, Thomson AM & Cluett J (2004) Assessing the role of winter grazing in historic land degradation, Myvatnssveit, northeast Iceland. Geoarchaeology, 19 (5), pp. 471-502. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20006
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Adderley WP, Simpson I, Barrett R, Roberts HM & Wess TJ (2004) Keynote speech: Gásir and early sulphur use in northern Europe: analyses of sources, processing and trade, presented by Adderley and Simpson. A seminar on the medieval center at Gásir (Málþing um miðaldaverslunarstaðinn á Gásum), Akureyi, Iceland, 28.02.2004-28.02.2004.
Conference Paper (published)
Adderley WP, Simpson I, Kirscht H & Adam M (2003) Agrarian resource use by Kanuri and Shuwa Arab peoples in the Kala-Balge region, North East Nigeria: perspectives of traditional field system management. In: Tijani K & Seidensticker-Brikay G (eds.) Environmental and cultural dynamics in the West African Savanna. Environmental and Cultural Dynamics in the West African Savannah, Maiduguri, Nigeria, 04.03.2002-12.03.2002. Maiduguri, Nigeria: Annals of Borno. http://www.unimaid.edu.ng/Tran%20Saharan%20Workshops.html
Book Chapter
Assessing and modelling faunalturbation
Lancaster S & Simpson I (2003) Assessing and modelling faunalturbation. In: Robson-Brown K (ed.) Proceedings of the Archaeological Sciences Conference, 1999. BAR International Series, 1111. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 64-85.
Conference Paper (published)
Thomas J, Simpson I, Davidson D & Gauld JH (2003) GIS mapping of anthropogenic soils in Scotland: investigating the location and vulnerability of Scottish plaggen soil deposits. In: Boschian (ed.) Second International Conference on Soils and Archaeology. Second International Conference on Soils and Archaeology, Pisa, Italy, 12.05.2003-15.05.2003. Pisa: G, pp. 127-128.
Article
Fuel resource utilisation in landscapes of settlement
Simpson I, Vésteinsson O, Adderley WP & McGovern TH (2003) Fuel resource utilisation in landscapes of settlement. Journal of Archaeological Science, 30 (11), pp. 1401-1420. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03054403; https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-4403%2803%2900035-9
Article
Joined-up archaeology at Old Scatness, Shetland: Thin section analysis of the site and hinterland
Guttmann EB, Simpson I & Dockrill SJ (2003) Joined-up archaeology at Old Scatness, Shetland: Thin section analysis of the site and hinterland. Environmental Archaeology, 8 (1), pp. 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1179/env.2003.8.1.17
Book Chapter
Simpson I & Guttmann EB (2002) Transitions in early arable land management in the Northern Isles: the Papar as agricultural innovators?. In: Crawford B (ed.) The Papar in the North Atlantic: Environment and History. St John's House Papers, 10. St Andrews: St John's House, pp. 59-67. http://onlineshop.st-andrews.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=1&catid=105&prodid=635
Article
A soils based approach to landscape study
Simpson I (2002) A soils based approach to landscape study. Journal of the Scottish Association of Geography Teachers, 31, pp. 52-69.
Article
Soil Limitations to Agrarian Land Production in Premodern Iceland
Simpson I, Adderley WP, Gudmundsson G, Hallsdottir M, Sigurgeirsson MA & Snaesdottir M (2002) Soil Limitations to Agrarian Land Production in Premodern Iceland. Human Ecology, 30 (4), pp. 423-443. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1021161006022
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Past agrarian resource use in the Kala-Balge region, North East Nigeria
Adderley WP, Kirscht H, Simpson I & Adam M (2002) Past agrarian resource use in the Kala-Balge region, North East Nigeria. Cultivating Archaeology: Innovations in Agriculture International Conference, November 2002, Cambridge University.
Poster
Synchrotron X-ray scattering analyses of fish bone materials in archaeological soils and sediments
Adderley WP, Alberts IL, Simpson I, Wess TJ, Somogyi A & Drakopoulos M (2002) Synchrotron X-ray scattering analyses of fish bone materials in archaeological soils and sediments. Cultivating Archaeology: Innovations in Archaeology Conference, University of Cambridge, 23.11.2002-24.11.2002. http://www.mcdonald.cam.ac.uk/reports/miar-report-2003.pdf
Article
Colour description and quantification in mosaic images of soil thin sections
Adderley WP, Simpson I & Davidson D (2002) Colour description and quantification in mosaic images of soil thin sections. Geoderma, 108 (3-4), pp. 181-195. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0016-7061%2802%2900123-4
Article
Wilson C, Simpson I & Currie EJ (2002) Soil management in pre-Hispanic raised field systems: Micromorphological evidence from Hacienda Zuleta, Ecuador. Geoarchaeology, 17 (3), pp. 261-283. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.10015
Conference Paper (published)
Quantitative micro-pedofeature analysis within archaeological soils ~ past manuring practices
Adderley WP, Simpson I & Davidson D (2001) Quantitative micro-pedofeature analysis within archaeological soils ~ past manuring practices. In: Bautista P & Barba L (eds.) Archaeometry 2000: Proceedings of the 32nd International Symposium on Archaeometry Mexico City, May 15-19 2000. Archaeometry 2000: 32nd International Symposium on Archaeometry, Mexico City, 15.05.2000-19.05.2000. Mexico City: UNAM. http://www.ims.demokritos.gr/ISA/ISA_symposium_info.php?SYMP=32&PHPSESSID=f7d39ba0d900674375dd88e686a39132
Book Chapter
Assessing the success of agri-environmental policy in the UK
Hanley N, Whitby M & Simpson I (2001) Assessing the success of agri-environmental policy in the UK. In: Morris J, Bailey A, Turner R & Bateman I (eds.) Rural Planning and Management. Managing the Environment for Sustainable Development series. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 377-390. http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=1907
Book Chapter
Archaeology and soil micromorphology
Davidson D & Simpson I (2001) Archaeology and soil micromorphology. In: Brothwell D & Pollard A (eds.) Handbook of Archaeological Sciences. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 167-177. http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470014768.html
Poster
Adderley WP, Alberts IL, Simpson I & Wess TJ (2001) Fish bone materials in archaeological soils and sediments: characterisation of materials through synchrotron X-ray diffraction analyses and micromorphological analysis in thin-section. New Directions in Archaeological Science, ArchSci 01, Newcastle, 29.08.2001-01.09.2001.
Article
Adderley WP, Simpson I & MacLeod G (2001) Testing High-resolution X-ray Computed Tomography for the Micromorphological Analyses of Archaeological Soils and Sediments. Archaeological Prospection, 8 (2), pp. 107-112.
Conference Paper (unpublished)
Adderley WP & Simpson I (2001) Cultural land-use interpretations from quantitative examination of soils formed by historical manuring practices. AEA/NABO Annual Conference 2001, University of Glasgow, 29.03.2001-31.03.2001.
Article
Crossing the thresholds: human ecology and historical patterns of landscape degradation
Simpson I, Dugmore AJ, Thomson AM & Vésteinsson O (2001) Crossing the thresholds: human ecology and historical patterns of landscape degradation. CATENA, 42 (2-4), pp. 175-192. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0341-8162%2800%2900137-5
Other
Thomas M (Editor) & Simpson I (Editor) (2001) CATENA, Special Issue Landscape sensitivity: principles and applications in Northern Cool Temperate climates. CATENA, 42 (2-4). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0341816200001326
Article
Banks I, Alldritt D, Duncan JS, Photos-Jones E, Simpson I, Taylor K & Simpson B (2000) Excavation of an Iron Age and Romano-British enclosure at Woodend Farm, Johnstonebridge, Annandale, 1994 & 1997. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 130, pp. 223-281. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_130/130_223_281.pdf
Book Chapter
Palaeosols of the Clava Cairns
Simpson I & Davidson D (2000) Palaeosols of the Clava Cairns. In: Bradley R (ed.) The Good Stones: A New Investigation of the Clava Cairns. Society of Antiquaries of Scotland Monograph Series, 17. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries Scotland, pp. 89-96.
Article
What was the Viking Age and when did it happen? A view from Orkney
Barrett J, Beukens R, Simpson I, Ashmore P, Poaps S & Huntley J (2000) What was the Viking Age and when did it happen? A view from Orkney. Norwegian Archaeological Review, 33 (1), pp. 1-39. https://doi.org/10.1080/00293650050202600
Conference Paper (published)
Adderley WP, Simpson I, Lockheart MJ, Evershed RP & Davidson D (2000) Modelling traditional manuring practices in the North Atlantic context: Soil sustainability of a Shetland island community?. In: Rees R, Ball B, Watson C & Campbell C (eds.) Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter. 'The Sustainable Management of Soil Organic Matter': British Society of Soil Science Annual Meeting 1999, Edinburgh, 15.09.1999-17.09.1999. Wallingford: CAB International, pp. 173-179. http://bookshop.cabi.org/default.aspx?site=191&page=2633&pid=1486
Article
Simpson I, Perdikaris S, Cook G, Campbell JL & Teesdale WJ (2000) Cultural sediment analyses and transitions in early fishing activity at Langenesværet, Vesterålen, Northern Norway. Geoarchaeology, 15 (8), pp. 743-763. https://doi.org/10.1002/1520-6548%28200012%2915%3A8%3C743%3A%3AAID-GEA1%3E3.0.CO%3B2-S
Conference Paper (published)
Adderley WP & Simpson I (2000) Agro-ecosystem modelling of historical data to facilitate discussion of sustainability within the context of island-based agrarian practices. In: Buchinger E, Maderthaner R, Schrefel C & Wagner P (eds.) Present and future measures to achieve sustainability on international and local levels: EUROCONFERENCE: Quality of Life - Sustainability - Environmental Changes Proceedings Event 3. EUROCONFERENCE: Quality of Life - Sustainability - Environmental Changes Event 3: Present and future measures to achieve sustainability on international and local levels, Stadtschlaining, Province of Burgenland/Austria, 27.04.2000-30.04.2000. Seibersdorf, Austria: Austrian Research Centres, pp. 137-142. http://homepage.univie.ac.at/Rainer.Maderthaner/Eurokonferenz%203.pdf#page=137
Poster
Soils and the historical dimension of agrarian sustainability
Adderley WP, Simpson I & Davidson D (2000) Soils and the historical dimension of agrarian sustainability. EURESCO conference 2000: The ecological setting of Europe: from the past to the future - European Agriculture on its way from the past to modern time, Höör, Sweden, 16.09.2000-21.09.2000.
Article
Adderley WP, Simpson I, Lockheart MJ, Evershed RP & Davidson D (2000) Modeling Traditional Manuring Practice: Soil Organic Matter Sustainability of an Early Shetland Community?. Human Ecology, 28 (3), pp. 415-431. https://doi.org/10.1023/A%3A1007057531680
Poster
Quantitative micro-pedofeature analysis within archaeological soils ~ past manuring practices
Adderley WP, Simpson I & Davidson D (2000) Quantitative micro-pedofeature analysis within archaeological soils ~ past manuring practices. 32nd International Symposium on Archaeometry, Mexico City, 15.05.2000-19.05.2000. http://www.ims.demokritos.gr/ISA/ISA_symposium_info.php?SYMP=32&PHPSESSID=e073cfa0863972273f9290e7be641b67
Book Chapter
The time dimension in landscape ecology: cultural soils and spatial pattern in early landscapes
Davidson D & Simpson I (1999) The time dimension in landscape ecology: cultural soils and spatial pattern in early landscapes. In: Wiens J & Moss M (eds.) Issues in Landscape Ecology. Guelph, Ontario: International Association of Landscape Ecology, pp. 55-58.
Book Chapter
Valuing the landscape and wildlife benefits of woodlands in an agricultural context
Hanley N, Simpson I, Wright RE, Macmillan D, Bullock CH & Crabtree R (1999) Valuing the landscape and wildlife benefits of woodlands in an agricultural context. In: Roper C & Park A (eds.) The Living Forest: Non-Market Benefits of Forestry. London: The Stationary Office, pp. 59-65.
Article
Muck 'n' molecules: Organic geochemical methods for detecting ancient manuring
Bull ID, Simpson I, van Bergen PF & Evershed RP (1999) Muck 'n' molecules: Organic geochemical methods for detecting ancient manuring. Antiquity, 73 (279), pp. 86-96. http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/ant/073/Ant0730086.htm
Poster
Soils and the Historical Dimension of Sustainability
Adderley WP & Simpson I (1999) Soils and the Historical Dimension of Sustainability. Scottish Natural Heritage conference: "Earth Science and the Natural Heritage", Dynamic Earth, Edinburgh, 04.11.1999-05.11.1999.
Article
Simpson I, Milek KB & Gudmundsson G (1999) A reinterpretation of the great pit at Hofstaðir, Iceland using sediment thin section micromorphology. Geoarchaeology, 14 (6), pp. 511-530. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291520-6548%28199908%2914%3A6%3C511%3A%3AAID-GEA3%3E3.0.CO%3B2-1
Article
Bull ID, Simpson I, Dockrill SJ & Evershed RP (1999) Organic geochemical evidence for the origin of ancient anthropogenic soil deposits at Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney. Organic Geochemistry, 30 (7), pp. 535-556. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0146-6380%2899%2900020-0
Article
Simpson I, Bol R, Bull ID, Evershed RP, Petzke KJ & Dockrill SJ (1999) Interpreting early land management through compound specific stable isotope analyses of archaeological soils. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 13 (13), pp. 1315-1319. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291097-0231%2819990715%2913%3A13%3C1315%3A%3AAID-RCM629%3E3.0.CO%3B2-0
Article
Assessing the success of agri-environmental policy in the UK
Hanley N, Whitby M & Simpson I (1999) Assessing the success of agri-environmental policy in the UK. Land Use Policy, 16 (2), pp. 67-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0264-8377%2898%2900041-6
Article
Lipid biomarkers of manuring practice in relict anthropogenic soils
Simpson I, van Bergen PF, Perret V, Elhmmali MM, Roberts DJ & Evershed RP (1999) Lipid biomarkers of manuring practice in relict anthropogenic soils. Holocene, 9 (2), pp. 223-229. https://doi.org/10.1191/095968399666898333
Article
Relict soils and early arable land management in Lofoten, Norway
Simpson I, Bryant RG & Tveraabak U (1998) Relict soils and early arable land management in Lofoten, Norway. Journal of Archaeological Science, 25 (12), pp. 1185-1198. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1998.0296
Article
Geoarchaeological investigations at Hofstaðir, Iceland
Simpson I, Milek KB & Gudmundsson G (1998) Geoarchaeological investigations at Hofstaðir, Iceland. Archaeologica Islandica, 1, pp. 129-142.
Book Chapter
Palaeosols of the Cleaven Dyke
Simpson I & Davidson D (1998) Palaeosols of the Cleaven Dyke. In: Barclay G & Maxwell G (eds.) The Cleaven Dyke and Littleour: Monuments in the Neolithic of Tayside. Society of Antiquaries for Scotland Monograph Series, 13. Edinburgh: Society of Antiquaries for Scotland, pp. 36-42.
Book Chapter
Hanley N, Kirkpatrick AH, Oglethorpe D & Simpson I (1998) Principles for the provision of public goods from agriculture: modelling moorland conservation in Scotland. In: Antle J, Lekakis J & Zanias G (eds.) Agriculture, Trade and the Environment: The Impact of Liberalization on Sustainable Development. Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, pp. 154-169. http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=1468&breadcrumlink=&breadcrum=&sub_values=
Book Chapter
Barrett JH, Simpson I, Beukens R & Davis T (1998) From the Viking Age to the Middle Ages in Norse Orkney: an archaeological investigation of secondary state formation in northwestern Europe. In: Renouf P & McGovern T (eds.) Summit of the Sea Conference: Conference Proceedings. NABO Monographs. Edinburgh: North Atlantic Biocultural Organisation, pp. 23-24.
Book Chapter
Early land management at Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney: the evidence of thin section micromorphology
Simpson I (1998) Early land management at Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney: the evidence of thin section micromorphology. In: Mills C & Coles G (eds.) Life on the Edge: Human Settlement and Marginality. Oxbow Monographs, 100. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 91-98.
Book Chapter
Making arable soils: anthropogenic soil formation in a multi period landscape
Simpson I, Dockrill SJ & Lancaster S (1998) Making arable soils: anthropogenic soil formation in a multi period landscape. In: Nicolson R & Dockrill S (eds.) Old Scatness Broch, Shetland; Retrospect and Prospect. NABO Monograph: North Atlantic Biocultural Organisation, 2. Bradford: Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, pp. 111-126.
Article
Simpson I, Kirkpatrick AH, Scott L, Gill JP, Hanley N & MacDonald AJ (1998) Application of a grazing model to predict heather moorland utilization and implications for nature conservation. Journal of Environmental Management, 54 (3), pp. 215-231. https://doi.org/10.1006/jema.1998.0211
Article
Early anthropogenic soil formation at Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney
Simpson I, Dockrill SJ, Bull ID & Evershed RP (1998) Early anthropogenic soil formation at Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney. Journal of Archaeological Science, 25 (8), pp. 729-746. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1997.0216
Article
Hanley N, Macmillan D, Wright RE, Bullock CH, Simpson I, Parsisson D & Crabtree R (1998) Contingent valuation versus choice experiments: Estimating the benefits of environmentally sensitive areas in Scotland. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 49 (1), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.1998.tb01248.x
Article
Hanley N, Kirkpatrick AH, Simpson I & Oglethorpe D (1998) Principles for the provision of public goods from agriculture: Modeling moorland conservation in Scotland. Land Economics, 74 (1), pp. 102-113. http://www.jstor.org/stable/3147216
Article
Simpson I, Bol R, Dockrill SJ, Petzke KJ & Evershed RP (1997) Compound-specific δ15N amino acid signals in palaeosols as indicators of early land use: a preliminary study. Archaeological Prospection, 4 (3), pp. 147-152. https://doi.org/10.1002/%28SICI%291099-0763%28199709%294%3A3%3C147%3A%3AAID-ARP74%3E3.0.CO%3B2-5
Article
Envisioning future landscapes in the Environmentally Sensitive Areas of Scotland
Simpson I, Parsisson D, Hanley N & Bullock CH (1997) Envisioning future landscapes in the Environmentally Sensitive Areas of Scotland. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 22 (3), pp. 307-320. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.0020-2754.1997.00307.x
Article
Simpson I (1997) Relict properties of anthropogenic deep top soils as indicators of infield management in Marwick, West Mainland, Orkney. Journal of Archaeological Science, 24 (4), pp. 365-380. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1996.0121
Book Chapter
The physical nature of the burial environment in archaeological sites and landscapes
Simpson I (1996) The physical nature of the burial environment in archaeological sites and landscapes. In: Corfield M, Hinton P, Nixon T & Pollard M (eds.) Preserving Archaeological Remains In Situ: Proceedings of the Conference of 1-3 April 1996. London: Museum of London Archaeology Service, pp. 55-59.
Book Chapter
Indicative prediction of botanical diversity change in Environmentally Sensitive Areas
Simpson I, Hanley N, Parsisson D & Bullock CH (1996) Indicative prediction of botanical diversity change in Environmentally Sensitive Areas. In: Simpson I & Dennis P P (eds.) The Spatial Dynamics of Biodiversity. IALE (UK) Conference Series. International Association for Landscape Ecology, pp. 71-78. http://www.nhbs.com/the_spatial_dynamics_of_biodiversity_tefno_60854.html
Edited Book
The Spatial Dynamics of Biodiversity
Simpson I & Dennis P (eds.) (1996) The Spatial Dynamics of Biodiversity. International Association for Landscape Ecology (UK). http://www.nhbs.com/the_spatial_dynamics_of_biodiversity_tefno_60854.html
Article
Hanley N, Kirkpatrick AH, Simpson I, Oglethorpe D & MacDonald AJ (1996) Ecological-economic modelling of the conservation of threatened habitats: Heather moorland in the Northern Isles of Scotland. Biodiversity and Conservation, 5 (10), pp. 1207-1219. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051572
Article
Simpson I & Barrett JH (1996) Interpretation of midden formation processes at Robert's Haven, Caithness, Scotland using thin section micromorphology. Journal of Archaeological Science, 23 (4), pp. 543-556. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1996.0051
Book Chapter
Bull ID, van Bergen PF, Betancourt PP, Simpson I & Evershed RP (1995) Organic geochemistry of archaeological soils and the detection of human occupation and agricultural practices. In: Grimalt J & Dorronsoro C (eds.) Organic Geochemistry: developments and Applications to Energy, Climate, Environment and Human History. San Sebastian, Spain: AIGOA, pp. 714-716.
Book Chapter
Sheep grazing on the moorland landscapes of Orkney and its implications for nature conservation
Simpson I, Scott L, Kirkpatrick AH & MacDonald AJ (1995) Sheep grazing on the moorland landscapes of Orkney and its implications for nature conservation. In: Griffiths G (ed.) Landscape Ecology: Theory and Application. International Association for Landscape Ecology, pp. 40-48.
Article
Establishing time-scales for early cultivated soils in the Northern Isles of Scotland
Simpson I (1995) Establishing time-scales for early cultivated soils in the Northern Isles of Scotland. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 111 (3), pp. 184-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369229518736964
Article
The Cleaven Dyke: A Neolithic cursus monument/bank barrow in Tayside region, Scotland
Barclay GJ, Simpson I & Davidson D (1995) The Cleaven Dyke: A Neolithic cursus monument/bank barrow in Tayside region, Scotland. Antiquity, 69 (263), pp. 317-326. http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/ant/069/Ant0690317.htm
Book Chapter
Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney: an integrated study of a buried Orcadian landscape
Dockrill SJ, Bond JM, Miles A, Simpson I & Ambers J (1994) Tofts Ness, Sanday, Orkney: an integrated study of a buried Orcadian landscape. In: Luff R & Rowley-Conwy P (eds.) Whither Environmental Archaeology?. Oxbow Monographs, 38. Oxford: Oxbow Books, pp. 115-132.
Book Chapter
Education for environmental competence: a higher education response
Simpson I & Sankey K (1994) Education for environmental competence: a higher education response. In: Sulga D (ed.) Environmental Science and Management Studies. Riga, Latvia: University of Latvia Ecological Centre, pp. 261-269.
Article
Dockrill SJ & Simpson I (1994) The identification of prehistoric anthropogenic soils in the northern isles using an integrated sampling methodology. Archaeological Prospection, 1 (2), pp. 75-92. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1099-0763(199412)1:2%3C75::AID-ARP6140010202%3E3.0.CO;2-S/abstract
Article
Archaeological field survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) peninsula, Lewis
Armit I, Dockrill SJ, Neighbour T, Pocock J, Simpson I & Wilson M (1994) Archaeological field survey of the Bhaltos (Valtos) peninsula, Lewis. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 124, pp. 67-93. http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archives/view/psas/contents.cfm?vol=124&CFID=148316&CFTOKEN=BF718B4D-7ACC-4DED-BA7468CCA3643878
Article
Spatial constraints on anthropogenic soil formation in Orkney
Simpson I (1994) Spatial constraints on anthropogenic soil formation in Orkney. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 110 (2), pp. 100-104. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369229418736914
Article
Utilitarian and rights-based alternatives for protecting Sites of Special Scientific Interest
Spash CL & Simpson I (1994) Utilitarian and rights-based alternatives for protecting Sites of Special Scientific Interest. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 45 (1), pp. 15-26. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.1994.tb00374.x
Article
Protecting sites of special scientific interest: Intrinsic and utilitarian values
Spash CL & Simpson I (1993) Protecting sites of special scientific interest: Intrinsic and utilitarian values. Journal of Environmental Management, 39 (3), pp. 213-227. https://doi.org/10.1006/jema.1993.1065
Article
The chronology of anthropogenic soil formation in Orkney
Simpson I (1993) The chronology of anthropogenic soil formation in Orkney. Scottish Geographical Magazine, 109 (1), pp. 4-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00369229318736870
Thesis
Anthropogenic sedimentation in Orkney: The formation of deep top soils and farm mounds
Simpson I (1985) Anthropogenic sedimentation in Orkney: The formation of deep top soils and farm mounds. Doctor of Philosophy. University of Strathclyde.