Publications | The School of Social Science | The University of Aberdeen

From stand-scale palaeoecology to the conservation of old-growth ‘ancient’ woodland

2025

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

Ecological Indicators, vol. 181, 114385

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.114385
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/af4b2ac2-59bd-4c3e-b4f5-41f753220089/download

Comment on ‘For an inviting anthropology’ by Criado, Martínez, and Berglund

2025 - Accepted/In press

Ingold, T.

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.70030

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

2025

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

Boreas, vol. 54, no. 4, pp. 649-671

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/bor.70012
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/402a75b1-ba8f-4f1b-8367-2313549bd6b1/download

Sexual Harassment and Legacy Forum: Privilege, Power, and Accountability

2025

McKean, T.

Journal of American Folklore, vol. 138, no. 547, pp. 88-90

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5406/15351882.138.547.11
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/d369c45e-29f6-4ae2-921f-3376be0025f5/download
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The Cree Fiddlers of James Bay: Musical Traditions from the Fur Trade

2025

Wilkins, F.

Non-textual Forms: Exhibitions

Additional Links: https://www.skyebridgestudios123.com/events/exhibitions; https://www.franceswilkins.com/events/event-four-hx22f-t4rl4

The Paso Anomaly: shallow gas contained within Lower Pleistocene glaciogenic deposits in the Central North Sea

2025

McLoughlin, J. P., Archer, S. G., Swan, A., Kurjanski, B., Buckley, F., Rea, B. R., Spagnolo, M., Burchell, M.

Petroleum Geoscience, vol. 31, no. 3, petgeo2024-073

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1144/petgeo2024-073
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Volcanoes stunt nearby glaciers

2025

Unnsteinsson, T., Spagnolo, M., Rea, B. R., Girona, T., Barr, I., Mullan, D.

Nature Communications, vol. 16, 8099

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-63332-2
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From Mammoth to Miniature: 'Model of a Summer Encampment of the Yakuts' as a Narrative Object

2025 - E-pub ahead of print

Brown, A. K.

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9655.14289
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The Importance of Burnt Mound Sites as an Anthracological Resource for Understanding Prehistoric Woodland Exploitation

2025 - E-pub ahead of print

Sutton, B., Timpany, S., O’Donnell, L., Mighall, T., Haston, S. J.

Environmental Archaeology

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2025.2522538
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Learning with trees and young people in north east Scotland

2025

Curtis, E., Schofield, J., Vergunst, J.

Beyond Perception: Correspondences with the Work of Tim Ingold. Gatt, C., Loovers, J. P. L. (eds.). 1st edition. Taylor & Francis, pp. 165-179, 15 pages

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

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003343134-12
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The Evolution of a Cree Fiddle Tradition in James Bay, Canada: with roots in the Hudson’s Bay Company

2025

Wilkins, F.

Contributions to Conferences: Papers

Additional Links: https://outerhebridesheritage.org.uk/event/saoghal-mor-farsaing-day-1/

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, 20 pages

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

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780367467401

Introduction: On having and not having an identity

2025

Arnason, A., Hafsteinsson, S. B.

Social Identities , vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 139-147

Contributions to Journals: Special Issues

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2024.2325092

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

2025

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

Research for All, vol. 9, no. 1, 4

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.14324/RFA.09.1.04
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4d967eb4-7c11-4ad4-b475-3c98afcc37c8/download

A longer story about three tents

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Additional Links: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24188/

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
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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
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"Nuisance" Bears in Eastern Siberia: Arctic Food Sovereignty

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Additional Links: https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24147/

Arctic Artisanal Whaling

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

Indigenous and Local Whaling in the Circumpolar Arctic

2025

Anderson, D. G.

Contributions to Conferences

81. Loch Doon, Galloway Hills (Scotland)

2025

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

Grana, vol. 64, no. 2-3, pp. 143-146

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Online: https://data.neotomadb.org/61991
Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/00173134.2025.2548212
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A time-series of evolving glacial geomorphology for Esjufjallajökull (Breiðamerkurjökull), southeast Iceland

2025

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

Journal of Maps, vol. 21, no. 1, 2480798

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2025.2480798
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/c9dcde18-1abf-4d75-8b64-6afdb23071cc/download
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Frances Wilkins: Musician - Ethnomusicologist

2025

Wilkins, F.

Non-textual Forms: Web Publications and Websites

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

2025

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, vol. 71, e20

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1017/jog.2024.107
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/4c2749b7-9f56-41e9-8a26-196b81906e8e/download
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Narrative Objects: Museums, the Sakha Summer Festival, and Cultural Revival in Siberia

2025

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

Routledge, Abingdon. 226 pages

Books and Reports: Books

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

Review: Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved Hymn

2025

Wilkins, F.

Folk Music Journal, vol. 12, no. 5

Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles

Additional Links: Journal issue table of contents

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
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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/bitstreams/45a6969e-05e3-4f75-b81a-16394971107d/download

Proxies and Partial Connections in an Anthropologist’s Archive

2024

Arzyutov, D., Anderson, D. G.

British Journal for the History of Science, vol. 57, no. 3, pp. 389-405

Contributions to Journals: Articles

Digital Object Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0007087424000815
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/6e6f0c89-4b5f-4d9f-8656-f9a1e3c7895f/download

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/10.5285/60952512-b682-4bd6-a609-365f64944fda
Open Access: http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/6d49ee40-3576-4d6f-8935-1dbbad5cc3e2/download

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/bitstreams/263979d0-b95a-4414-9695-2f3201e98d4d/download

The terrestrial and spiritual imaginaries of Siberian entitlements of place

2025

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

Additional Links: https://lit-verlag.de/isbn/978-3-643-91611-2/

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/bitstreams/ae94daf0-3b46-43f5-8f74-07ad6793355d/download; http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstreams/9b6a7446-86f8-4095-8755-cccf9248c2a2/download
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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/bitstreams/cd0da78e-e512-46b1-8c5b-8024f7599e88/download
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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
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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/bitstreams/daebe6b2-5aa3-4e97-bf8c-d22246b00c00/download

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/bitstreams/1460a4bf-ccaa-4350-be88-c7dcd37799a5/download

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/bitstreams/9d46b0e5-9816-4db9-abf7-564270e9818d/download

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
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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
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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

TOBAR AN DUALCHAIS: Spiritual tradition of Gàidhealtachd’s female bards

2024

Wilkins, F.

Contributions to Specialist Publications

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
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Seinn Spioradail: Sacred Soundscapes of the Highlands and Islands

2025

Wilkins, F.

Non-textual Forms: Exhibitions

Additional Links: https://seinn.org/exhibition/

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
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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
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