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The Past Human and Environment Dynamics (PHED) Research and Enterprise Group brings together academics and PhD students working on key issues in Quaternary science, with a particular focus on geomorphology and archaeology. Our research is truly international in scope, including projects in the Arctic, North and South America, Africa, Southeast Asia and Europe.
Research within PHED falls under the following two themes: 1) Reconstruction of Past Environments, and 2) Humans in Ancient Landscapes. The first theme focusses on the reconstruction of past environments over timescales from millions of years to the recent past, providing fundamental understanding of past environmental, climatic and landscape changes in for example, glacial, periglacial and dryland environments. The second theme focuses on the ways in which humans engaged with landscapes in the past, including for example, the origins of our species, palaeolithic human cannibalism, the extraction and use of raw materials (e.g. gold, tin, iron) during the Bronze-Iron Age, and the ritual significance early humans gave to rivers and other water bodies in the UK.
PHED’s research is multidisciplinary, seeking, sustaining and developing collaborative research and partnership opportunities both within the University and with individuals and organisations externally. External collaborations include, for example, the Botswana National Museum, Bournemouth University, British Geological Survey, British Antarctic Survey, Hedmark University College, Kings College London, Kola Science Centre (Russia), Loughborough University, National Museums of Tanzania, Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Queen Mary University of London, Queens University Belfast, Scott Polar Research Institute, University College London, University of Botswana, University of Cape Town, University of Dar es Salaam, University of Exeter, University of Florida, University of Hertfordshire, University of Johannesburg, University of Leeds, University of Liverpool, University of Montpelier, University of Nottingham, University of Oslo, University of Oxford, University of Pretoria, University of Sheffield, University of Southampton, University of Sussex, University of Tübingen, University of Wales Trinity St David, and University of the Witwatersrand.
The group shares a number of common methodological approaches, with particular expertise in sediment micromorphology, analysis of sediment and artefact geochemistry and 3D artefact modelling. Our facilities include a state-of-the-art image capture Leica microscope suite, and geochemical laboratories with facilities for the physical and chemical analysis of sediments and soils.
Contact Dr Lorna Linch, Group Lead on: l.linch@brighton.ac.uk for further information
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James Cole
- School of Applied Sciences - Principal Lecturer
- Past Human and Environment Dynamics Research and Enterprise Group
Person: Academic
Projects
- 9 Finished
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BLAST: Building Links in Ageing Science and Engagement (BLAST)
Faragher, R., Cox, L., McClure, C. D. & Hartley, R.
14/02/22 → 13/02/24
Project: Research Councils / Government Depts.
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Geochemical fingerprinting the sarsen stones at Stonehenge
Nash, D. & Ciborowski, J.
1/10/17 → 31/03/19
Project: Grant
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Local and exotic sources of sarsen debitage at Stonehenge revealed by geochemical provenancing
Ciborowski, J., Nash, D., Darvill, T., Chan, B., Parker Pearson, M., Pullen, R., Richards, C. & Anderson-Whymark, H., 26 Jan 2024, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 53, 24 p., 104406.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Younger Dryas and Early Holocene ice‐margin dynamics in northwest Russia
Boyes, B., Pearce, D., Linch, L. & Nash, D., 3 Mar 2024, In: Boreas. 53, 25 p., 12653.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new flood chronology for KwaZulu-Natal (1836-2022): The April 2022 Durban floods in historical context
Grab, S. & Nash, D., 10 Apr 2023, In: South African Geographical Journal. p. 1-22 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Geomorphology (Journal)
Laura Evenstar (Member of editorial board)
19 Mar 2019 → 19 Mar 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication Peer-review
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Drones for Heritage Communication andAudience Development: SEAHA PhD Studentship
Frauke Behrendt (Participant), Patricia Prieto Blanco (Participant) & Jaime Kaminski (Participant)
Dec 2018 → Sept 2022Activity: Events › Event