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RESEARCH THEMES My key research theme is the investigation of the interaction between humans and the environment in the North Atlantic islands (including Atlantic Scottish islands, Faroes, Iceland and Greenland) through reconstructing and analyzing 1) trajectories of environmental change 2) the impact of human settlement on palaeoenvironments 3) palaeoeconomies in different island settings 4) cultural adjustments to marginality RESEARCH STUDENTS I would be pleased to supervise research post-graduate students on the interaction between humans and the environment in the North Atlantic islands (including Atlantic Scottish islands, Faroes, Iceland and Greenland) with specific reference to environmental archaeology. Please email me about potential topics. SELECTED CURRENT PROJECTS: ‘Landscapes circa landnám’. International, multi-disciplinary project investigating the human / environment interaction in the North Atlantic during the Norse period. I held a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Geography, University of Edinburgh as part of this project (2002-2005) and was an Associated Researcher (2005-2007), concentrating on environmental archaeology, geochronology, geomorphology and palaeolimnology. Leverhulme Trust (UK) funded. ‘Heart of the Atlantic: cultural landscapes of Sandoy, Faroe Islands’. Co-director of this multi-disciplinary project investigating the changing cultural and natural landscapes on the island of Sandoy, from first settlement to modern time. Archaeological investigations are focusing on the extensive excavations at Undir Junkarinsflötti and Á Sondum in the village of Sandur. Principal funding bodies: Anadarko (Faroes), Faroese Research Council (Faroes), Leverhulme Trust (UK) and National Science Foundation (US). Charcoal production in Norse and Medieval Iceland. This project is investigating charcoal production in two areas of Iceland (Mývatnsveit in north-east Iceland and the Markafljot valley in southern Iceland), to evaluate the role of charcoal production in landnám deforestation, the impact on the environment and potential management of woodland during the settlement of Iceland. The project involves archaeological survey and excavation of charcoal production pits, within a geomorphological and chronological context provided by tephrochronology and radiocarbon. Principal funding bodies: Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (UK) and Leverhulme Trust (UK). Excavations at Brattahlið, Qassiarsuk, southern Greenland. Co-director of excavations at this internationally important site during the summers of 2005 and 2006. Principal funding bodies: Leverhulme Trust (UK) and National Science Foundation (US). ‘Uig Landscape Project’, Lewis, Western Isles (UK). Co-directed four seasons of landscape survey and excavation of four archaeological sites across the Uig Peninsula, Lewis from 1995 to 1998. Post-excavation nearing completion. Principal funding bodies: Historic Scotland (UK), University of Edinburgh (UK), Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland (UK), Uig Estate and the Gearing family (UK).

• Environmental archaeology of the North Atlantic islands including the Western Isles of Scotland, Faroes, Iceland and Greenland
• Geochronological applications, specifically radiocarbon dating and tephrochronology, in the North Atlantic islands
• Geomorphology and palaeolimnology in relation to the human / environment interaction in the North Atlantic islands
• Mineral magnetic applications on archaeological and palaeoenvironmental sites
• Archaeobotany of Scotland and the North Atlantic islands
• Experimental archaeobotany

• 2016: Member of the Editorial Advisory Board for the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland:
• 2012: Senior Collaborating Scientist on NSF (US) Project 'Comparative island ecodynamics in the North Atlantic':
• 2008: Adjunct Professor in Graduate School of Anthropology - City University New York, US:
• 2007: Member of Editorial Board for Journal of the North Atlantic:
• 2007: Senior Collaborating Scientist, MARENA International Polar Year research cluster:
• 2007: Senior Collaborating Scientist on NSF (US) IPY Project 'Long Term Human Ecodynamics in the Norse North Atlantic: cases of sustainability, survival, and collapse.':
• 2006: Honorary Research Fellow, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh:
• 2002: Leverhulme Research Fellow in School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh:

Chapter in book

• Snape, L., & Church, M. (2019). Experimental magnetic susceptibility signatures for identifying hearths in the Mesolithic period in North East England, UK. In J. Walker, & D. Klinnick (Eds.), Wild Things 2.0: Further Advances in Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Research (55-80). Oxbow
• Bond, J., Dockrill, S., Outram, Z., Batey, C., Summers, J., Friel, R., Brown, L., Campbell, E., Cussans, J., Cook, G., Legg, R., Marshall, W., McDonnell, J., Mustchin, A., Church, M., Hamlet, L., & Simpson, I. (2013). Excavations at Hamar and Underhoull. In V. Turner, J. Bond, & A.-C. Larsen (Eds.), Viking Unst: Excavation and Survey in Northern Shetland 2006-2010 (123-179). Shetland Heritage Publications
• McGovern, T., Arge, S., Arneborg, J., Ascough, P., Casely, A., Church, M., Cook, G., Dugmore, A., Edvardsson, R., Einarsson, A., Fridriksson, A., Hambrecht, G., Harrison, R., Ingason, U., Johannesdottir, S., Keller, C., Lawson, I., Lucas, G., Koch Madsen, C., Newton, A., …Vesteinsson. (2011). Vikings in the International Polar Year 2007-09: Still bloodthirsty but also ecodynamic and educational. In S. Sigmundsson, A. Holt, G. Sigurðsson, G. Ólafsson, & O. Vesteinsson (Eds.), Viking settlements and Viking society: Papers from the Proceedings of the 16th Viking Congress, Reykjavík and Reykholt, 16-23 August 2009 (290-309). University of Iceland Press
• Church, M., Duarte, L., Edwards, K., Lawson, I., & Newton, A. (2010). The palaeoenvironment of Mývatnssveit: Vegetation. In G. Lucas (Ed.), Hofstaðir: Excavations of a Viking Age feasting hall in north-eastern Iceland (32-38). Institute of Archaeology
• Church, M., & Cressey, M. (2006). Carbonized plant macrofossils and charcoal. In I. Armit (Ed.), Anatomy of an Iron Age roundhouse : the Cnip wheelhouse excavations, Lewis (182-194). Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
• Church, M. (2006). Environmental analyses from Northton. In D. Simpson, E. Murphy, & R. Gregory (Eds.), Excavations at Northton, Isle of Harris (26-40). Archaeopress
• Ceron-Carrasco, R., Church, M., & Thoms, J. (2005). Towards an economic landscape of the Bhaltos Peninsula, Lewis during the Mid to Late Iron Age. In V. Turner, R. Nicholson, S. Dockrill, & J. Bond (Eds.), Tall stories ? 2 millennia of brochs (221-234). Shetland Amenity Trust
• Peters, C., Church, M., & Batt, C. (2004). Application of mineral magnetism in Atlantic Scotland archaeology 1: techniques, magnetic enhancement and the identification of fuel sources. In R. Housley, & G. Coles (Eds.), Atlantic connections and adaptations : economies, environments and subsistence in lands bordering the North Atlantic (86-95). Oxbow Books
• Church, M. J., & Peters, C. (2004). Application of mineral magnetism in Atlantic Scotland archaeology 2: magnetic susceptibility and archaeobotanical taphonomy in West Lewis, Scotland. In R. Housley, & G. Coles (Eds.), Atlantic connections and adaptations : economies, environments and subsistence in lands bordering the North Atlantic (99-115). Oxbow Books
• Church, M. (2002). The archaeological and archaeobotanical implications of a destruction layer in Dun Bharabhat, Lewis. In B. Ballin-Smith, & I. Banks (Eds.), In the shadow of the brochs : the Iron Age in Scotland (67-75). Tempus
• Church, M., & Peters, C. (2000). Sedimentary analysis of soil samples. In D. Harding, & T. Dixon (Eds.), Dun Bharabhat, Cnip : an Iron Age settlement in West Lewis : Structures and material culture ; 1 (114-119). University of Edinburgh
• Church, M. (2000). Carbonised plant macrofossils and charcoal. In D. Harding, & T. Dixon (Eds.), Dun Bharabhat, Cnip : an Iron Age settlement in West Lewis : Structures and material culture ; 1 (120-130). University of Edinburgh

Conference Paper

• Lawson, I., Gathorne-Hardy, F., Church, M., Einarsson, A., Edwards, K., Perdikaris, S., McGovern, T., Amundsen, C., & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2006, June). Human impact on freshwater environments in Norse and early medieval Iceland. Presented at Dynamics of Northern Societies - Proceedings of the SILA/NABO-conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology
• Mairs, K.-A., Church, M., Dugmore, A., & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2006, June). Degrees of success: evaluating the environmental impacts of long term settlement in south Iceland. Presented at Dynamics of Northern Societies - Proceedings of the SILA/NABO-conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology
• Dugmore, A., Church, M., Mairs, K.-A., McGovern, T., Newton, A., & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2006, June). An over-optimistic pioneer fringe? Environmental perspectives on medieval settlement abandonment in Þórsmörk, south Iceland. Presented at Dynamics of Northern Societies - Proceedings of the SILA/NABO-conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology
• Sveinbjarnardóttir, G., Mairs, K.-A., Church, M., & Dugmore, A. (2006, December). Settlement history, land holdings and landscape change, Eyjafjallahreppur, Iceland. Presented at Dynamics of Northern Societies - Proceedings of the SILA/NABO-conference on Arctic and North Atlantic Archaeology
• Church, M., & Burgess, C. (2003, December). Assessment survey: Lewis. Presented at Coastal archaeology and erosion in Scotland, Edinburgh

Journal Article

• Styring, A. K., Vaiglova, P., Bogaard, A., Church, M., Gröcke, D. R., Larsson, M., Liu, X., Stroud, E., Szpak, P., & Wallace, M. P. (in press). Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 3, Article 1470375. https://doi.org/10.3389/fearc.2024.1470375
• Blanz, M., Gröcke, D. R., Martin, P., & Church, M. J. (2024). The effect of seaweed fertilisation on sulfur isotope ratios (δ 34 S) and grain size in barley: implications for agronomy and archaeological research. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 3, Article 1465082. https://doi.org/10.3389/fearc.2024.1465082
• Styring, A. K., Vaiglova, P., Bogaard, A., Church, M., Gröcke, D. R., Larsson, M., Liu, X., Stroud, E., Szpak, P., & Wallace, M. P. (2024). Recommendations for stable isotope analysis of charred archaeological crop remains. Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology, 3, Article 1465082. https://doi.org/10.3389/fearc.2024.1470375
• Treasure, E. R., Gröcke, D. R., Lester, J. J., Bishop, R. R., Jackson, S. E., & Church, M. J. (2024). Further investigation into the impact of manuring on stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen isotope (δ15N) values in pulses: a four-year experiment examining Celtic bean (Vicia faba). Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 16(8), Article 130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02045-x
• Bishop, R., Kubiak-Martens, L., Warren, G., & Church, M. (2023). Getting to the root of the problem: New evidence for the use of plant root foods in Mesolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence in Europe. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 32(1), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-022-00882-1
• Bishop, R., Gröcke, D., Ralston, I., Clarke, D., Lee, D., Shepherd, A., Thomas, A., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2022). Scotland’s first farmers: new insights into early farming practices in north-west Europe. Antiquity, 96(389), https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2022.107
• Gröcke, D. R., Treasure, E. R., Lester, J. J., Gron, K. J., & Church, M. J. (2021). Effects of marine biofertilisation on Celtic bean carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotopes: implications for reconstructing past diet and farming practices. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 35(5), Article e8985. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.8985
• Gron, K., Larsson, M., Gröcke, D., Andersen, N., Andreasen, M., Bech, J.-H., Henriksen, P., Hilton, R., Jessen, M., Møller, N., Nielsen, F., Nielsen, P., Pihl, A., Sørensen, L., Westphal, J., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2021). Archaeological cereals as an isotope record of long-term soil health and anthropogenic amendment in southern Scandinavia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 253, Article 106762. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106762
• Treasure, E., Gröcke, D., Caseldine, A., & Church, M. (2019). Neolithic farming and wild plant exploitation in western Britain: archaeobotanical and crop stable isotope evidence from Wales (c. 4000–2200 cal BC). Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 85, 193-222. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2019.12
• Frantz, L. A., Haile, J., Lin, A. T., Scheu, A., Geörg, C., Benecke, N., Alexander, M., Linderholm, A., Mullin, V. E., Daly, K. G., Battista, V. M., Price, M., Gron, K. J., Alexandri, P., Arbogast, R.-M., Arbuckle, B., Bӑlӑşescu, A., Barnett, R., Bartosiewicz, L., Baryshnikov, G., …Larson, G. (2019). Ancient pigs reveal a near-complete genomic turnover following their introduction to Europe. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(35), 17231-17238. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1901169116
• Swindles, G., Outram, Z., Batt, C., Hamilton, W., Church, M., Bond, J., Watson, E., Cook, G., Sim, T., Newton, A., & Dugmore, A. (2019). Vikings, peat and settlement abandonment: a multi-method chronological approach from Shetland. Quaternary Science Reviews, 210, 211-225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.02.026
• Church, M. (2019). 'Carbonised plant macrofossils' in Hunter, 'Context for a carnyx: excavation of a long-lived ritual site at Leitchestown, Deskford, Moray, northeast Scotland'. Archaeological Journal, 176(2), 309-313. https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.2019.1607043
• Bishop, R., Church, M., Lawson, I., Roucoux, K., O’Brien, C., Ranner, H., Heald, A., & Flitcroft, C. (2018). Deforestation and human agency in the North Atlantic region: Archaeological and palaeoenvironmental evidence from the Western Isles of Scotland. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 84, 145-184. https://doi.org/10.1017/ppr.2018.8
• Piper, S., Bishop, R., Rowley-Conwy, P., Elliott, L., & Church, M. (2018). Fire in the Moor: Mesolithic carbonised remains in riverine deposits at Gleann Mor Barabhais, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 35, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3721/037.006.3501
• Gron, K., Gröcke, D., Larsson, M., Sørensen, L., Larsson, L., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2017). Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 14, 575-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.042
• Treasure, E., & Church, M. (2017). Can't find a pulse? Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.) in British prehistory. Environmental Archaeology, 22(2), 113-127. https://doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2016.1153769
• Ascough, P., Church, M., & Cook, G. (2016). Marine Radiocarbon Reservoir Effects for the Mesolithic and Medieval periods in the Western Isles of Scotland. Radiocarbon, 59(1), 17-31. https://doi.org/10.1017/rdc.2016.99
• Treasure, E., Church, M., & Gröcke, D. (2016). The influence of manuring on stable isotopes (δ13C and δ15N) in Celtic bean (Vicia faba L.): archaeobotanical and palaeodietary implications. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 8(3), 555-562. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-015-0243-6
• Brewington, S., Hicks, H., Edwald, Á., Einarsson, Á., Anamthawat-Jónsson, K., Cook, G., Ascough, P., Sayle, K., Arge, S., Church, M., Bond, J., Dockrill, S., Friðriksson, A., Hambrecht, G., Juliusson, A., Hreinsson, V., Hartman, S., Smiarowski, K., Harrison, R., & McGovern, T. (2015). Islands of change vs. islands of disaster: Managing pigs and birds in the Anthropocene of the North Atlantic. Holocene, 25(10), 1676-1684. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683615591714
• Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2015). Firewood, food and niche construction: the potential role of Mesolithic hunter-gatherers in actively structuring Scotland's woodlands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 108, 51-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2014.11.004
• Ascough, P., Church, M., Cook, G., Einarsson, Á., McGovern, T., Dugmore, A., & Edwards, K. (2014). Stable isotopic (δ13C and δ15N) characterization of key faunal resources from Norse period settlements in North Iceland. Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume 7, 25-42
• Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2014). Seeds, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Mesolithic. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 143, 9-72
• Vésteinsson, O., Church, M., Dugmore, A., McGovern, T., & Newton, A. (2014). Expensive errors or rational choices: the pioneer fringe in Late Viking Age Iceland. Post Classical Archaeologies, 4, 39-68
• Piper, S., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2014). Gleann Mor Barabhais. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 15,
• Sheridan, J., Cowie, T., Bradley, R., Church, M., Garrow, D., Flint, J., Cook, G., & Naysmith, P. (2014). Radiocarbon dates associated with the Scottish History and Archaeology Department, National Museums Scotland, 2012/13. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 15, 209-211
• Bishop, R., Church, M., Dugmore, A., Madsen, C., & Møller, N. (2013). A charcoal-rich horizon at Ø69, Greenland: Evidence for vegetation burning during the Norse landnám?. Journal of Archaeological Science, 40(11), 3890-3902. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2013.04.012
• Church, M., Arge, S., Edwards, K., Ascough, P., Bond, J., Cook, G., Dockrill, S., Dugmore, A., McGovern, T., Nesbitt, C., & Simpson, I. (2013). The Vikings were not the first colonizers of the Faroe Islands. Quaternary Science Reviews, 77, 228-232. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.06.011
• Swindles, G., Galloway, J., Outram, Z., Turner, K., Schofield, J., Newton, A., Dugmore, A., Church, M., Watson, E., Batt, C., Bond, J., Edwards, K., Turner, V., & Bashford, D. (2013). Re-deposited cryptotephra layers in Holocene peats linked to anthropogenic activity. Holocene, 23(10), 1493-1501. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683613489586
• Piper, S., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2013). Gleann Mor Barabhais. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 14, 190-191
• Bishop, R., Church, M., Clegg, C., Johnson, L., Piper, S., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Snape-Kennedy, L. (2013). Tràigh na Beirigh 2. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 14, 198-199
• Nesbitt, C., Church, M., Gilmour, S., & Burgess, C. (2013). Small-scale evaluation of a Post-Medieval Blackhouse at Bereiro, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. Journal of the North Atlantic, 22, 1-19
• Church, M., Nesbitt, C., & Gilmour, S. (2013). A special place in the saltings? Survey and excavation of an Iron Age estuarine islet at An Dunan, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 143, 157-226
• Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2013). Pabaigh Mòr. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 14,
• Snape-Kennedy, L., Church, M., Bishop, R., Clegg, C., Johnson, L., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2013). Tràigh na Beirigh 9. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 14,
• Mellows, A., Barnett, R., Dalén, L., Sandoval-Castellanos, E., Linderholm, A., McGovern, T. H., Church, M. J., & Larson, G. (2012). The impact of past climate change on genetic variation and population connectivity in the Icelandic arctic fox. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 279(1747), 4568-4573. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.1796
• Ascough, P., Church, M., Cook, G., Dunbar, E., Gestsdóttir, H., McGovern, T., Dugmore, A., Friðriksson, A., & Edwards, K. (2012). Radiocarbon reservoir effects in human bone collagen from northern Iceland. Journal of Archaeological Science, 39(7), 2261-2271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2012.02.012
• Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2012). Temple Bay, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 13,
• Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., Rowley-Conwy, P., Snape-Kennedy, L., & Walker, J. (2012). Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 13,
• Ascough, P., Cook, G., Hastie, H., Dunbar, E., Church, M., Einarsson, Á., McGovern, T., & Dugmore, A. (2011). An Icelandic freshwater radiocarbon reservoir effect: Implications for lacustrine 14C chronologies. Holocene, 21(7), 1073-1080. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683611400466
• Vickers, K., Erlendsson, E., Church, M., Edwards, K., & Bending, J. (2011). 1000 years of environmental change and human impact at Stóra-Mörk, southern Iceland: A multiproxy study of a dynamic and vulnerable landscape. Holocene, 21(6), 979-995. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683611400201
• Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Temple Bay, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 12,
• Caldwell, D., Gilmour, S., & Church, M. (2011). Mealasta, Tigh nan Cailleachan Dubha. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 12,
• Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Northton, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 11,
• Church, M., Bishop, R., Blake, E., Nesbitt, C., Perri, A., Piper, S., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Tràigh na Beirigh, Uig. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 12, 194-195
• Nesbitt, C., Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (2011). Domestic, industrial, (en)closed? Survey and excavation of a Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age promontory enclosure at Gob Eirer, Lewis, Western Isles. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 141, 31-74
• Ascough, P., Cook, G., Church, M., Dunbar, E., Á, E., McGovern, T., Dugmore, A., Perdikaris, S., Hastie, H., Friðriksson, A., & Gestsdóttir, H. (2010). Temporal and spatial variations in freshwater 14C reservoir effects: Lake Mývatn, northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 52(2-3), 1098-1112
• Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2010). Northton, Harris. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 11,
• Arge, S., Church, M., & Brewington, S. (2009). Pigs in the Faroe Islands: An ancient facet of the islands’ paleoeconomy. Journal of the North Atlantic, 2, 19-32
• Church, M., & Gillis, R. (2009). Palaeoenvironmental analyses (ed.) In Rees, A. The excavation of an Iron Age unenclosed settlement and an Early Historic multiple burial and metalworking area at Hawkhill, Lunan Bay, Angus. Tayside and Fife archaeological journal, 15, 38-45
• Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2009). Cereals, fruits and nuts in the Scottish Neolithic. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 139, 47-103
• Lawson, I., Edwards, K., Church, M., Newton, A., Cook, G., Gathorne-Hardy, F., & Dugmore, A. (2008). Human impact on an island ecosystem: pollen data from Sandoy, Faroe Islands. Journal of Biogeography, 35(6), 1130-1152. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01838.x
• Gathorne-Hardy, F., Lawson, I., Church, M., Brooks, S., Buckland, P., & Edwards, K. (2007). The Chironomidae of Gróthúsvatn, Sandoy, Faroe Islands: climatic and lake phosphorus reconstructions, and the impact of human settlement. Holocene, 17(8), 1259-1264. https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683607085133
• Church, M., Dugmore, A., Mairs, K.-A., Millard, A., Cook, G., Sveinbjarnardóttir, G., Ascough, P., Newton, A., & Roucoux, K. (2007). Charcoal production during the Norse and early medieval periods in Eyjafjallahreppur, Southern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 49(2), 659-672
• Ascough, P., Cook, G., Church, M., Dugmore, A., McGovern, T., Dunbar, E., Einarsson, Á., Friðriksson, A., & Gestsdóttir, H. (2007). Reservoirs and radiocarbon: 14C dating problems in Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland. Radiocarbon, 49(2), 947-961
• Church, M., Peters, C., & Batt, C. (2007). Sourcing fire ash on archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland, using mineral magnetism. Geoarchaeology, 22(7), 747-774. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.20185
• Roucoux, K., Lawson, I., & Church, M. (2007). Identification of birch woodland in northern Iceland using pollen assemblages
• Dugmore, A., Church, M., Mairs, K.-A., McGovern, T., Perdikaris, S., & Vésteinsson, O. (2007). Abandoned farms, volcanic impacts and woodland management: revisiting Þjórsárdalur, the ‘Pompeii of Iceland’. Arctic Anthropology, 44(1), 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3368/aa.44.1.1
• Dugmore, A., Borthwick, D., Church, M., Dawson, A., Edwards, K., Keller, C., Mayewski, P., McGovern, T., Mairs, K.-A., & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2007). The role of climate in settlement and landscape change in the North Atlantic islands: an assessment of cumulative deviations in high-resolution proxy climate records. Human Ecology, 35(2), 169-178. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-006-9051-z
• Lawson, I., Church, M., Edwards, K., Cook, G., & Dugmore, A. (2007). Peat initiation in the Faroe Islands : climate or people ?. Transactions. Earth sciences, 98(1), 15-28. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1755691007000035
• McGovern, T., Vésteinsson, O., Friðriksson, A., Church, M., Lawson, I., Simpson, I., Einarsson, A., Dugmore, A., Cook, G., Perdikaris, S., Edwards, K., Thomson, A., Adderley, W., Newton, A., Lucas, G., Edvardsson, R., Aldred, O., & Dunbar, E. (2007). Landscapes of settlement in northern Iceland: Historical Ecology of human impact and climate fluctuation on the millennial scale. American Anthropologist, 109(1), 27-51. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.2007.109.1.27
• Lawson, I., Gathorne-Hardy, F., Church, M., Newton, A., Edwards, K., Dugmore, A., & Einarsson, Á. (2007). Environmental impacts of the Norse settlement: palaeoenvironmental data from Mývatnssveit, northern Iceland. Boreas: An International Journal of Quaternary Research, 36(1), 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1080/03009480600827298
• Ascough, P., Cook, G., Church, M., Dugmore, A., Arge, S., & McGovern, T. (2006). Variability in North Atlantic marine radiocarbon reservoir effects at c.1000 AD. Holocene, 16(1), 131-136. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683606hl913rr
• Gregory, R., Murphy, E., Church, M., Edwards, K., Guttmann, E., & Simpson, D. (2005). Archaeological evidence for the first Mesolithic occupation of the Western Isles of Scotland. Holocene, 15(7), 944-950. https://doi.org/10.1191/0959683605hl868ft
• Lawson, I., Church, M., McGovern, T., Arge, S., Woollet, J., Edwards, K., Gathorne-Hardy, F., Dugmore, A., Cook, G., Mairs, K.-A., Thomson, A., & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2005). Historical ecology on Sandoy, Faroe Islands: palaeoenvironmental and archaeological perspectives. Human Ecology, 33(5), 651-684. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-7681-1
• Church, M. (2005). Carbonized plant macrofossils, in Neighbour, T. Excavation of a Bronze Age kerb cairn at Olcote, Breasclete, near Calanais, Isle of Lewis. Scottish archaeological internet reports, 13, 51-52
• Church, M., Arge, S., Brewington, S., McGovern, T., Woollett, J., Perdikaris, S., Lawson, I., Cook, G., Amundsen, C., Harrison, R., Krivogorskaya, K., & Dunbar, E. (2005). Puffins, pigs, cod, and barley : palaeoeconomy at Undir Junkarinsfløtti, Sandoy, Faroe. Environmental Archaeology, 10(2), 179-197
• Edwards, K., Borthwick, D., Cook, G., Dugmore, A., Mairs, K.-A., Church, M., Simpson, I., & Adderley, W. (2005). A hypothesis-based approach to landscape change in Suðoroy, Faroe Islands. Human Ecology, 33(5), 621-650. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-005-4746-0
• Church, M. (2005). Palaeoenvironmental sampling of the souterrain, in Alexander, D. Redcastle, Lunan Bay, Angus: the excavation of of an Iron Age timber-lined souterrain and a Pictish barrow cemetery. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 135, 53-74
• Dugmore, A., Church, M., Buckland, P., Edwards, K., Lawson, I., McGovern, T., Panagiotakopulu, E., Simpson, I., Skidmore, P., & Sveinbjarnardóttir, G. (2005). The Norse landnám on the North Atlantic islands: an environmental impact assessment. Polar Record, 41(1), 21-37. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247404003985
• Church, M. (2003). Carbonised plant macrofossils, in Suddaby, I. The Excavation of two Late Bronze Age roundhouses at Ballyprior Beg, Island Magee, County Antrim
• Church, M. (2002). Carbonised plant macrofossils, in Cameron, K. The excavation of Neolithic pits and Iron Age souterrains at Dubton Farm, Brechin, Angus. Tayside and Fife archaeological journal, 8, 51-68
• Peters, C., Thompson, R., Harrison, A., & Church, M. (2002). Low temperature magnetic characterisation of fire ash residues. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 27(31), 1355-1361. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1474-7065%2802%2900133-x
• Peters, C., Church, M., & Mitchell, C. (2001). Investigation of fire ash residues using mineral magnetism. Archaeological Prospection, 8(4), 227-237. https://doi.org/10.1002/arp.171
• Rees, T., & Church, M. (2000). Bronze Age timbers from Creag Ruaidh, Achmore, Isle of Lewis. Northern studies, 35, 133-159
• Peters, C., Church, M., & Coles, G. (2000). Mineral magnetism and archaeology at Galson on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Parts A/B/C, 25(5), 455-460. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1464-1895%2800%2900070-3
• Burgess, C., Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (1998). Bereiro and Tigh a’Bheannaich (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998),
• Church, M., Gilmour, S., & Flitcroft, C. (1998). Gob Eirer (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998),
• Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (1998). Guinnerso (Uig Parish. Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998), 106-107
• Coles, G., Church, M., Harding, D., & Inglis, R. (1998). Calanais Farm (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, (1998),
• Burgess, C., Church, M., Heald, A., & Gilmour, S. (1997). Guinnerso (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 85-86
• Burgess, C., Church, M., Flitcroft, C., & Gilmour, S. (1997). An Dunan (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland,
• Burgess, C., Gilmour, S., & Church, M. (1996). Guinnerso (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 111-112
• Burgess, C., & Church, M. (1995). Uig Sands to Aird Uig, Isle of Lewis (Uig Parish). Discovery and excavation in Scotland, 111-112

Report

• Bishop, R., Church, M., & Nesbitt, C. (2012). Archaeological investigations at Northton, Harris, Western Isles, 2011. Data Structure Report. National Science Foundation (US), Hunter Trust, Historic Scotland, Durham University
• Piper, S., & Church, M. (2012). Small-Scale Sampling at Tràigh an Teampuill (Temple Bay), Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2012; Data Structure Report. [No known commissioning body]
• Nesbitt, C., Church, M., & Gilmour, S. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-scale sampling at Mealasta, Lewis, Western Isles of Scotland. [No known commissioning body]
• Blake, E., Church, M., & Nesbitt, C. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of the Mesolithic Site at Bàgh an Teampaill, Toe Head Peninsula, Northton, Harris, 2011. [No known commissioning body]
• Blake, E., Church, M., & Nesbitt, C. (2011). Data Structure Report of Small-Scale Sampling of a Mesolithic Shell Midden at Tràigh na Beirigh, Cnip, Lewis, 2011. [No known commissioning body]
• Bishop, R., Church, M., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2011). Excavations at Northton, Western Isles of Scotland, 2010; Data Structure Report. [No known commissioning body]