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The role of shallow banks and marine ice domes in marine-based ice sheet deglaciation

2025 - Accepted/In press

Kurjanski, B., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B.

Boreas

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.70012

How many ways are there to measure a tree? – An experiment in cross-disciplinarity

2025

Ambreen, S., Badwan, K., Carr, S., Cooper, D., Curtis, E., Davenport, I., Hackett, A., Lawrence, P., Lines, E., Kraftl, P., David, N., Pahl, K., Pool, S., Nunn, C., Rowntree, J., Schofield, J., Siebers, J., Vergunst, J.

Research for All, vol. 9, no. 1

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.09.1.04

A longer story about three tents

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Circumpolar Imaginaries

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

The Icelandic Turf House as Skin: Archive, Anarchy, and Heritage

2025

Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.

Objects in the Archives: Modern Material Culture and Heritage in the North. Mímisson, K., Ólafsson, D. (eds.). Routledge, pp. 100-117, 18 pages

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003350293-11
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/25165/1/Arnason_etHafsteinsson_OitA_Icelandic_Turf_House_VOR.pdf
Additional Links: https://www.routledge.com/Objects-in-the-Archives-Modern-Material-Culture-and-Heritage-in-the-North/Mimisson-Olafsson/p/book/9781032395586; View publication in Scopus; https://abdn.elsevierpure.com/en/publications/24c93391-bc3e-4f03-b404-d54e1aeb5501

Exploring the effects of post-medieval crofting on the modern hillside ecosystem: Vegetation history as cultural legacy

2025

Smith, L., Oliver, J., Plunkett, G., Britton, K., Schofield, J.

Cultural Landscapes of North-east Scotland: Collaborative Research in History and Archaeology. Shepherd, C. (ed.). Oxbow Books, pp. 147-159, 14 pages

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.24613924.17
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/25042/1/Smith_etal_Exploring_The_Effects_VoR.pdf

"Nuisance" Bears in Eastern Siberia: Arctic Food Sovereignty

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Arctic Artisanal Whaling

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Glacier speed-up as a possible precursor to volcanic eruptions at Mount Veniaminof, Alaska

2025 - E-pub ahead of print

Dieter Martin, M., Barr, I. D., Edwards, B., Spagnolo, M., Symeonakis, E., Mallalieu, J., Adamson, K., Mullan, D., Van Wyk de Vries, M.

Journal of Glaciology

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.107
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Indigenous and Local Whaling in the Circumpolar Arctic

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Narrative Objects: Museums, the Sakha Summer Festival, and Cultural Revival in Siberia

2025

Argounova-Low, T. I., Brown, A. K.

Routledge, Abingdon. 264 pages

Books and Reports: Books

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429456398
Additional Links: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/10.4324/9780429456398/narrative-objects-tatiana-argounova-low-alison-brown

Spatial and temporal variations in 94 GHz radar backscatter from a springtime snowpack

2025

Harcourt, W. D., Robertson, D. A., Macfarlane, D. G., Rea, B., James, M., Diggins, M., Fyffe, B.

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observation and Remote Sensing, vol. 18, pp. 3611-3624

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1109/JSTARS.2024.3522583
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/25023/1/Harcourt_etal_IJSTAEORS_Spatial_Temporal_Variations_VOR.pdf

Life, Death and Environment at Lagore Crannog: parasites, land-use and a royal residence in later prehistoric and early medieval Ireland

2024

Jones, S., Gleeson, P., López-Costas, O., Martínez Cortizas, A., Mighall, T., Noble, G.

Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 172, 106105

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2024.106105
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24531/1/Jones_etal_JAS_LIde_Death_And_VoR.pdf

Proxies and Partial Connections in an Anthropologist’s Archive

2024 - Accepted/In press

Arzyutov, D., Anderson, D. G.

British Journal for the History of Science

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007087424000815

The missing woodland story: implications of 1700 years of stand-scale change on ‘naturalness’ and managing remnant broadleaved woodlands

2024 - E-pub ahead of print

Everard, A., Schofield, J. E., Mighall, T., Timpany, S., Plunkett, G.

People and Nature

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10752

Proximity to active volcanoes enhances glacier velocity

2024

Mallalieu, J., Barr, I. D., Spagnolo, M., Mullan, D. J., Symeonakisa, E., Edwards, B. R., Martin, M. D.

Communications Earth & Environment, vol. 5, 679

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01826-5
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/25123/1/Mallalieu_etal_CEE_Proximity_To_Active_VOR.pdf

The terrestrial and spiritual imaginaries of Siberian entitlements of place

2024 - Accepted/In press

Anderson, D. G.

Anthropology of Siberia in the Making: Openings and closures from the 1840s to the present. Habeck, O., Vaté, V. (eds.). Lit Verlag

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

Why does funeral attendance matter?: Revisiting 'Configurational Eulogies' in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK

2024

Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Locock, L., Crozier, R., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A.

Mortality, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 706-727

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2023.2225029
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21881/2/Riley_etal_M_Why_Does_Funeral_AAM.pdf; http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21881/1/Riley_etal_M_Why_Does_Funeral_VoR.pdf
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From Mammoth to Miniature: 'Model of a Summer Encampment of the Yakuts' as a Narrative Object

2024 - Accepted/In press

Brown, A. K.

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, vol. 32, no. 1

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Morphometric analysis of cirques on the Iberian Peninsula provides insights into climate during past glaciations

2024

Pellitero, R., Barr, I., Spagnolo, M., Tomkins, M.

Geomorphology, vol. 461, 109318

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109318
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24109/1/Pellitero_etal_G_Morphometric_analysis_cirques_VOR.pdf
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The deglacial history of 79N glacier and the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream

2024

Roberts, D. h., Lane, T. p., Jones, R. s., Bentley, M. j., Darvill, C. m., Rodes, A., Smith, J. a., Jamieson, S. s., Rea, B. r., Fabel, D., Gheorghiu, D., Davidson, A., Cofaigh, C. �., Lloyd, J. m., Callard, S. l., Humbert, A.

Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 336, 108770

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108770
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23725/2/Roberts_etal_QSR_The_Deglacial_History_VoR.pdf

Forest Nene͡ts Roads: Indigenous Mobilities at the Edge of Extractivism

2024

Volzhanina, E., Anderson, D. G.

Weather Matters

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Online: https://www.weathermatters.net/volzhanina-and-anderson
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23922/1/Volzhanina_etal_Forest_Nenet_s_Roads_AAM.pdf

Editorial

2024

Brown, A., McCarthy, C.

Museum Worlds, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. vii-ix

Contributions to Journals: Editorials

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3167/armw.2024.120101
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/25298/1/McCarthy_etal_MW_E_VoR.pdf

Magmatic Memories:: Eldfell, 1973

2024

Meara, R. H., Arnason, A., Elias, O. H., Hallbergsdóttir, H., Hafsteinsson, S. B.

Volcanica, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 361-403

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.30909/vol.07.01.361403
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23833/1/Meara_etal_V_Magmatic_Memories_VOR.pdf

72. Loch Doon IV, Galloway Hills (Scotland)

2024

Edwards, K. J., Newell, P. J., Schofield, J. E.

Grana, vol. 63, no. 2, pp. 188-191

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2024.2348653
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/24050/1/Edwards_etal_G_72_Loch_Doon_VOR.pdf
Additional Links: View publication in Scopus

Geomorphological signature of topographically controlled ice flow-switching at a glacier margin: Breiðamerkurjökull (Iceland) as a modern analogue for palaeo-ice sheets

2024

Lally, A., Ruffell, A., Newton, A. M., Rea, B. R., Spagnolo, M., Storrar, R. D., Kahlert, T., Graham, C.

Geomorphology, vol. 454, 109184

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109184
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23187/2/Lally_etal_G_Geomorphological_Signature_Of_VoR.pdf

Convivial relations in the North: Reflections on Food Sovereignty

2024

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences: Papers

Fishing for pearls, restoring a presence: Nawken perspectives on a banned practice.

2024

Wishart, R., Donaldson, D.

Contributions to Conferences

Noggins Lellum:: The inter-relations between Nawken food harvesting and belonging

2024

Wishart, R., Donaldson, D.

Contributions to Conferences

Additional Links: https://www.eventsforce.net/apriilcongress/frontend/reg/absViewDocumentFE.csp?popup=1&documentID=1537&eventID=57

Revitalizing Crabgrass Collective:: Traditions and Trajectories

2024

Wishart, R.

Contributions to Conferences

Responses of small mountain glaciers in the Maritime Alps (south-western European Alps) to climatic changes during the Last Glacial Maximum

2024

Rettig, L., Kamleitner, S., Mozzi, P., Ribolini, A., Ivy-Ochs, S., Rea, B., Monegato, G., Christl, M., Spagnolo, M.

Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 325, 108484

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2023.108484
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22727/1/Rettig_etal_QSR_Responses_of_Small_VOR.pdf

ACME2: An Extended Toolbox for Automated Cirque Metrics Extraction

2024

Liu, Y., Evans, I. S., Spagnolo, M., Pellitero, R., Barr, I. D., Ely, J. C.

Geomorphology, vol. 445, 108982

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108982
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23326/1/Li_etal_G_ACME2_An_Extended_AAM.pdf

Cirques in the Transantarctic Mountains reveal controls on glacier formation and landscape evolution

2024

Barr, I. D., Spagnolo, M., Tomkins, M. D.

Geomorphology, vol. 445, 108970

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2023.108970
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/23795/1/Barr_etal_G_Cirques_Transantarctic_Mountains_VOR.pdf

Transnationalism and Rituals of Commensiality

2024

Anderson, D. G.

Academia Across the Borders. Melnikova, E., Vasilyeva, Z. (eds.). Verlag der Kulturstiftung Sibirien, pp. 17-20, 4 pages

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

Fractal Conversations

2024

Anderson, D. G.

A Fractured North – Journeys on Hold. Kasten, E., Krupnik, I., Fondahl, G. (eds.). SEC Publication, pp. 195-210, 16 pages

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

Hybrid funerals: how online attendance facilitates and impedes participation

2024

Riley, J., Entwistle, V., Arnason, A., Locock, L., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A., Crozier, R.

Mortality, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 593-611

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2023.2201421
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21879/2/Riley_etal_M_Hybrid_Funerals_How_VoR.pdf
Additional Links: View publication in Scopus

Icy thermometers: quantifying the impact of volcanic heat on glacier elevation

2023

Howcutt, S., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B., Jaszewski, J. L., Barr, I. D., Coppola, D., de Siena, L., Girona, T., Gomez-Patron, A., Mullan, D., Pritchard, M. E.

Geology, vol. 51, no. 12, pp. 1143-1147

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1130/G51411.1
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21493/2/Howcutt_etal_G_Iey_Thermometers_Quantifying_VOR.pdf

Sensing the Life of Material: Mammoth Ivory and Craftsmen's Work

2023

Argounova-Low, T.

Sibirica, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 1-21

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.3167/SIB.2023.220301
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22776/1/Argounova-low_S_Sensing_the_Life_VOR.pdf
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Convivial Relations in the North: Reflections on Sentient Relationships and Food Sovereignty

2023

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22653/1/Convivial_relations_in_the_North.pptx
Additional Links: https://www.isek.uzh.ch/en/anthropology/events/ethnologiekolloquium.html

The politics of submerged heritage: Underground worlds on the Iamal Peninsula (Siberia) and beyond

2023

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Additional Links: https://www.mun.ca/archaeology/research/heritage-explorations-working-group/

Discussant: 5-255 The Good Way, the Good People: Reflecting on (Forgotten) People, Histories, Relationships, Places and Methods

2023

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Online: https://ww3.aievolution.com/aaacasca/index.cfm?do=abs.viewAbs&abs=3171
Additional Links: https://histanthro.org/news/announcements/history-of-anthropology-panels-at-aaa-2023/; https://openanthroresearch.org/index.php/oarr/preprint/view/395/667

Nawken Food Sovereignty: Restoring a recognised presence through collaborative research

2023

Wishart, R., Anderson, D. G., Donaldson, D.

Contributions to Conferences

Online: https://openanthroresearch.org/index.php/oarr/preprint/view/395/667
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94 GHz Radar Backscatter Characteristics of Alpine Glacier Ice

2023

Harcourt, W. D., Robertson, D. A., Macfarlane, D. G., Rea, B. R., Spagnolo, M.

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 50, no. 21, e2023GL104721

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104721
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22113/1/Harcourt_etal_AGU_94_GHz_Radar_VoR.pdf

Substantial light woodland and open vegetation characterized the temperate forest biome before Homo sapiens

2023

Pearce, E. A., Mazier, F., Normand, S., Fyfe, R., Andrieu, V., Bakels, C., Balwierz, Z., Bińka, K., Boreham, S., Borisova, O. K., Brostrom, A., de Beaulieu, J., Gao, C., González-Sampériz, P., Granoszewski, W., Hrynowiecka, A., Kołaczek, P., Kuneš, P., Magri, D., Malkiewicz, M., Mighall, T., Milner, A. M., Möller, P., Nita, M., Noryśkiewicz, B., Pidek, I. A., Reille, M., Robertsson, A., Salonen, J. S., Schläfli, P., Schokker, J., Scussolini, P., Šeirienė, V., Strahl, J., Urban, B., Winter, H., Svenning, J.

Science Advances, vol. 9, no. 45, pp. 1-14

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adi9135
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/22196/1/Pearce_etal_SA_Substantial_Light_Woodland_VoR.pdf

The evolution and preservation potential of englacial eskers: an example from Breiðamerkurjökull, SE Iceland

2023

Lally, A., Ruffell, A., Newton, A., Rea, B., Kahlert, T., Storrar, R., Spagnolo, M., Graham, C., Coleman, M.

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 48, no. 14, pp. 2864-2883

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.5664
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21663/2/Lally_etal_ESPL_The_Evolution_And_VOR.pdf

On Encountering and Holding Reindeer in a Convivial North

2025

Anderson, D. G.

The Benefits of the Cold and Domestication: A New Understanding of Human–Animal Partnerships for Thriving in Extreme Environments. Stammler, F., Takakura, H. (eds.). Routledge

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)

Glaciers can give us clues about when a volcano might erupt

2023

Spagnolo, M., Rea, B., Barr, L.

The Conversation

Contributions to Specialist Publications: Articles

Exhibiting Ethnomusicology: Curation across Cultures and Disciplines

2023

Wilkins, F., Alge, B.

The Routledge Companion to Applied Musicology. Dromey, C. (ed.). Taylor and Francis Inc., pp. 84-97, 14 pages

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003042983-11
Additional Links: View publication in Scopus

Technology and Presence in a Museum of Trauma: Therapeutic Effects of Making Danger Real

2023

Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.

Museums and technologies of presence. Shehade, M., Stylianou, T. (eds.). 1st edition. Routledge, pp. 153-169, 17 pages

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003334316-11
Additional Links: View publication in Scopus; Book on publisher website

Care in Funerals Casebook

2023

Entwistle, V., Riley, J., Arnason, A., Kefford, P., Crozier, R., Locock, L., Maccagno, P., Pattenden, A., Pusey, L., Thornton, E., Allana, S., Munro, H., Omer, M., Prinja, N., Suwalowska, H., Voo, T. C., Bickerton, R.

University of Aberdeen (Website).

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