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Professor Timothy Mighall

Professor Timothy Mighall
Professor Timothy Mighall
Professor Timothy Mighall

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About
Email Address
t.mighall@abdn.ac.uk
Telephone Number
+44 (0)1224 274352
Office Address
G22 St Mary's, School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen
School/Department
School of Geosciences

Biography

Keele University: Environmental Research Unit. Position: Research Assistant Oct-Dec 1990.

Brunel University: Department of Geography & Geology. Position: Temporary Lecturer Feb-July 1991.                                   

Coventry University: Geography Subject Area. Position: Lecturer (1991-1994) Senior Lecturer (1994-2005).

University of Aberdeen: Department of Geography & Environment, School of Geosciences (2005-present) Senior Lecturer in Palaeoecology.

External Memberships

Co-editor, Scottish Geographical Journal http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/RSGJ

Deputy Editor, Editorial Board, Environmental Archaeology http://www.maney.co.uk/index.php/journals/env/

NERC Peer Review College Member

 

Membership of External Bodies

Association of Environmental Archaeology

Early Mines Research Group

Historical Metallurgy Society

Irish Quaternary Association

Quaternary Research Association

Royal Scottish Geographical Society

The Prehistoric Society

Research

Research Overview

  • Pollen and non-pollen palynomorph analysis
  • Peat geochemistry and reconstructing palaeo-pollution records from bogs and lakes
  • Holocene vegetational history
  • Holocene environmental change

 

Current Research

Land degradation in the Karoo, South Africa

Recent publications

Langford, H.E. et al. 2013: Palaeoecology of a late MIS7 interglacial deposit from eastern England. Quaternary international  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.quatint.2013.05.046

Crew, P. & Mighall, T.M. 2013. The fuel supply and woodland management at a 14th century bloomery in Snowdonia, a multi-disciplinary approach.  In  Humphris, J. & Rehren, T. (eds) The World of Iron. London: Archetype Publications, 473-482.

Mighall, TM, Chambers, FM, Timberlake, S & O’Brien, WF. 2012. Characterising vegetation changes in former mining and metalworking areas during prehistoric and Roman times. Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi 20, 117-130.

Ongoing Research Projects

  1. Land degradation and environmental change in the Karoo, Eastern Cape, South Africa. See http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/other/karoo.php
  2. The function and environmental impact of burnt mounds in prehistory.
  3. The ecology and landscapes of early medieval royal centres.
  4. Placing early mining and metalworking into its environmental context. See http://www.earlyminesresearchgroup.org.uk/
  5. Holocene environmental changes in NW Iberia

 

Publications

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  • Using bog archives to reconstruct paleo-pollution and vegetation change during the late Holocene. (Eds.) Martini P, Martinez Cortizas A, Chesworth W

    Mighall, T. M., Timberlake, S., Jenkins, D., Grattan, J. P.
    Peatlands: Evolution and Records of Environmental and Climatic Changes, pp. 413-432, 19 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Linking changes in atmospheric dust deposition, vegetation evolution and human activities in NW Spain during the last 5,300 years

    Martinez Cortizas, A., Mighall, T. M., Pontevedra Pombat, X., Novoa Munoz, J. C., Peiteado Varela, E., Pineiro Rebolo, R.
    The Holocene, vol. 15, pp. 698-706
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Mineral deficiency and the prescence of Pinus sylvestris on mires during the Mid- to Late Holocence: palaeoecological data from Cadogan's Bog, Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork

    Mighall, T. M., Lageard, J. G. A., Chambers, F. M., Field, M. H., Mahi, P.
    The Holocene, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 95-109
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A record of atmospheric pollution and vegetation change as recorded in three peat bogs from the Northern Pennines Pb-Zn orefield

    Mighall, T. M., Dumayne-Peaty, L., Cranstone, D.
    Environmental Archaeology, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 13-38
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Late Quaternary river terrace developments in the Macgillycuddy's Reeks, Southwest Ireland

    Anderson, E., Harrison, S., Passmore, D., Mighall, T. M., Withan, S.
    Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 23, no. 16-17, pp. 1785-1801
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Periglacial trimlines and former nunataks of the last glacial maximum: the Gap of Dunloe, Southwest Ireland

    Rae, A., Harrison, S., Mighall, T. M., Dawson, A. G.
    Journal of Quaternary Science, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 87-98
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Holocene relative sea level change in the lower Nith valley and estuary

    Smith, D. E., Cullingford, R., Haggart, A., Tipping, R., Wells, J. M., Mighall, T. M., Dawson, S.
    Scottish Journal of Geology, vol. 39, pp. 97-120
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Relative sea-level changes in the Solway Firth, Southwest Scotland

    Smith, D. E., Wells, J. M., Mighall, T. M., Cullingford, R., Hollway, L., Dawson, S.
    Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh-Earth, vol. 93, pp. 301-331
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The impact of Iron Age copper mining on vegetation: palaeoecological evidence from Campolungo, Bienno, Lombard Alps, Northern Italy

    Mighall, T. M., Tizzoni, C., O'Brien, C., Tizzoni, M.
    Notizie Archeologiche Bergomensi, vol. 11, pp. 253-271
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Geochemical evidence for atmospheric pollution derived from prehistoric copper mining at Copa Hill, Cwmystwyth, Mid-Wales

    Mighall, T. M., Abrahams, P. W., Grattan, J. P., Hayes, D., Timberlake, S., Forsyth, S.
    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 292, pp. 69-80
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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