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DOI: 10.5284/1011895
title: Hulk Assemblages: Assessing the national context

description: This document details the Hulk Assemblages Project, undertaken by Museum of London Archaeology, with input from the Thames Discovery Programme and the Nautical Archaeology Society. The aim of the project was to create a method for quantifying known hulk assemblages in England, and to create a nationwide database of hulk assemblages, that could be used to identify thematic, geographic and temporal gaps in the known data. A comprehensive survey of hulks or hulk assemblages in England has not previously been conducted. This project brings together data from multiple sources, including Historic Environment Records, the National Record of the Historic Environment, Rapid Coastal Zone Assessments, the National Historic Ships Register, and that held by specialist societies and research groups. A total of 199 hulk assemblages have been identified, ranging in size from two to more than 80 vessels; nine assemblages contained more than 20 vessels. Assemblages are most likely to be found in estuaries, creeks and harbours, however their distribution around England is biased by past recording, especially systematic recording done by local maritime and nautical archaeology societies and university departments. The study has revealed much variation in how hulks are recorded in Historic Environment Records, and in how they are described. Obvious geographic gaps in the distribution of assemblages are apparent. Densities of assemblages often coincide with areas where local specialist societies are active. These asset densities and gaps provided the basis for a number of general research priorities, such as known assemblages that have not been subject to detailed survey, and areas that would benefit from field survey to discover new assemblages.
DOI: 10.5284/1011896
title: AMAP2 - Characterising the Potential for Wrecks

description: The "AMAP2 - Characterising the Potential for Wrecks" project (AMAP2), commissioned by English Heritage in October 2009 and completed in July 2011, is a collaborative project between SeaZone and the University of Southampton (UoS) which sought to improve the management of the marine historic environment by enhancing our understanding of the relationship between shipwrecks and their surrounding environment. This has been undertaken through the refinement of baseline data for marine spatial planning and the development of a characterisation of the environmental variables affecting the potential for wrecks to survive on the seabed. The project has provided English Heritage with an evidence base for the assessment of the potential for different marine environments to harbour unrecorded wrecks.
DOI: 10.5284/1011892
title: Identification and Quantification of Projects Arising From Aggregates Extraction: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Oxfordshire

description: A pilot study has been carried out as part of an ALSF commission to assemble a database of known archaeological fieldwork projects on hard and soft aggregates extraction sites in Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Oxfordshire. The aim of the project was to identify those sites with incomplete or inadequate levels of dissemination, and to assess the potential of these sites.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13076750
title: Waveform Data

description: Waveform data for tomography in Sichuan Basin, including permanent stations belonging to the Chiese National Seismic Network (2007.12-2009.07, <b><i>2007_2009.zip</i></b>; 2013.01-2017.11, <b><i>2013_2017p.zip</i></b>), broadband temporary stations belonging to the western Sichuan seismic array (2006.10-2009.07,<b><i>T1.zip</i></b>), and 25 broadband temporary stations (2014.10-2016.12, <b><i>R4.zip</i></b>).
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.13076750.v1
title: Waveform Data

description: Waveform data for tomography in Sichuan Basin, including permanent stations belonging to the Chiese National Seismic Network (2007.12-2009.07, <b><i>2007_2009.zip</i></b>; 2013.01-2017.11, <b><i>2013_2017p.zip</i></b>), broadband temporary stations belonging to the western Sichuan seismic array (2006.10-2009.07,<b><i>T1.zip</i></b>), and 25 broadband temporary stations (2014.10-2016.12, <b><i>R4.zip</i></b>).
DOI: 10.5284/1012479
title: A Stamford Ware Pottery Kiln in Pontefract. Excavations at Simpson's Malt, Pontefract, West Yorkshire.

description: A medieval pottery kiln discovered kiln in Pontefract is revealed to have produced Stamford ware vessels of a type previously only associated with Stamford in Lincolnshire. The pottery found can be equated typologically with forms and decorations that have been dated elsewhere to the Late 11th and 12th centuries. Both radiocarbon and archaeomagnetic dating methods, however, indicate a pre-Conquest date for the last firing of the kiln, in the early 11th century. The pottery fabric is visually indistinguishable for the Lincolnshire Stamford ware and petrographic and ICP analyses were undertaken to see if there are differences in the clays that were used in the respective industries. A geological review of the potential clay sources in the Pontefract area has revealed that there are sources which could have been exploited, although there is no evidence for this in the medieval period. Comparison of the pottery forms and decoration found at Pontefract reveal many similarities with those from the Stamford potteries, although unique to Pontefract was the liberal use of wheel stamp decoration. The results of the project clearly indicate that if potters with the Stamford ware repertoire relocated to Pontefract and manufactured pottery for a time. The apparent absence of the kiln's products in the wider archaeological record, especially the material with a wheel stamp decoration, is puzzling and could indicate a very short-term operation that never achieved a wide market. The scientific dating of this event is potentially contentious as it would appear to demand a reappraisal of the chronology of the Stamford ware industry.
DOI: 10.5284/1012483
title: Whitley Castle Geophysics Survey

description: 36ha geomagnetic survey and 8ha of resistance survey over one of the best preserved Roman forts in Britain, and its immediate surroundings. Evidence for extra-mural settlement, remodelling of the defences and other structures, possible earlier features, medieval and post-medieval features.
DOI: 10.5284/1012485
title: Essex Seaside Resort Project

description: The Seaside Heritage Project (funded by Essex County Council, English Heritage, Tendring District Council, Colchester Borough Council and Southend Unitary Authority) is a series of reports whose purpose is to examine, explore and explain the growth and consolidation of Essex coastal resorts and to outline recommendations for the future conservation of its distinct character zones and many historic buildings and structures of significance.
DOI: 10.5284/1012486
title: Gill Mill Quarry, Oxfordshire

description: A programme of archaeological examination at Gill Mill gravel quarry near Witney, Oxfordshire, commenced in 1988 and is still ongoing, the work falling into Phase 1, DUGM and Phase 2, SLGM, undertaken under different planning conditions. The present assessment report considers the archaeological record for both phases of work The significance of the site lies in two main aspects: the scale of examination and the character of the archaeological features revealed. The Phase 1 works have covered a total of c 68 ha, while in Phase 2 some 35 ha have been examined to date. The earliest significant features revealed belong to the middle Iron Age - with four small discrete clusters of features, three of which may represent occupation, perhaps seasonal in nature. Limited late Iron Age-early Roman activity lay adjacent to one of these foci. A totally new nucleated settlement was established in the valley bottom in the early 2nd century AD. Covering at least 10 hectares (the central part of which lies beneath the present Gill Mill House). The settlement was laid out around paved roads running across and along the valley. The settlement plan was characterised by ditched enclosures containing a variety of structural and other evidence. In total parts of four stone buildings have been revealed (two totally excavated), although other structures are less easily identified. Rare high status structural elements are suggested by small quantities of flue tile and tesserae. Large numbers of pits are present in parts of the site, and waterlogged or partly waterlogged material has survived in some of these. Cremation and inhumation burials are mainly scattered around the margin of the settlement; amongst these a mid 2nd-century inhumation within a wooden chamber beneath a ditched mound is of exceptional importance for the region.
DOI: 10.5284/1012487
title: Identification and quantification of archaeological projects arising from aggregate extraction in Hampshire, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex

description: The project aimed to identify and quantify past archaeological investigations arising from hard and soft aggregates extraction in the counties of Hampshire, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex, which currently have incomplete or inappropriately low levels of dissemination. The study provides a basis for a future strategy to improve and widen public dissemination of the results of such investigations, including the deposition of data into a publicly accessible research archive. The study was conducted through the comprehensive review of all relevant archaeological journals, newsletters and other publications, along with a trawl of archaeological datasets including the Museum of London Archaeology database of past investigations and each county's Historic Environment Record (including Chichester Historic Environment Record). A total of 152 projects have been identified with 68 in Hampshire, 48 in Surrey, 3 in East Sussex and 33 in West Sussex. The project has revealed that Surrey currently has the highest level of fully disseminated projects (52.1%), followed by Hampshire at %0%, East Sussex at 33.3% and West Sussex at 21.9%. The report has identified however that five of these projects (two in Hampshire, two in Surrey and one in West Sussex are known to be actively progressing towards the publication of their results.
DOI: 10.5284/1011897
title: Bibliography of the Vernacular Architecture Group

description: The Vernacular Architecture Group has been periodically publishing a bibliography since 1972. Volumes III and IV (1992 and 1999 respectively) were compiled digitally and submitted to the Archaeology Data Service for archiving and dissemination. These records have been compiled into an on-line database which may be browsed or searched by keyword, author and location.
DOI: 10.5441/001/1.2sr7mm39/1
title: HomingPigeonsOlfaction-Version2

description: Gagliardo A, Ioalè P, Filannino C, Wikelski M (2012) Homing pigeons only navigate in air with intact environmental odours: a test of the olfactory activation hypothesis with GPS data loggers. PLoS ONE 6(8): e22385. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022385
description: A large body of evidence has shown that anosmic pigeons are impaired in their navigation. However, the role of odours in navigation is still subject to debate. While according to the olfactory navigation hypothesis homing pigeons possess a navigational map based on the distribution of environmental odours, the olfactory activation hypothesis proposes that odour perception is only needed to activate a navigational mechanism based on cues of another nature. Here we tested experimentally whether the perception of artificial odours is sufficient to allow pigeons to navigate, as expected from the olfactory activation hypothesis. We transported three groups of pigeons in air-tight containers to release sites 53 and 61 km from home in three different olfactory conditions. The Control group received natural environmental air; both the Pure Air and the Artificial Odour groups received pure air filtered through an active charcoal filter. Only the Artificial Odour group received additional puffs of artificial odours until release. We then released pigeons while recording their tracks with 1 Hz GPS data loggers. We also followed non-homing pigeons using an aerial data readout to a Cessna plane, allowing, for the first time, the tracking of non-homing homing pigeons. Within the first hour after release, the pigeons in both the Artificial Odour and the Pure Air group (receiving no environmental odours) showed impaired navigational performances at each release site. Our data provide evidence against an activation role of odours in navigation, and document that pigeons only navigate well when they perceive environmental odours.
DOI: 10.5441/001/1.2sr7mm39/2
title: HomingPigeonsOlfaction-Version2-metadata

description: Gagliardo A, Ioalè P, Filannino C, Wikelski M (2012) Homing pigeons only navigate in air with intact environmental odours: a test of the olfactory activation hypothesis with GPS data loggers. PLoS ONE 6(8): e22385. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0022385
description: A large body of evidence has shown that anosmic pigeons are impaired in their navigation. However, the role of odours in navigation is still subject to debate. While according to the olfactory navigation hypothesis homing pigeons possess a navigational map based on the distribution of environmental odours, the olfactory activation hypothesis proposes that odour perception is only needed to activate a navigational mechanism based on cues of another nature. Here we tested experimentally whether the perception of artificial odours is sufficient to allow pigeons to navigate, as expected from the olfactory activation hypothesis. We transported three groups of pigeons in air-tight containers to release sites 53 and 61 km from home in three different olfactory conditions. The Control group received natural environmental air; both the Pure Air and the Artificial Odour groups received pure air filtered through an active charcoal filter. Only the Artificial Odour group received additional puffs of artificial odours until release. We then released pigeons while recording their tracks with 1 Hz GPS data loggers. We also followed non-homing pigeons using an aerial data readout to a Cessna plane, allowing, for the first time, the tracking of non-homing homing pigeons. Within the first hour after release, the pigeons in both the Artificial Odour and the Pure Air group (receiving no environmental odours) showed impaired navigational performances at each release site. Our data provide evidence against an activation role of odours in navigation, and document that pigeons only navigate well when they perceive environmental odours.
DOI: 10.5284/1012712
title: Managing Landscape Change: A multi-disciplinary approach to future mineral extraction in North Yorkshire

description: The Managing Landscape Change Project was commissioned by North Yorkshire County Council and carried out by Capita Symonds Ltd working with Oxford Archaeology North between April 2011 and April 2012. The work was funded through the English Heritage National Heritage Protection Commissions Programme, with a contribution from the County Council. North Yorkshire is a rich area for mineral resources, containing resources of sand and gravel, crushed rock aggregates, particularly limestone and to a lesser extent sandstone, clay, chalk, and silica sand. As minerals can only be worked where they are found, and as this may be in environmentally-sensitive or designated landscape areas, the need to manage impacts to an acceptable minimum in the planning and operating of extraction sites is a high priority. North Yorkshire County Council, as the mineral planning authority, is currently engaged in preparing its Minerals and Waste Development Framework (MWDF) to cover the period to 2030. Broader in scope than the archaeological resource assessment of aggregate area projects which have been undertaken in some other local authority areas through ALSF funding, this was a multi-disciplinary project seeking to assess environmental character and capacity for areas of surface mineral resource potential, covering historic environment as well as biodiversity and landscape issues, to inform the preparation of the North Yorkshire Minerals Core Strategy. The project area includes all of the areas of surface mineral resource potential (ASMRP) within North Yorkshire, excluding urban areas, the two national parks (Yorkshire Dales and North York Moors) and the City of York Council area. These surface mineral resources include sands and gravels, crushed rock, clay, silica sand and building stone. Deeper sub-surface resources, such as gas and coal, were not studied.
DOI: 10.5441/001/1.62r58302/1
title: Toucan

description: Kays R, Jansen PA, Knecht EMH, Vohwinkel R, Wikelski R (2011) The effect of feeding time on dispersal of Virola seeds by toucans determined from GPS tracking and accelerometers. Acta Oecologica v. 37, i. 6, p. 625-631. doi:10.1016/j.actao.2011.06.007
description: Seed dispersal is critical to understanding forest dynamics but is hard to study because tracking seeds is difficult. Even for the best-studied dispersal system of the Neotropics, Virola nobilis, the dispersal kernel remains unknown. We combined high-resolution GPS/3D-acceleration bird tracking, seed-retention experiments, and field observations to quantify dispersal of V. nobilis by their principal dispersers, Ramphastos toucans. We inferred feeding events from movement data, and then estimated spatio-temporally explicit seed-dispersal kernels. Wild toucans moved an average of 1.8 km d−1 with two distinct activity peaks. Seed retention time in captive toucans averaged 25.5 min (range 4–98 min). Estimated seed dispersal distance averaged 144 ± 147 m, with a 56% likelihood of dispersal &gt;100 m, two times further than the behaviour-naive estimate from the same data. Dispersal was furthest for seeds ingested in the morning, and increased with seed retention time, but only up to 60 min after feeding. Our study supports the long-standing hypothesis that toucans are excellent dispersers of Virola seeds. To maximize seed dispersal distances trees should ripen fruit in the morning when birds move the most, and produce fruits with gut-processing times around 60 min. Our study demonstrates how new tracking technology can yield nuanced seed dispersal kernels for animals that cannot be directly observed.
DOI: 10.5443/11408
title: Canada's Three Oceans (C3O)

description: The Canada¿s Three Ocean¿s project is designed to take a snapshot of all three of the oceans surrounding Canada in 2007 and 2008. In doing this, we will evaluate the connections among the Arctic, Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, provide a baseline of biological, chemical and physical measurements of the ocean environment and leave a legacy that can be used as the basis for long term monitoring of our oceans. In 2008, following the success of the 2007 season, two Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers left their home ports on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts carrying scientists who observed the environment around them by measuring a wide range of properties, from the numbers and type of seabirds, to the plankton in the water, the nutrients in the seawater to the physical and chemical properties of seawater that tell the story of the water¿s current movement and past history. By the time they crossed paths in the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, 14000km of ocean from Victoria to Halifax through the Northwest Passage had been observed in one season. Researchers from government and universities, students at all levels from high school and up, writers, photographers, and technicians both experienced and in training participated in this project. Once home from sea they have been analysing, processing and plotting their results which together with the results from 2007 give two single season snapshots of Canada¿s surrounding oceans.
description: Purpose: Canada is surrounded by one ocean continuum, extending from the subarctic North Pacific through the Arctic Ocean and out into the subarctic North Atlantic via Baffin Bay and the Labrador Sea. An integrated view of the high-latitudes and climate requires a new perspective that links the Arctic and its adjacent oceans (Pacific and Atlantic) in an interdisciplinary manner (e.g. climate, physical habitat, ecology). The Canada¿ Three Oceans project (C3O) involves the incremental addition (at modest cost) of federally-coordinated observational programs (physics, chemistry and biology) to existing Canadian icebreaker missions that, in effect, encircle the entire coastline of sub-arctic and arctic North America (Canada) twice yearly. Indeed, Canada¿s surrounding oceans urgently require monitoring to allow effective governance and to fulfil commitments to international programs. C3O allows Canada to economically address priorities of international Arctic programmes.
description: Summary: Canada¿s three oceans are dynamically interconnected by various water masses, so to understand one ocean, you have to understand all three. This project was designed to take a physical, chemical and biological snapshot of all three oceans to evaluate connections, features and processes within the Canadian ocean environment. By making measurements of a wide range of properties, from numbers and types of seabirds to plankton and nutrients in the water to chemical and physical processes of the oceans, these voyages provide a history and baseline from which to begin long-term monitoring of Canada¿s oceans.
DOI: 10.5441/001/1.35fs26kq/1
title: Oilbirds

description: Holland RA, Wikelski M, Kuemmeth F, Bosque C (2012) The secret life of oilbirds: new insights into the movement ecology of a unique avian frugivore. PLoS ONE 4(12): e8264. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0008264
description: Background: Steatornis caripensis (the oilbird) is a very unusual bird. It supposedly never sees daylight, roosting in huge aggregations in caves during the day and bringing back fruit to the cave at night. As a consequence a large number of the seeds from the fruit they feed upon germinate in the cave and spoil. Methodology/Principal Findings: Here we use newly developed GPS/acceleration loggers with remote UHF readout to show that several assumptions about the behaviour of Steatornis caripensis need to be revised. On average, they spend only every 3rd day in a cave, individuals spent most days sitting quietly in trees in the rainforest where they regurgitate seeds. Conclusions/Significance: This provides new data on the extent of seed dispersal and the movement ecology of Steatornis caripensis. It suggests that Steatornis caripensis is perhaps the most important long-distance seed disperser in Neotropical forests. We also show that colony-living comes with high activity costs to individuals.