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dc.contributor.authorRoss, Alasdairen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2012-04-29T20:02:46Z-
dc.date.available2012-04-29T20:02:46Z-
dc.date.issued2006en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/2429-
dc.description.abstractFor much of the historical period pasture was apportioned into relatively small units across much of Europe. Scotland was no exception to this norm and here such units were called soums. Both soums and stocking figures have been widely used by a number of people to try to construct theories relating to the environmental history of the Highlands, particularly in relation to changing grazing pressures during the last 300 years. Using a particularly stark case study from Breadalbane, this article will argue that in fact soums are largely unreliable and confusing pieces of historical evidence that should never be used in isolation without good corroborating evidence. Finally, in the absence of reliable historical souming information, it will be suggested that historians should instead integrate site-specific palaeoecological data into their arguments to create a more accurate picture of changing grazing pressure over time.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherBritish Agricultural History Societyen_UK
dc.relationRoss A (2006) Scottish environmental history and the (mis)use of Soums. Agricultural History Review, 54 (2), pp. 213-228. http://www.bahs.org.uk/all2.htmen_UK
dc.rightsThe publisher has not responded to our queries therefore this work cannot be made publicly available in this Repository. Sadly the author of this work, Dr Alasdair Ross, died in 2017: https://web.archive.org/web/20210519015744/https://www.historyscotland.com/news/in-memoriam-dr-alasdair-ross/ We do not have permission to share Dr Ross’s embargoed works, so unfortunately, we will not be able to respond to the ‘Request a Copy’ feature in the Repository record.en_UK
dc.rights.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/under-embargo-all-rights-reserveden_UK
dc.subjectenvironmental historyen_UK
dc.subjectsoumingen_UK
dc.subjectupland grazingen_UK
dc.subjectScotland Historyen_UK
dc.subjectNature Effect of human beings on Scotland Historyen_UK
dc.titleScottish environmental history and the (mis)use of Soumsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargodate2077-12-01en_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[soumfinal1.pdf] The publisher has not responded to our queries. This work cannot be made publicly available in this Repository therefore there is an embargo on the full text of the work.en_UK
dc.citation.jtitleAgricultural History Reviewen_UK
dc.citation.issn0002-1490en_UK
dc.citation.volume54en_UK
dc.citation.issue2en_UK
dc.citation.spage213en_UK
dc.citation.epage228en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.identifier.urlhttp://www.bahs.org.uk/all2.htmen_UK
dc.author.emailrepository.librarian@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationHistoryen_UK
dc.identifier.wtid823090en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-4021-7082en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted2006-12-31en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2010-10-01en_UK
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local.rioxx.authorRoss, Alasdair|0000-0002-4021-7082en_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2077-12-01en_UK
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