Otto,
Marijke van der Veen dealt with their in her 1992 publication Crop
Husbandry Regimes-An archaeobotanical study of farming in Northern
England 1000 BC - AD 500. Chapter 9, 101-111. She discusses the
various environmental and anthropogenic factors which favour certain
weeds under certain regimes, and importantly also discusses the
differing scientific approaches to interpreting the remains. The
attached work by Capper also contains useful discussion on weed
ecology, particularly the range of factors which might favour certain
species remains being preserved.
Also, Behre (1981. The interpretation of anthropogenic indicators in
pollen diagrams. Pollen et Spores, 23, 225-245) on the changing
pattern within pollen diagrams which might be driven by changes to
arable practice, specifically with the medieval mouldboard ploughing.
Gordon Hillman suggests the manner in which certain perennials thrive
under differing ploughing regimes in his 1981 paper (1981.
Reconstructing crop husbandry practices from charred remains in crops.
In: Mercer, R. Farming Practice in British Prehistory. Edinburgh
University press, 123-162).
Regards,
Don.
On 26 January 2016 at 14:09, Brinkkemper, Otto
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> Dear all,
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> I am pretty sure there are publications dealing with the presence or absence
> of perennial (root) weeds and the introduction of the turning plough
> replacing the ard, but I am unable to trace them. One or more references
> would be highly welcome to refresh my memory!
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> Many thanks in advance,
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> oTTo
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