High-resolution radiocarbon dating of marine materials in archaeological contexts: radiocarbon marine reservoir variability between Anadara, Gafrarium, Batissa, Polymesoda spp. and Echinoidea at Caution Bay, Southern Coastal Papua New Guinea

The remains of shellfish dominate many coastal archaeological sites in the Pacific and provide a wealth of information about economy, culture, environment and climate. Shells are therefore the logical sample type to develop local and regional radiocarbon chronologies. The calibration of radiocarbon (¹⁴C) dates on marine animals is not straightforward, however, requiring an understanding of habitat and dietary preferences as well as detailed knowledge of local ocean conditions. The most complex situations occur where terrestrial influences impinge on the marine environment resulting in both the enrichment and depletion of ¹⁴C (Ulm Geoarchaeology 17(4):319–348, 2002; Petchey and Clark Quat Geochronol 6:539–549, 2011). A sampling protocol that combines a high-resolution excavation methodology, selection of short-lived samples identified to species level, and a tri-isotope approach using ¹⁴C, δ¹³C and δ¹⁸O, has given us the ability to identify ¹⁴C source variation that would otherwise have been obscured. Here, we present new research that details high-resolution mapping of marine ¹⁴C reservoir variation between Gafrarium tumidum, Gafrarium pectinatum, Anadara granosa, Anadara antiquata, Batissa violacea, Polymesoda erosa and Echinoidea from the Bogi 1 archaeological site, Caution Bay, southern coastal Papua New Guinea. These isotopes highlight specific dietary, habitat and behavioural variations that are key to obtaining chronological information from shell radiocarbon determinations.     

Record-Making,Research, and Removal: Mitigating Impacts on Rock Art in a CRM Context in Southern Africa—the Case of the Metolong Dam,Lesotho

African Archaeological Review - This paper reports on the steps taken to mitigate the impact of the Metolong Dam (Lesotho) on the rock art present within the catchment of its associated reservoir....     

A new view of some familiar Indian rainfalls

PHYSICAL

The Geology of East Fife. By I. H. Forsyth and J. I. Chisholm, etc. 25 × 16, ×+284 pp. 31 figures, 8 plates, 10 tables, references, 2 appendices and index. H.M. Stationery Office, 1977. £10.00.

Geology and Scenery in Scotland. By J. B. Whittow. 20×13, 362 pp. Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1977. £1.95.

HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY

Domesday: England. By H. C. Darby. 24 × 16, xiv+416 pp., frontispiece, 111 figures, 74 appendices, index. Cambridge University Press, 1977. £20.

Scottish Place Names. By W. F. H. Nicolaisen. 22 × 14½, xxviii+210 pp., 21 maps, bibliography. Batsford, London, 1976. £4.95.

Scottish Country Life. By Alexander Fenton. 22½× 15, 255 pp., illustrations, bibliography, index. John Donald, Edinburgh, 1976. £6.50.

The Development of the Irish Town. Ed. R. A. Butlin. 22½×14, 144 pp. Croom Helm, London, 1977. £6.95.

HUMAN GEOGRAPHY

Patterns in Human Geography. By D. M. Smith. 20 × 13, 373 pp., numerous figures, index. Penguin, Harmondsworth, 1977. £2.00 (paper).

Human Geography: A Welfare Approach. By D. M. Smith. 23½ × 15½, 402 pp., numerous figures, bibliography. Edward Arnold, London, 1977. £4.50 (paper).

Geography, Culture and Habitat: Selected Essays (1925‐1975) of E. G. Bowen. Selected and introduced by Harold Carter and Wayne K. D. Davies. 22½× 14½, xxxiii and 275 pp. Gomer Press, 1976. £6.00.

ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY

Agrarian Change in the Scottish Highlands. By J. Bryden and G. Houston. Glasgow Social and Economic Reserach Studies 4. 24 × 16, 152 pp., maps, bibliography, index. Martin Robertson, HIDB, London, 1976. £7.50.

The Arctic Circle. Ed. William C. Wonders. 23×15, 143 pp., 14 maps, references. Longman/Don Mills, Ontario, 1976. $6.95, paper $3.95.

Argyll: The Enduring Heartlands. By Marion Campbell, with a Foreword by the Duke of Argyll. 22 × 14, 267 pp., 20 illustrations, bibliography, index. Turnstone Press, London, 1977. £4.95.

TECHNIQUES

Maps and Statistics. By Peter Lewis. 24×16, 318 pp., 161 figures, Exercise answers, bibliography, index. Methuen, Andover, 1977. £9.50, paper £5.95.

EDUCATIONAL

Geography and the Integrated Curriculum. Edited by Michael Williams. 21 X14, xiii+227 pp. Heineman Educational Books, 1976. £2‐25 (paper).

Evaluating the Geography Curriculum. By W. E. Marsden. 22×13, 312 pp. Oliver and Boyd, 1976. £3.50 (paper).

Man and his World. By W. G. Moore. 24½ × 19, 141 pp. Hulton, Amersham, 1976. £1.95.

Landforms and Landscapes. By F. C. Evans. 18 × 25, 65 pp. Oliver &; Boyd, Edinburgh, 1975. £1.10.     

Politicised linguistic consciousness: the case of Ulster‐Scots

This essay examines the evolution of the Ullans phenomenon in the past decade and sets its emergence in a broad political context. Of particular interest to the writer are the claims made about Ullans and the attempts to constitute these as a viable basis for its justification as a distinct language. While factors motivating the supporters of an Ulster‐Scots cultural tradition are examined, reasons for hostility towards Ullans are also reviewed. As the debate regarding the linguistic status of Ullans rages on, the author analyses the importance of state recognition for the enhancement of a dialect or language. In this essay the case of Ulster‐Scots is set in a strongly comparative context.     

The Rolt Memorial Lecture 2017: Conserving the Waterways Heritage

ABSTRACT

This article describes the work of the Canal & River Trust in managing and conserving the heritage assets and the wider historic environment of the Trust's waterways in England and Wales. Various types of heritage assets are described, and the ways in which these assets are managed, including via archaeological recording, along with conservation-led repairs to historic engineering structures and other historic waterway-related buildings, are considered. New directions that offer effective and efficient ways of dealing with heritage assets are examined.