Elizabeth Stroud
I am currently part of the ERC project EXPLO, where I am collating and publishing previous isotopic and functional weed ecology accounts, allowing them to be publicly accessible.
I previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the ERC project FeedSax at the University of Oxford. I investigated changes in agricultural conditions during early medieval period using stable isotope analysis of crop and animal remains.
I completed reading for a DPhill in Archaeology at the University of Oxford. My thesis focused on investigating the agriculture practices of four Anatolian Chalcolithic sites using archaeobotanical techniques including the analysis of marcobotanical remains, functional weed ecology and the analysis of the stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen from crop remains.
I completed my undergraduate at the University of Queensland. I was awarded a Bachlor of Arts specialising in Archaeology, and a Bachelor of Science in the field of Botany. I combined these two interests and completed a First Class Honours in Archaeology focusing on the archaeobotany of Kaman-Kalehoyuk, Turkey.
I completed a MSc in Environmental archaeology at University College London with a dissertation entitled "An investigation into the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B and Pottery Neolithic assemblage from Abu Hureyra: was it the result of crop processing by-products or dung burning"
I have also completed a Graduate Diploma in Geographical Information Science at the University of Queensland
I previously worked as a postdoctoral researcher on the ERC project FeedSax at the University of Oxford. I investigated changes in agricultural conditions during early medieval period using stable isotope analysis of crop and animal remains.
I completed reading for a DPhill in Archaeology at the University of Oxford. My thesis focused on investigating the agriculture practices of four Anatolian Chalcolithic sites using archaeobotanical techniques including the analysis of marcobotanical remains, functional weed ecology and the analysis of the stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen from crop remains.
I completed my undergraduate at the University of Queensland. I was awarded a Bachlor of Arts specialising in Archaeology, and a Bachelor of Science in the field of Botany. I combined these two interests and completed a First Class Honours in Archaeology focusing on the archaeobotany of Kaman-Kalehoyuk, Turkey.
I completed a MSc in Environmental archaeology at University College London with a dissertation entitled "An investigation into the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B and Pottery Neolithic assemblage from Abu Hureyra: was it the result of crop processing by-products or dung burning"
I have also completed a Graduate Diploma in Geographical Information Science at the University of Queensland
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isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management
practices in (semi-) arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey
of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope
analysis to frame assessment of agricultural labour intensity in terms of manuring, irrigation,
tillage and hand-weeding. Under low management intensity weed variation primarily .
Neolithic (LN) to the Early Chalcolithic (EC) occurs circa at the beginning of a period of regional drying conditions. This transitional period also roughly corresponds to the so-called 8.2 cal B.P Climatic Euent (or simply '8.2 event'), which has been suggested as a possible cause for suspected drought on a wide scale, increased seasonality and fluctuating weather conditions, particularly in the Near East and North Africa between 6400 and 5800 cal B.C. On the Konya Plain,
the prehistoric settlement of Catalhöyük spans the LN/EC transition before final abandonment ca. 5500 cal B.C., providing an ideal case study for evaluating the impact of climate and environment change on cultural systems during the seventh millennium. Tltis paper will present regional proxy data relating to the environment alongside results from excavations at Catalhöyük West and discuss
the possible effect of the 8.2 event on the settlement.
(EC) around 6000 cal BC on the two mounds at Çatalhöyük in central Anatolia
is hampered by the erosion of the relevant layers on the East Mound and the fact that
the corresponding layers on the West Mound are buried under developed EC occupation
deposits. This article sheds light on the process drawing on evidence from Trench 7, a
14C-dated deep sounding on the eastern fringe of the West Mound. It appears that Çatalhöyük—
an isolated site during the first half of the seventh millennium—is reconnected
to the outside world during the second half of the seventh millennium and subsequently
reestablishes certain traits characteristic of the central Anatolian Neolithic in the first half
of the sixth millennium. Socioeconomic developments characterized by the “Second Neolithic
Revolution” and “Painted Pottery Revolution” on the one hand, and rapid climate
change brought about by the 8.2 event on the other hand, could be the motor behind these
developments. What looks like a major change in settlement structure on a regional scale
around the site appears to be a gradual shift of the occupation focus rather than a hiatus
at Çatalhöyük, while in other parts of the Konya Basin settlements even show continuity.
isotope analysis to assess their combined potential for inferring arable land management
practices in (semi-) arid regions from archaeobotanical assemblages. Weed and GIS survey
of 60 cereal and pulse fields in Morocco are combined with crop sampling for stable isotope
analysis to frame assessment of agricultural labour intensity in terms of manuring, irrigation,
tillage and hand-weeding. Under low management intensity weed variation primarily .
Neolithic (LN) to the Early Chalcolithic (EC) occurs circa at the beginning of a period of regional drying conditions. This transitional period also roughly corresponds to the so-called 8.2 cal B.P Climatic Euent (or simply '8.2 event'), which has been suggested as a possible cause for suspected drought on a wide scale, increased seasonality and fluctuating weather conditions, particularly in the Near East and North Africa between 6400 and 5800 cal B.C. On the Konya Plain,
the prehistoric settlement of Catalhöyük spans the LN/EC transition before final abandonment ca. 5500 cal B.C., providing an ideal case study for evaluating the impact of climate and environment change on cultural systems during the seventh millennium. Tltis paper will present regional proxy data relating to the environment alongside results from excavations at Catalhöyük West and discuss
the possible effect of the 8.2 event on the settlement.
(EC) around 6000 cal BC on the two mounds at Çatalhöyük in central Anatolia
is hampered by the erosion of the relevant layers on the East Mound and the fact that
the corresponding layers on the West Mound are buried under developed EC occupation
deposits. This article sheds light on the process drawing on evidence from Trench 7, a
14C-dated deep sounding on the eastern fringe of the West Mound. It appears that Çatalhöyük—
an isolated site during the first half of the seventh millennium—is reconnected
to the outside world during the second half of the seventh millennium and subsequently
reestablishes certain traits characteristic of the central Anatolian Neolithic in the first half
of the sixth millennium. Socioeconomic developments characterized by the “Second Neolithic
Revolution” and “Painted Pottery Revolution” on the one hand, and rapid climate
change brought about by the 8.2 event on the other hand, could be the motor behind these
developments. What looks like a major change in settlement structure on a regional scale
around the site appears to be a gradual shift of the occupation focus rather than a hiatus
at Çatalhöyük, while in other parts of the Konya Basin settlements even show continuity.