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- About
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- 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
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
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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
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
- Land degradation and environmental change in the Karoo, Eastern Cape, South Africa. See http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/research/other/karoo.php
- The function and environmental impact of burnt mounds in prehistory.
- The ecology and landscapes of early medieval royal centres.
- Placing early mining and metalworking into its environmental context. See http://www.earlyminesresearchgroup.org.uk/
- Holocene environmental changes in NW Iberia
- Publications
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Did prehistoric and Roman mining and metallurgy have a significant impact on vegetation?
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 11, pp. 613-625Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.12.021
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/9897/1/final_manuscript.pdf
The Environmental Context and Function of Burnt-Mounds: New Studies of Irish Fulachtaí Fiadh
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, vol. 82, pp. 259-290Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Palaeoenvironmental Investigation of Two Prehistoric Burnt Mound Sites in Northern Ireland
Geoarchaeology-An International Journal, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 506-529Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.21552
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/8846/1/Geoarchaeology_paper.pdf
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)
The Holocene, vol. 26, no. 8, pp. 1290-1303Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEarly atmospheric metal pollution provides evidence for Chalcolithic/Bronze Age mining and metallurgy in Southwestern Europe
Science of the Total Environment, vol. 545-546, pp. 398-406Contributions to Journals: ArticlesClimate changes, lead pollution and soil erosion in south Greenland over the past 700 years
Quaternary Research, vol. 84, no. 2, pp. 159-173Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNew research into Roman metal mining in Britain
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsIdentifying evidence for past mining and metallurgy from a record of metal contamination preserved in an ombrotrophic mire near Leadhills, SW Scotland, UK
The Holocene, vol. 24, no. 12, pp. 1719-1730Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReconstructing the impact of human activities in a NW Iberian Roman mining landscape for the last 2500 years
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 50, pp. 208-218Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPalaeoecology of a late MIS7 interglacial deposit from eastern England
Quaternary International, vol. 341, pp. 27-45Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2013.05.046
A 3300-year atmospheric metal contamination record from Raeburn Flow raised bog, south west Scotland
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 1-11Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.01.011
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)
Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 50, no. 1, pp. 71-86Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-013-9705-y
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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
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. 1518-1527Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.024
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Five thousand years of atmospheric Ni, Zn, As, and Cd deposition recorded in bogs from NW Iberia: prehistoric and historic anthropogenic contributions
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 40, no. 1, pp. 764-777Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.07.010
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Changing sediment yield and sediment dynamics in the karoo uplands, south africa: post-european impacts
Land Degradation & Development, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 508-522Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2180
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Reconstructing Recent Land Degradation In The Semi-Arid Karoo Of South Africa: A palaeoecological study at Compassberg, Eastern Cpe
Land Degradation & Development, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 523-533Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ldr.2176
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The Holme Pierrepont sand and gravel and the timing of Middle and Late Devensian floodplain aggradation in the English Midlands
Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, vol. 122, no. 3, pp. 419-431Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.03.009
The complementary power of pH and lake-water organic carbon reconstructions for discerning the influences on surface waters across decadal to millennial time scales
Biogeosciences, vol. 8, no. 9, pp. 2717-2727Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-8-2717-2011
An integrated geochemical and palynological study of human impacts, soil erosion and storminess from southern Greenland since c. AD 1000
Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, vol. 295, no. 1-2, pp. 19-30Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.05.011
Holocene relative sea levels and related prehistoric activity in the Forth lowland, Scotland, United Kingdom
Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 29, no. 17-18, pp. 2382-2410Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.003
Editorial: Scottish Geographical Journal (126)
Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 126, no. 2, pp. 63Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541003780397
Anthropogenic Forcings on the Surficial Osmium Cycle
Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 881-887Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/es901887f
Environmental stress and landscape recovery in a semi-arid area, the Karoo, South Africa
Scottish Geographical Journal, vol. 126, no. 2, pp. 64-75Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14702541003711038
An integrated lake-catchment approach for determining sediment source changes at Aqualate Mere, Central England
Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 42, no. 2, pp. 215-232Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-008-9272-9
Ancient copper and lead pollution records from a raised bog complex in Central Wales, UK
Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 36, no. 7, pp. 1504-1515Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.03.005