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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 mineral magnetism to characterise ironworking and to detect its evidence in peat bogs

    Mighall, T. M., Foster, I. D. L., Crew, P., Chapman, A. S., Finn, A.
    Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 36, no. 1, pp. 130-139
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Vegetation change during the Mesolithic and Neolithic on the Mizen Peninsula, Co. Cork, south-west Ireland

    Mighall, T. M., Timpany, S., Blackford, J. J., Innes, J. B., O'Brien, C. E., O'Brien, W., Harrison, S.
    Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 617-628
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Post-european settlement impacts on erosion and land degradation; A case study using farm reservoir sedimentation in the eastern cape, South Africa

    Rowntree, K., Foster, I., Mighall, T., Dupreez, L., Boardman, J.
    Contributions to Journals: Conference Articles

  • Climate-driven enrichment of pollutants in peatlands

    Cortizas, A. M., Biester, H., Mighall, T., Bindler, R.
    Biogeosciences, vol. 4, no. 5, pp. 905-911
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Holocene relative sea level changes in a glacio-isostatic area: New data from south-west Scotland, United Kingdom

    Smith, D. E., Cullingford, R. A., Mighall, T. M., Jordan, J. T., Fretwell, P. T.
    Marine Geology, vol. 242, no. 1-3, pp. 5-26
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Proxy climate and vegetation changes during the last five millennia in NW Iberia. Pollen and non pollen palynomorph data from two ombrotrophic peat bogs in the North Western Iberian Peninsula.

    Mighall, T. M., Martinez Cortizas, A., Biester, H., Turner, S. E.
    Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, vol. 141, pp. 203-223
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Post-depositional Cs-137 mobility in the sediments of three shallow coastal lagoons, SW England

    Foster, I. D. L., Mighall, T. M., Proffitt, H., Walling, D. E., Owens, P. N.
    Journal of Paleolimnology, vol. 35, no. 4, pp. 881-895
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effect of sediment source changes on pollen records in Lake Sediments

    Pittam, N. J., Mighall, T. M., Foster, I. D.
    The Interactions Between Sediments and Water. Kronvang, B., Faganeli, J., Ogrinc, N. (eds.). Springer Netherlands, pp. 313-319, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • 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
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