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

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

Access to Document

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

4 Finished

GRASSROOTS (EFI)
Romankiewicz, T. (Principal Investigator)
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. (Principal Investigator)
UK-based charities
1/05/15 → 30/04/18
Project: Research
Northeast Scotland Roundhouse Research Project (NERRP)
Romankiewicz, T. (Principal Investigator)
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. (Editor), Fernandez-Gotz, M. (Editor), Romankiewicz, T. (Editor) & Wendling, H. (Editor), 27 Nov 2019, Leiden: Sidestone Press. 240 p.
Research output: Book/Report › Book

Open Access

5 Invited talk
1 Participation in conference
1 Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
1 Oral presentation

Circular Building – Circular Economies – Circular Ecologies: learning from Scottish Prehistoric Roundhouses
Romankiewicz, T. (Invited speaker)
8 Feb 2023
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Was vom Bauen übrig bleibt: Vergänglichkeit und Nachhaltigkeit im Bauen mit Rasensoden
Romankiewicz, T. (Invited speaker)
13 Dec 2022
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
Was vom Bauen übrig bleibt: Vergänglichkeit und Nachhaltigkeit im Bauen mit Rasensoden
Romankiewicz, T. (Invited speaker)
12 Dec 2022
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

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

Circular Building – Circular Economies – Circular Ecologies: learning from Scottish Prehistoric Roundhouses

Was vom Bauen übrig bleibt: Vergänglichkeit und Nachhaltigkeit im Bauen mit Rasensoden

Was vom Bauen übrig bleibt: Vergänglichkeit und Nachhaltigkeit im Bauen mit Rasensoden

Cite this