Professor Tony Brown

Professor of Physical Geography, Research Group Leader, Research Director of GeoData, PLUS Research Group Leader

Professor Tony Brown is a Professor of Physical Geography within Geography and Environmental Science at the University of Southampton. He joined the the Faculty in 2007.

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Research interests

Floodplain geomorphology and palaeohydrology.
Alluvial geoarchaeology
Mediterranean and semi-arid alluviation and environmental history
Human-environment relationships and theory
Forensic palynology

Research group

Landscape Dynamics and Ecology (LDE)

Affiliate research group

Palaeoenvironmental Laboratory at the University of Southampton (PLUS)

Research project(s)

Waves of colonization in and out of the Sea of Moyle: population history, resilience and landscape change of island communities

PLUS Research Group Leader

GeoData Research Director

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Articles

Books

Brown, T., Butzer, K., & Basell, L. S. (Eds.) (2011). Geoarchaeology, climate change and sustainability. Geological Society of America.
Brown, T. (2009). The environment and aggregate-related archaeology. Oxford: Heritage Publications, an imprint of Oxbow Books.

Book Chapters

Fonville, T., Brown, A., & Clarke, C. (2017). The environment in and around Cults Loch. In G. Cavers, & A. Crone (Eds.), A Lake Dwelling in Its Landscape: Iron Age settlement at Cults Loch, Castle Kennedy, Dumfries & Galloway Oxbow books.
Brown, A. G. (2014). Environment, society and the future of geoarchaeology. In French Geoarchaeology in the 21st Century (pp. 301-305). CNRS éditions.
Brown, A. G. (2014). The Anthropocene: a geomorphological and sedimentary view. In R. Rocha, J. Pais, J. Kullberg, & S. Finney (Eds.), STRATI 2013 (pp. 909-914). Cham: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04364-7_171
Basell, L. S., Brown, T., Hosfield, R., & Toms, P. (Accepted/In press). The geoarchaeology of Palaeolithic rivers of south west Britain. In Geoarchaeology, Climate Change and Sustainability Geological Society of America.
Brown, A. G. (2009). The geomorphology and environment of the Hemington reach. In S. Ripper (Ed.), The Hemington Bridges : The Excavation of Three Medieval Bridges at Hemington Quarry, Near Castle Donington, Leicestershire (pp. 142-173). Leicester, UK: University of Leicester School of Archaeology and Ancient History.
Brown, T. (2004). Divisions of floodplain space and sites on riverine ‘islands’: functional, ritual, social, or liminal places? In Journal Of Wetland Archaeology (pp. 3-16). Oxbow books.
Brown, A. G. (2002). Floodplain landscapes and archaeology: fluvial events and human agency. In The Journal of Wetland Archaeology (pp. 89-104). Oxbow books.
Salisbury, C. R., & Brown, A. G. (1970). The archaeological background. In S. Ripper, & L. P. Cooper (Eds.), The Hemington Bridges: The Excavation of Three Medieval Bridges at Hemington Quarry, Near Castle Donington, Leicestershire (pp. 7-12). (Leicester Archaeology Monographs; No. 16). Leicester, UK: Leicester University.

Conferences

Letter/Editorial

Cordova, C. E., Brown, A. G., & Rosen, A. M. (2017). Geoarchaeology, environment and societal stability: Karl W, Butzer's Legacy. Geoarchaeology, 32(1), 3-5. DOI: 10.1002/gea.21608

Professor Tony Brown
University of Southampton University Road Southampton SO17 1BJ

Room Number: 44/2025

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