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Soils that surround ancient settlements hold forensic evidence of past societies: their activities are revealed through the retrieval of soil 'thin-sections' , visual manipulation and analysis. The resulting data connotes environmental change & human adaptation.

Exposure featured on the BBC website

'Ground-breaking: Scientific and Sonic Perceptions of environmental change in the African Sahel.' Leonardo. 42 (5). 2009 download pdf

 

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With thanks to the Research Councils UK, National Museum of Scotland, Tolbooth Gallery, Lyndsey Clark, Kirsteen Macdonald, Holger Kirscht, Gudrun Sveinbjarnardóttir and Bill Jamieson.
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