Publisher's Synopsis
The volume for 2000 contains the following papers: Palaeoenvironmental and archaeological implications of isotopic analyses (H Bocherens, M Mashkour & D Billiou); Tephrochronology, environmental change and the Norse settlement of Iceland (A J Dugmore, A J Newton, G Larsen & G T Cook); Biological remains from a late Roman farm (P Murphy, U Albarella, M Germany & A Locker); Carbonised cereal from sites in Western Norway (E C Soltvedt); 14C dating and the reconstruction of Saltes (M Van Strydonck, A Ervynck, C Baeteman & A Lentacker); Sediments, pollen, plant macro-fossils and insects from a Bronze Age channel fill (D N Smith, R Roseff & S Butler); Wood and plant-use in 17th century Iceland (C Zutter); Consumption of horseflesh at Dudley Castle (R Thomas & M Locock); Origins of metallurgy in the Central Balkans (H J Greenfield); Enamel ultrastructure of cattle from the Quaternary Period in India (V Sathe); Saxon Emmer Wheat from the Upper and Middle Thames Valley (R Pelling & M Robinson); Introduction of the rabbit to the Low Countries (RCGM Lauwerier & JT Zeiler); Book reviews.