Turf worlds: Towards understanding an understudied building material in rural Iron Age architecture – some thoughts in a Scottish context

Tanja Romankiewicz

Turf worlds: Towards understanding an understudied building material in rural Iron Age architecture – some thoughts in a Scottish context

School of History, Classics and Archaeology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Abstract

This paper examines the archaeological evidence of the building material turf in a Scottish Iron Age context, discussing various direct and indirect methods for the detection and study of turf architecture.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Rural Settlement
Subtitle of host publication	Relating Buildings, Landscape and People in the European Iron Age
Editors	Dave Cowley, Manuel Fernandez-Gotz, Tanja Romankiewicz, Holger Wendling
Place of Publication	Leiden
Publisher	Sidestone Press
Chapter	12
ISBN (Print)	9789088908187, 9789088908194
Publication status	Published - 27 Nov 2019

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https://www.sidestone.com/permlink/9789088908187

1 Active
3 Finished

GRASSROOTS (EFI)
Romankiewicz, T.
1/08/21 → 31/07/22
Project: University Awarded Project Funding
Building Ancient Lives: new perspectives on the past for a sustainable future
Romankiewicz, T.
UK-based charities
1/05/15 → 30/04/18
Project: Research
Northeast Scotland Roundhouse Research Project (NERRP)
Romankiewicz, T.
UK-based charities
1/05/15 → 31/10/15
Project: Research

1 Book

Rural Settlement: Relating buildings, landscape and people in the European Iron Age
Cowley, D. (ed.), Fernandez-Gotz, M. (ed.), Romankiewicz, T. (ed.) & Wendling, H. (ed.), 27 Nov 2019, Leiden: Sidestone Press. 240 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access

2 Invited talk
1 Participation in conference

Zur Dynamik prähistorischer Architektur: Neue Konzepte zum Hausbau im Nordwesten Europas in der Bronze- und Eisenzeit
Tanja Romankiewicz (Invited speaker)
23 Apr 2019
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Zur Dynamik in prähistorischer Architektur. Hausbau von Wessex zu den Western Isles, von Friesland nach Fünen
Tanja Romankiewicz (Invited speaker)
13 Jun 2018
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Rural Settlement - Relating Buildings, Landscape, and People in the European Iron Age
Tanja Romankiewicz (Organiser)
19 Jun 2017 → 21 Jun 2017
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

Cite this

Romankiewicz, T. (2019). Turf worlds: Towards understanding an understudied building material in rural Iron Age architecture – some thoughts in a Scottish context. In D. Cowley, M. Fernandez-Gotz, T. Romankiewicz, & H. Wendling (Eds.), Rural Settlement : Relating Buildings, Landscape and People in the European Iron Age Sidestone Press. https://www.sidestone.com/permlink/9789088908187

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Turf worlds : Towards understanding an understudied building material in rural Iron Age architecture – some thoughts in a Scottish context. / Romankiewicz, Tanja.

Rural Settlement : Relating Buildings, Landscape and People in the European Iron Age. ed. / Dave Cowley; Manuel Fernandez-Gotz; Tanja Romankiewicz; Holger Wendling. Leiden : Sidestone Press, 2019.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

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Turf worlds: Towards understanding an understudied building material in rural Iron Age architecture – some thoughts in a Scottish context

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Projects

GRASSROOTS (EFI)

Building Ancient Lives: new perspectives on the past for a sustainable future

Northeast Scotland Roundhouse Research Project (NERRP)

Research output

Rural Settlement: Relating buildings, landscape and people in the European Iron Age

Activities

Zur Dynamik prähistorischer Architektur: Neue Konzepte zum Hausbau im Nordwesten Europas in der Bronze- und Eisenzeit

Zur Dynamik in prähistorischer Architektur. Hausbau von Wessex zu den Western Isles, von Friesland nach Fünen

Rural Settlement - Relating Buildings, Landscape, and People in the European Iron Age

Cite this