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

Palaeoenvironmental Laboratory at the University of Southampton (PLUS)

Affiliate research group

GeoData

PLUS Research Group Leader

GeoData Research Director

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Articles

Lammers, Y., Clarke, C., Erséus, C., Brown, A., Edwards, M., Gielly, L., ... Alsos, I. G. (2018). Clitellate worms (Annelida) in late-glacial and Holocene sedimentary DNA records from the Polar Urals and northern Norway. Boreas.
Clarke, C., Edwards, M., Brown, A., Gielly, L., Lammers, Y., Heintzman, P., ... Alsos, I. (2018). Holocene floristic diversity and richness in northeast Norway revealed by sedimentary ancient DNA (sedaDNA) and pollen. Boreas.
Brown, A. G., Lespez, L., Sear, D. A., Macaire, J., Houben, P., Klimek, K., ... Pears, B. (2018). Natural vs anthropogenic streams in Europe: history, ecology and implications for restoration, river-rewilding and riverine ecosystem services. Earth-Science Reviews, 180, 185-205. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.02.001
Brown, A., Scaife, R., Walsh, K., & Gourley, B. (2017). Archaeology, hydrogeology and geomythology in the Stymphalos Valley. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 1-20.
Brown, A., Basell, L., & Farbstein, R. (2017). Eels, beavers, and horses: Human niche construction in the European Late Upper Palaeolithic. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. DOI: 10.1017/ppr.2017.6
Walsh, K., Brown, A., & De Haas, T. (2017). Introduction — Human-environment interfaces: Assessing the use of palaeoenvironmental information in Mediterranean landscape archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.03.023
Brown, T., & Walsh, K. (2017). Societal stability and environmental change: Examining the archaeology-soil erosion paradox. Geoarchaeology, 32(1), 23-35. DOI: 10.1002/gea.21611
Pennington, B., Sturt, F., Wilson, P., Rowland, J., & Brown, A. (2017). The fluvial evolution of the Holocene Nile Delta. Quaternary Science Reviews, 170, 212-231. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.06.017
Brown, A. G., Basell, L. S., & Toms, P. S. (2017). The Quaternary Rivers of the Jurassic Coast Region: from the Neogene to the Anthropocene. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association.
Alsos, I. G., Sjo gren, P., Edwards, M. E., Landvik, J. Y., Gielly, L., Forwick, M., ... Pedersen, M. W. (2016). Sedimentary ancient DNA from Lake Skartjorna, Svalbard: assessing the resilience of arctic flora to Holocene climate change. The Holocene, 26(4), 627-642. DOI: 10.1177/0959683615612563
Brown, A. G., Davis, S. R., Hatton, J., O'Brien, C., Reilly, F., Dennehy, E. K., ... Wynne, S. (2016). The environmental context and function of Burnt-Mounds: new studies of Irish Fulachtaí Fiadh. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 82(1), 259-290. DOI: 10.1017/ppr.2016.7
Brown, A. G., Tooth, S. T., Bullard, J. E., Chriverrell, R. C., Plater, A. J., Murton, J., ... Aalto, R. (2016). The geomorphology of The Anthropocene: emergence, status andimplications. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 42(1), 71-90. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3943
Brown, A. G., Basell, L. S., & Toms, P. (2015). A stacked Late Quaternary fluvio-periglacial sequence from the Axe valley, southern England with implications for landscape evolution and Palaeolithic archaeology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 116, 106-121. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.02.016
Bennett, J., Brown, A. G., & Read, S. (2014). Holocene fluvial geomorphology of the River Exe (UK) from archaeological and historical data and implications for urban form. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 125(5-6), 639-648. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2014.08.003
Brown, A. G., Hawkins, C., Ryder, L., Hawken, S., Griffith, F., & Hatton, J. (2014). Palaeoecological, archaeological and historical data and the making of Devon landscapes. I. The Blackdown Hills. Boreas, 43(4), 1-22. DOI: 10.1111/bor.12074
Rolfe, C. J., Hughes, P., & Brown, A. G. (2014). Timing of the maximum extent of Late Pleistocene glaciation in NW Europe: Evidence from Lundy. Journal of the Lundy Field Society, 4, 1-14.
Brown, A. G., Toms, P., Carey, C., & Rhodes, E. (2013). Geomorphology of the Anthropocene: time-transgressive discontinuities of human-induced alluviation. Anthropocene, 1, 3-13. DOI: 10.1016/j.ancene.2013.06.002
Brown, A., Basell, L., Robinson, S., & Burdge, G. C. (2013). Site distribution at the edge of the palaeolithic world: a nutritional niche approach. PLoS ONE, 1-38.
Hughes, P. D. M., Mallon, G., Brown, A., Essex, H. J., Stanford, J. D., & Hotes, S. (2013). The impact of high tephra loading on late-Holocene carbon accumulation and vegetation succession in peatland communities. Quaternary Science Reviews, 67, 160-175. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.015
Jackson, R., Brown, T. G., Carey, C., Howard, A. J., Mann, A., Roberts, T. J., ... Toms, P. S. (2012). Delivering the benefits of aggregates levy sustainability funded research on river valley archaeological sites in the Severn-Wye catchment, UK. The Historic Environment, 3(2), 97-115. DOI: 10.1179/1756750512Z.0000000009
Langdon, P. G., Hughes, P. D. M., & Brown, A. G. (2012). Guest editorial. Peat stratigraphy and climate change. Quaternary International, 268, 1-8. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.05.043
Brown, A. G., Toms, P. S., Carey, C. J., Howard, A. J., & Challis, K. (2012). Late pleistocene–holocene river dynamics at the Trent-Soar confluence, England, UK. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms. DOI: 10.1002/esp.3270
Brown, A. G., Hatton, J., Selby, K. A., Leng, M., & Christie, N. (2012). Multi-proxy study of Holocene environmental change and human activity in the Central Apennine Mountains, Italy. Journal of Quaternary Science, 1-12. DOI: 10.1002/jqs.2591
Rolfe, C. J., Hughes, P., Fenton, C. R., Xu, S., & Brown, A. G. (2012). Paired 26Al and 10Be exposure ages from Lundy: new evidence for the extent and timing of Devensian glaciation in the southern British Isles. Quaternary Science Reviews, 43, 61-73. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.04.003
Langdon, P. G., Brown, A. G., Caseldine, C. J., Blockley, S. P. E., & Stuijts, I. (2012). Regional climate change from peat stratigraphy for the mid- to late Holocene in central Ireland. Quaternary International, 268, 145-155. DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.11.018
Hoffmann, T., Thorndycraft, V. R., Brown, A. G., Coulthard, T., Damnati, B., Kale, V. S., ... Walling, D. E. (2010). Human impact on fluvial regimes and sediment flux during the Holocene: review and future research agenda. Global and Planetary Change. DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2010.04.008
Brown, A. G., Basell, L. S., Toms, P. S., Bennett, J. A., Hosfield, R. T., & Scrivner, R. C. (2010). Later Pleistocene evolution of the Exe valley: A chronstratigraphic model of terrace formation and its implications for Palaeolithic archaeology. Quaternary Science Reviews, 29(7-8), 897-912. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2009.12.007
Brown, A. G. (2009). Colluvial and alluvial response to land use change in Midland England: an integrated geoarchaeological approach. [In special issue: Climate and long-term human impact on sediment fluxes in watershed systems]. Geomorphology, 108(1-2), 92-106. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2007.12.021
Brown, A. G., Christopher, C., Erkens, G., Fuchs, M., Hoffman, T., Macaire, J-J., ... Walling, D. E. (2009). From sedimentary records to sediment budgets: multiple approaches to catchment sediment flux. [In special issue: Climate and long-term human impact on sediment fluxes in watershed systems]. Geomorphology, 108(1-2), 35-47. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.01.021
Brown, A. G., Ellis, C., & Roseff, R. (2009). Holocene sulphur-rich palaeochannel sediments: diagenetic conditions, magnetic properties and archaeological implications. Journal of Archaeological Science, 9pp. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.009
Brown, A. G. (2009). L’archéologie fluviale en Angleterre. Dossieres d'Archaeologie, (331), 1-7.
Brown, A., Bennett, J., & Rhodes, E. (2009). Roman mining on Exmoor: a geomorphological approach at Anstey's Combe, Dulverton. Environmental Archaeology, 14(1), 50-61. DOI: 10.1179/174963109X400673
Brown, A. G., Basell, L. S., Toms, P. S., & Scrivner, R. C. (2009). Towards a budget approach to Pleistocene terraces: preliminary studies using the River Exe in South West England, UK. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 120(4), 275-281. DOI: 10.1016/j.pgeola.2009.08.012
Howard, A. J., Brown, A. G., Carey, C. J., Challis, K., Cooper, L. P., Lincey, M., & Toms, P. (2008). Archaeological resource modelling in temperate river valleys: a case study from the Trent Valley, UK. Antiquity, 82(318), 1040-1054.
Brown, A. G. (2008). Geoarchaeology, the four dimensional (4D) fluvial matrix and climatic causality. Geomorphology, 101(1-2), 278-297. DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.05.021
Brown, A. G., Carpenter, R. G., & Walling, D. E. (2008). Monitoring the fluvial palynomorph load in a lowland temperate catchment and its relationship to suspended sediment and discharge. Hydrobiologia, 607(1), 27-40. DOI: 10.1007/s10750-008-9364-6
Brown, T., & Basell, L. (2008). New lower Palaeolithic finds from the Axe valley Dorset. PAST: Newsletter of the Prehistoric Society, 60, 1-3.
Brown, T. (2008). The Bronze Age climate and environment of Britain. Bronze Age Review, 1, 7-22.
Davis, S. R., Brown, A. G., & Dinnin, M. H. (2007). Floodplain connectivity, disturbance and change: a palaeoentomological investigation of floodplain ecology from south-west England. Journal of Animal Ecology, 76(2), 276-288. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01209.x
Selby, K. A., & Brown, A. G. (2007). Holocene development and anthropogenic disturbance of a shallow lake system in Central Ireland recorded by diatoms. Journal of Paleolimnology, 38(3), 419-440. DOI: 10.1007/s10933-006-9081-y
Brown, A. G., Carpenter, R. G., & Walling, D. E. (2007). Monitoring fluvial pollen transport, its relationship to catchment vegetation and implications for palaeoenvironmental studies. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 147(1-4), 60-76. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2007.06.005
Hosfield, R. T., Brown, A. G., Bassell, L. S., & Hounsell, S. (2006). Beyond the caves: the palaeolithic rivers of South-West Britain. Geoscience in South-West England, 11(3), 183-190.
Rippn, S. J., Fyfe, R. M., & Brown, A. G. (2006). Beyond villages and open fields: the origins and development of a historic landscape characterized by dispersed settlement in South-West England. Medieval Archaeology, 50, 31-70. DOI: 10.1179/174581706x124239
Carey, C. J., Brown, T. G., Challis, K. C., Howard, A. J., & Cooper, L. (2006). Predictive modelling of multiperiod geoarchaeological resources at a river confluence: a case study from the Trent-Soar, UK. Archaeological Prospection, 13(4), 241-250. DOI: 10.1002/arp.295
Brown, A. G. (2006). The use of forensic botany and geology in war crimes investigations in NE Bosnia. Forensic Science International, 163(3), 204-210. DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2006.05.025
Smith, D. N., Roseff, R., Bevan, L., Brown, A. G., Butler, S., Hughes, G., & Monkton, A. (2005). Archaeological and environmental investigations of Late Glacial and Holocene river valley sequences on the River Soar, at Croft, Leicestershire. The Holocene, 15(3), 353-377. DOI: 10.1191/0959683605hl806rp
Last, J., Baxter, I., Brown, A. G., Crummy, N., Dodwell, N., Fryer, V., ... McSloy, E. (2005). Life by the river: a prehistoric landscape at Grendon, Northamptonshire. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 71, 333-360.
Brown, A. G., Hatton, J., O'Brian, C. E., Selby, K. A., Langdon, P. G., Stuijts, I., & Caseldine, C. J. (2005). Vegetation, landscape and human activity in Midland Ireland: mire and lake records from the Lough Kinale-Derragh Lough area, Central Ireland. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 14(2), 81-98. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-005-0063-1
Thorndycraft, V. R., Pirrie, D., & Brown, A. G. (2004). Alluvial records of medieval and prehistoric tin mining on Dartmoor, southwest England. Geoarchaeology, 19(3), 219-236. DOI: 10.1002/gea.10114
Fyfe, R. M., Brown, A. G., & Rippon, S. J. (2004). Characterising the late prehistoric, 'Romano-British' and medieval landscape, and dating the emergence of a regionally distinct agricultural system in South West Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(12), 1699-1714. DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2004.05.003
Brown, A. G., Hawken, S., Griffith, F., Franklin, L., & Hawkins, C. (2004). Landscape archaeology and public participation: the community landscape project, Devon, UK. Public Archaeology, 3, 217-226.
Turner, S. D., & Brown, A. G. (2004). Vitis pollen dispersal in and from organic vineyards I. Pollen trap and soil pollen data. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 129(3), 117-132. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2003.12.002
Fyfe, R. M., Brown, A. G., & Rippon, S. (2003). Mid- to late-Holocene vegetation history of Greater Exmoor, UK: estimating the spatial extent of human-induced vegetation change. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 12(4), 215-232. DOI: 10.1007/s00334-003-0018-3
Fyfe, R. M., Brown, A. G., & Coles, B. J. (2003). Vegetational change and human activity in the Exe Valley, Devon, UK. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 69, 161-181.
Brown, A. G. (2002). Learning from the past: palaeohydrology and palaeoecology. Freshwater Biology, 47(4), 817-829. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00907.x
Brown, A. G., Smith, A., & Elmhurst, O. (2002). The combined use of pollen and soil analyses in a search and subsequent murder investigation. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 47(3), 614-618.
Brown, A. G., Cooper, L., Salisbury, C. R., & Smith, D. N. (2001). Late Holocene channel changes of the Middle Trent: channel response to a thousand-year flood record. Geomorphology, 39(1-2), 69-82. DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(01)00052-6
Brown, A. G., Meadows, I., Turner, S. D., & Mattingley, D. (2001). Roman vineyards in Britain: stratigraphic and palynological data from Wollaston in the Nene Valley, England. Antiquity, 75(290), 745-757.

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

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. (2010). 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.

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
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