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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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  • Investigating molecular changes in organic matter composition in two Holocene lake-sediment records from central Sweden using pyrolysis-GC/MS

    Ninnes, S., Tolu, J., Meyer-Jacob, C., Mighall, T. M., Bindler, R.
    Journal of geophysical research-Biogeosciences, vol. 122, no. 6, pp. 1423-1438
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The potential for gamma-emitting radionuclides to contribute to an understanding of erosion processes in South Africa

    Foster, I. D., Boardman, J., Collins, A. L., Copeland-Philips, R., Kuhn, N. J., Mighall, T. M., Pulley, S., Rowntree, K.
    Proceedings of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences , vol. 375, pp. 29-34
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Did prehistoric and Roman mining and metallurgy have a significant impact on vegetation?

    Mighall, T., Timberlake, S., Martínez Cortizas, A., Silva-Sánchez, N., Foster, I.
    Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 11, pp. 613-625
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Environmental Context and Function of Burnt-Mounds: New Studies of Irish Fulachtaí Fiadh

    Brown, T. G., Davis, S. R., Hatton, J., O'Brien, C., Reilly, F., Taylor, K., Dennehy, K. E., O'Donnell, L., Bermingham, N., Mighall, T., Timpany, S., Tetlow, E., Wheeler, J., Wynne, S.
    Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 82, pp. 259-290
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A Palaeoenvironmental Investigation of Two Prehistoric Burnt Mound Sites in Northern Ireland

    Wheeler, J., Timpany, S., Mighall, T. M., Scott, L.
    Geoarchaeology-An International Journal, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 506-529
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Influence of climate change and human activities on the organic and inorganic composition of peat during the ‘Little Ice Age’ (El Payo mire, W Spain)

    Silva Sánchez, N., Martínez Cortizas, A., Abel-Schaad, D., López-Sáez, J. A., Mighall, T. M.
    The Holocene, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 1290-1303
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Early atmospheric metal pollution provides evidence for Chalcolithic/Bronze Age mining and metallurgy in Southwestern Europe

    Martinez Cortizas, A., Lopez-Merino, L., Bindler, R., Mighall, T., Kylander, M. E.
    Science of the Total Environment, vol. 545-546, pp. 398-406
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Climate changes, lead pollution and soil erosion in south Greenland over the past 700 years

    Silva-Sánchez, N., Schofield, J. E., Mighall, T. M., Martínez Cortizas, A., Edwards, K. J., Foster, I.
    Quaternary Research, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 159-173
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • New research into Roman metal mining in Britain

    Mighall, T. M., Timberlake, S., Kidd, T.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Identifying evidence for past mining and metallurgy from a record of metal contamination preserved in an ombrotrophic mire near Leadhills, SW Scotland, UK

    Mighall, T., Martinez Cortizas, A., Silva Sanchez, N., Foster, I. D., Singh, S., Bateman, M., Pickin, J.
    The Holocene, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 1719-1730
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reconstructing the impact of human activities in a NW Iberian Roman mining landscape for the last 2500 years

    Lopez-Merino, L., Martínez Cortizas, A., Reher, G. S., López-Sáez, J. A., Mighall, T. M., Bindler, R.
    Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 50, pp. 208-218
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Palaeoecology of a late MIS7 interglacial deposit from eastern England

    Langford, H. E., Boreham, S., Coope, G. R., Fletcher, W., Horne, D. J., Keen, D. H., Mighall, T., Penkman, K. E. H., Schreve, D. C., Whittaker, J. E.
    Quaternary International, vol. 341, pp. 27-45
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A 3300-year atmospheric metal contamination record from Raeburn Flow raised bog, south west Scotland

    Küttner, A., Mighall, T., De Vleeschouwer, F., Mauquoy, D., Martínez Cortizas, A., Foster, I., Krupp, E.
    Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 1-11
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Atmospheric Pb pollution in N Iberia during the late Iron Age/Roman times reconstructed using the high-resolution record of La Molina mire (Asturias, Spain)

    Martínez Cortizas, A., López-Merino, L., Bindler, R., Mighall, T., Kylander, M.
    Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 71-86
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Prehistoric land use at an archaeological hot-spot (the rock art park of Campo Lameiro, NW Spain) inferred from charcoal, synanthropic pollen and non-pollen palynomorph proxies

    Kaal, J., Criado-Boado, F., Costa-Casais, M., López-Sáez, J. A., López-Merino, L., Mighall, T., Carrión, Y., Silva Sánchez, N., Martínez Cortizas, A.
    Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 1518-1527
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Five thousand years of atmospheric Ni, Zn, As, and Cd deposition recorded in bogs from NW Iberia: prehistoric and historic anthropogenic contributions

    Pontevedra-Pombal, X., Mighall, T. M., Nóvoa-Muñoz, J., Peiteado-Varela, E., Rodríguez-Racedo, J., García-Rodeja, E., Martínez-Cortizas, A.
    Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 764-777
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Changing sediment yield and sediment dynamics in the karoo uplands, south africa: post-european impacts

    Foster, I., Rowntree, K., Boardman, J., Mighall, T.
    Land Degradation & Development, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 508-522
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Reconstructing Recent Land Degradation In The Semi-Arid Karoo Of South Africa: A palaeoecological study at Compassberg, Eastern Cpe

    Mighall, T., Foster, I., Rowntree, K., Boardman, J.
    Land Degradation & Development, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 523-533
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Holme Pierrepont sand and gravel and the timing of Middle and Late Devensian floodplain aggradation in the English Midlands

    Howard, A. J., Carney, J. N., Greenwood, M. T., Keen, D. H., Mighall, T., O'Brien, C., Tetlow, E.
    Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 419-431
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The complementary power of pH and lake-water organic carbon reconstructions for discerning the influences on surface waters across decadal to millennial time scales

    Rosen, P., Bindler, R., Korsman, T., Mighall, T., Bishop, K.
    Biogeosciences, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 2717-2727
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • An integrated geochemical and palynological study of human impacts, soil erosion and storminess from southern Greenland since c. AD 1000

    Schofield, J. E., Edwards, K. J., Mighall, T. M., Martinez Cortizas, A., Rodriguez-Racedo, J., Cook, G.
    Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, vol. 295, no. 1-2, pp. 19-30
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Holocene relative sea levels and related prehistoric activity in the Forth lowland, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Smith, D. E., Davies, M. H., Brooks, C. L., Mighall, T. M., Dawson, S., Rea, B. R., Jordan, J. T., Holloway, L. K.
    Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 29, no. 17-18, pp. 2382-2410
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Editorial: Scottish Geographical Journal (126)

    Philip, L., Mighall, T.
    Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 126, no. 2, pp. 63
    Contributions to Journals: Editorials

  • Anthropogenic Forcings on the Surficial Osmium Cycle

    Rauch, S., Peucker-Ehrenbrink, B., Kylander, M. E., Weiss, D. J., Martinez-Cortizas, A., Heslop, D., Olid, C., Mighall, T. M., Hemond, H. F.
    Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 881-887
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Environmental stress and landscape recovery in a semi-arid area, the Karoo, South Africa

    Boardman, J., Foster, I., Rowntree, K., Mighall, T., Gates, J., Mighall, T. M.
    Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 126, no. 2, pp. 64-75
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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