Professor Nick Branch

Nicholas Branch is a Professor in Quaternary Palaeoecology.

He has a BSc (Hons) in Archaeology, and MSc in Bioarchaeology (Archaeobotany), from University College London (Institute of Archaeology). Nicholas has a PhD in Geography from Royal Holloway (University of London), Centre of Quaternary Research, where he studied the 'Late Würm Lateglacial and Holocene vegetation history and human activities of the Northern Apennines, Italy'. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (London), and an associate of the Walker Institute for Climate Systems Research and Soil Research Centre.

He currently has several major research projects:

• Late Pleistocene and Holocene climate and environmental change in the northern Apennines, Italy.
• Holocene climate and environmental change in the Peruvian Andes.
• Adaptive capacity of farming communities to climate change in the Peruvian Andes.
• Climate resilience and food production in Peru (CROPP).
• Climate change and resilience in the Chillón Valley (CHILLY), Peru.
• The environmental history of SE England with a specific emphasis on the history of Taxus woodland.

Publications

2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 other publications

2020

• Guido, Maria Angela, Molinari, Chiara, Moneta, Valentina, Branch, Nicholas, Black, Stuart, Simmonds, Mike, Stastney, Philip and Montanari, Carlo (2020) Climate and vegetation dynamics of the northern Apennines (Italy) during the late Pleistocene and Holocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 231 (1). 106206. ISSN 0277-3791 doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106206
• Batchelor, C. R., Branch, N. P., Carew, T., Elias, S. E., Gale, R., Lafferty, G. E., Matthews, I. P., Meddens, F., Vaughan-Williams, A., Webster, L. A. and Young, D. S. (2020) Middle Holocene environmental change and archaeology in coastal wetlands: further implications for our understanding of the history of Taxus woodland.The Holocene, 30 (2). pp. 300-314. ISSN 0959-6836 doi: 10.1177/0959683619883028

2019

• Simmonds, Mike, Hosfield, Rob, Branch, Nicholas and Black, Stuart (2019) From find spot to site: a spatial examination of the mesolithic resource in Surrey. Surrey Archaeological Collections, 102. pp. 43-69. ISSN 0309-7803

2018

• Stastney, Phil, Young, Daniel S. and Branch, Nicholas P. (2018) The identification of Late Holocene bog bursts at Littleton bog, Ireland: ecohydrological changes display complex climatic and non-climatic drivers. The Holocene, 28 (4). pp. 570-582. ISSN 0959-6836 doi: 10.1177/0959683617735581
• Young, Daniel, Green, Christopher Paul, Branch, Nicholas, Elias, S., Bateson, C. and Batchelor, Rob (2018) Environmental setting: geoarchaeological investigations and environmental analysis. In: Jacques, D., Phillips, T. and Lyons, T. (eds.) Blick Mead: Exploring the 'first place' in the Stonehenge Landscape. Studies in the British Mesolithic and Neolithic. Peter Lang, pp. 35-66. ISBN 9781787070967 doi: 10.3726/b11044
• Morandi, L. F. and Branch, Nicholas P. (2018) Long-range versus short-range prehistoric pastoralism, potential of palaeoecological proxies and a new record from western Emilia northern Apennines, Italy. In: Pelisiak, A., Nowak, M. and Astaloş, C. (eds.) People and the Mountains. Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, pp. 47-60. ISBN 9781784918170

2017

• Thoma, Sarah, Williams, Kev, Branch, Nicholas, Green, Christopher Paul, Batchelor, Rob, Simmonds, Mike and Young, Daniel (2017) Environmental history. In: Poulton, R. (ed.) The moated medieval manor and Tudor royal residence at Woking Palace. Excavations between 2009 and 2015. SpoilHeap Publications. ISBN 9781912331031

2016

• Riddiford, Naomi G., Branch, Nicholas P., Jusseret, Simon, Olivier, Laurent and Green, Christopher P. (2016) Investigating the human-environment relationship of early intensive salt production: a case study from the Upper Seille Valley, Lorraine, northeast France. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 10. pp. 390-402. ISSN 2352-409X doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.10.018
• Smith, M. Clare, Singarayer, Joy S., Valdes, Paul J., Kaplan, Jed O. and Branch, Nicholas P. (2016) The biogeophysical climatic impacts of anthropogenic land use change during the Holocene. Climate of the Past, 12 (4). pp. 923-941. ISSN 1814-9332 doi: 10.5194/cp-12-923-2016
• Wilkinson, Keith N., Branch, Nicholas P., Llobera, Marcos, Marini, Nathalie A. F., Mazet, Sylvain and Weiss, Michel-Claude (2016) The Neolithic in La Balagne, Corsica: an evaluation using palynological, geoarchaeological and landscape archaeological data. In: Nash, G. and Townsend, A. (eds.) Decoding Neolithic Atlantic and Mediterranean island ritual. Oxbow Books, pp. 226-239. ISBN 9781785700507

2015

• Branch, N. (2015) Environmental archaeology. In: Wright, J. D. (ed.) International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition. Elsevier, Oxford, pp. 692-698. ISBN 9780080970868
• Jusseret, S., Olivier, L., Watteaux, M., Riddiford, N. G. and Branch, N. P (2015) Le Briquetage de la Seille (Moselle): géoarchéolegie et archéogéographie d'un complexe d'exploitation intensive du sel à l'âge du Fer. In: Olmer, F. and Roure, R. (eds.) Les Gaulois au fil de l'eau : actes du 37e colloque international de l'Association Française pour l'Étude de l'Âge du Fer, Montpellier 2013. Vol. 1, Communications. Ausonius, Bordeaux, pp. 515-537. ISBN 9782356131294
• Bradley, R., Lewis, J., Mullin, D. and Branch, N.(2015) 'Where the water wells up from the earth': excavations at the findspot of the Late Bronze Age hoard from Broadward, Shropshire. Antiquaries Journal, 95. pp. 21-64. ISSN 1758-5309 doi: 10.1017/S0003581515000177

2014

• Branch, N. (2014) Agrarian landscapes: environmental archaologial studies. In: Smith, C.(ed.) Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology. Springer, pp. 84-90. ISBN 9781441904263
• Graham , D., Graham, A., Branch, N. and Simmonds, M. (2014) Environmental sampling of a bell barrow on Horsfell Common, Woking.  Surrey Archaeological Collections, 98. ISSN 0309-7803 (In Press)
• Meddens, F., Willis, K., McEwan, C. and Branch, N. (2014) Introduction: Inca sacred space - landscape, site and symbol in the Andes. In: Meddens, F., Willis, K., McEwan, C. and Branch, N.(eds.) Inca sacred space: landscape, site and symbol in the Andes. Archetype Publications, London. ISBN 9781909492059
• Branch, N., Frouin, M., Kemp, R., Marini, N., Meddens, F., Onuora, C. and Silva, B. (2014) The landscape and pedo-sedimentary context of Inca stepped platorms ('ushnus'), Ayacucho, Peru. In: Meddens, F., Willis, K., McEwan, C. and Branch, N. (eds.) Inca sacred space: landscape, site and symbol in the Andes. Archetype Publications, London. ISBN 9781909492059
• Branch, N. P., Black, S., Maggi, R. and Marini, N. A. F. (2014) The neolithisation of Liguria (NW Italy): an environmental archaeological and palaeoenvironmental perspective. Environmental Archaeology: the Journal of Human Palaeoecology, 19 (3). pp. 196-213. ISSN 1749-6314 doi: 10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000024
• Batchelor, C. R., Branch, N. P., Allison, E. A., Austin, P. A., Bishop, B., Brown, A. D., Elias, S. A.,Green, C. P. and Young, D. (2014) The timing and causes of the Neolithic elm decline; new evidence from the Lower Thames Valley (London, UK). Environmental Archaeology: the Journal of Human Palaeoecology, 19 (3). pp. 263-290. ISSN 1461-4103 doi: 10.1179/1749631414Y.0000000031

2013

• Green, C. P., Farr, L., Branch, N., Jones, P. and Kemp, R. (2013) Geoarchaeological Investigations. In: Jones, P. (ed.) A Mesolithic 'Persistent Place' at North Park Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey. SpoilHeap Publications. ISBN 9780957650909
• Branch, N., Stallard, J. and Bailey, R. (2013) Optically stimulated luminescence dating. In:Jones, P. (ed.) A Mesolithic 'Persistent Place' at North Park Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey. SpoilHeap Publications. ISBN 9780957650909
• Branch, N. P. and Marini, N. A. F. (2013) Mid-late Holocene environmental change and human activities at Lago Riane(LigurianApennines, NW Italy).Quaternary International, 353. pp. 34-51. ISSN 1040-6182 doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.07.053
• Branch, N. (2013) Early-Middle Holocene vegetation history, climate change and human activities at Lago Riane (Ligurian Apennines,  NW  Italy). Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 22 (4). pp. 315-334. ISSN 0939-6314 doi: 10.1007/s00334-012-0384-9
• Swindles, G. T., Lawson, I. T., Matthews, I. P., Blaauw, M., Daley, T. J., Charman, D. J., Roland, T. P., Plunkett, G., Schettler, G., Gearey, B. R., Turner, T. E., Rea, H. A., Roe, H. M., Amesbury, M. J.,Chambers, F. M., Holmes, J., Mitchell, F. J. G., Blackford, J., Blundell, A., Branch, N., Holmes, J.,Langdon, P., McCarroll, J., McDermott, F., Oksanen, P. O., Pritchard, O., Stastney, P., Stefanini, B.,Young, D., Wheeler, J., Becker, J. and Armit, I. (2013) Centennial-scale climate change in Ireland during the Holocene. Earth Science Reviews, 126. pp. 300-320. ISSN 0012-8252 doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.08.012
• Branch, N., Green, C. P., Silva, B., Palmer, A., Austin, P. and Williams, A. (2013) Environmental evidence. In: Lambert, R., Margetts, A. and Robertson, J. (eds.) Prehistoric, Roman and Saxon Discoveries near Thorpe and Virginia Water. SpoilHeap Publications, pp. 166-172. ISBN 9780957650916
• Braithwaite, R., Black, S., Branch, N. and Maggi, R. (2013) Evaluating the environmental impact of metallurgical activities during the Copper Age and Bronze Age (~5800-2900 cal yrs BP) in the Ligurian Apennines, north-west Italy: a pilot study. Archeologia Postmedievale, 17. ISSN 1592-5935
• Green, C. P., Farr, L. and Branch, N. (2013) Geomorphology, site formation and landscape context. In: Jones, P. (ed.) Upper Palaeolithic Sites in the Lower Courses of the Rivers Colne and Wey: Excavations at Church Lammas and Wey Manor Farm. SpoilHeap Publications, pp. 14-16.

2012

• Branch, N., Batchelor, C. R., Cameron, N. G., Coope, G. R., Densem, R., Gale, R., Green, C. P. andWilliams, A. N. (2012) Holocene environmental changes in the lower Thames Valley, London, UK: implications for our understanding of the history of Taxus woodland. The Holocene, 22 (10). 1143-1158 . ISSN 0959-6836 doi: 10.1177/0959683612441805
• Riddiford, N. G., Branch, N. P., Green, C. P., Armitage, S. J. and Olivier, L. (2012) Holocene palaeoenvironmental history and the impact of prehistoric salt production in the Seille Valley, Eastern France. The Holocene, 22 (8). 831-845 . ISSN 0959-6836 doi:10.1177/0959683611434221
• Branch, N. (2012) Environmental analysis. In: Silberman, N. A. (ed.) Oxford Companion to Archaeology. 2nd edition. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 486-488. ISBN 9780199735785
• Branch, N., Vaughan-Williams, A., Silva, B., Green, C., Swindle, G., Allison, E., Austin, P., Armitage, P., Cameron, C., Keen, D. and Finch, P. (2012) Environmental evidence. In: Leary, J. and Butler, J.(eds.) Roman archaeology in the upper reaches of the Walbrook Valley: excavations at 6-8 Tokenhouse Yard, London EC2. PCA monograph (14). Pre-Construct Archaeology , Epsom, pp. 60-75. ISBN 9780956305459
• Branch, N. (2012) Paleoenvironmental reconstruction. In: Silberman, N. A. (ed.) Oxford Companion to Archaeology. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 607-609. ISBN 9780199735785

2011

• Branch, N. (2011) Environmental analysis of Tobacco Dock (Site A) samples. In: Douglas, A.,Gerrard, J. and Sudds, B. (eds.) A Roman Settlement and Bath House at Shadwell: Excavations at Tobacco Dock and Babe Ruth Restaurant, The Highway, London. PCA Monograph (12). Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd. ISBN 9780956305428
• Leary, J., Branch, N. and Rayner, L. (2011) Prehistoric Southwark: Excavations in Bermondsey shed further light on the prehistory of north Southwark. London Archaeologist, 13 (2).

2010

• Jarrett, C., Bishop, B. J., Branch, N., Allison, E., Batchelor, R., Green, C. and Pickard, C. (2010)Flints and frying pans: excavations at 11-13 Point Pleasant and the Morganite Works, Wandsworth. Surrey Archaeological Collections, 95. pp. 139-167.
• Meddens, F. M. and Branch, N. (2010) The Huari state, its use of ancestors, rural hinterland and agricultural infrastructure. In: Jennings, J. (ed.) Beyond Wari Walls: Regional Perspectives on Middle Horizon Peru. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826348678
• Olivier, L., Branch, N., Bravard, J.-P., Coutelle, A., Charlier, P., Evans, J., Jay, M., Jouanin, G.,Montgomery, J., Kremer, C., Lagadec, J.-P., Li, S., Remor, G., Riddiford, N., Tegel, W., Williams, K.and Wirtz, B. (2010) Nouvelles recherches sur le site de sauniers du premier âge du fer de Marsal 'la digue' (Moselle). Antiquities Nationales, 41. pp. 127-160.
• Schreve, D. C. and Branch, N. P. (2010) A Quaternary timeline: a teaching tool for interpreting palaeoenvironmental, palaeoclimatic and archaeological change over the last 500,000 years.Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 121 (1). pp. 83-86. ISSN 0016-7878 doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2010.02.008
• Branch, N., Green, C., Batchelor, R., Young, D., Elias, S., Cameron, N. and Athersuch, J. (2010) A tale of two power stations: environmental archaeological investigations at Battersea and Lots Road power stations. London Archaeologist, 12. pp. 267-273.

2009

• Safford, R. J., Maltby, E., Duong , V. N. and Branch, N. (2009) Melaleuca wetlands and sustainable development in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam. In: Maltby, E. and Barker, T. (eds.) The Wetlands Handbook. Blackwells Scientific, Oxford, pp. 829-849. ISBN 9780632052554
• Branch, N. (2009) Diet and Environment. In: Butler, J. and Ridgeway, V. (eds.) Secrets of the Gardens: Archaeologists unearth the lives of Roman Londoners at Drapers' Gardens. Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd. ISBN 9780956305411
• Carew, T., Meddens, F., Batchelor, R., Branch, N., Elias, S., Goodburn, D., Vaughan-Williams, A.,Webster, L. and Yeomans, L. (2009) Human-environment interactions at the wetland edge in East London: trackways, platforms and Bronze Age responses to environmental change.London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Transactions, 60. pp. 1-34.
• Meddens, F. M., Branch, N. and Vivanco, C. (2009) Plataformas usnu a gran altitude en el departamento de Ayacucho, Perú: su distribución y su significado, Conchopata. Revista de Arqueologia, 22 (2). pp. 173-210. ISSN 1982-1999
• Branch, N. P., Gale, R. and Swindle, G. E. (2009) Wood identification results. In: Whitaker, J. (ed.) Peatland Excavations 2001-2002 Mountdillon Group of Bogs, Co. Longford. Wordwell Limited, Leopardstown, pp. 79-82. ISBN 9780955585817

2008

• Branch, N., Vaughan-Williams, A., Green, C., Keen, D., Elias, S., Austin, P. and Swindle, G. (2008)Environmental Analysis. In: Bradley, T. and Butler, J. (eds.) From Temples to Thames Street - 2000 Years of Riverside Development: Archaeological Excavations at the Salvation Army International Headquarters, 99-101 Queen Victoria Street, City of London. PCA Monograph (7). Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, pp. 55-62. ISBN 9780954293864
• Branch, N., Poole, I., Silva, B., Green, C. P., Vaughan-Williams, A. and Valcarel, I. (2008)Environmental evidence. In: Richmond, A. and Coates, G. (eds.) Bronze Age Field System at Tower's Fen, Thorney, Peterborough: Excavations at 'Thorney Borrow Pit' 2004-2005. BAR British Series (471). Archaeopress, Oxford, pp. 55-67. ISBN 9781407303635
• Edgeworth, M., Blockley, K., Branch, N., Green, C., Silva, B., Swindle, G., Webster, J. and Webster, P. (2008) Excavation of a Romano-British enclosure complex at Burton Wold Farm, Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire. Northamptonshire Archaeology, 35. pp. 27-43.
• Turney, C. S. M.., Blockley, S. P. E., Lowe, J. J., Wulf, S., Branch, N. P., Mastrolorenzo, G., Swindle, G., Nathan, R. and Pollard, A. M. (2008) Geochemical characterisation of Quaternary tephras from the Campanian Province, Italy. Quaternary International, 178. pp. 288-305. ISSN 1040-6182 doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.02.007
• Meddens, F. M., Branch, N. P., Vivanco Pomacanchari, C., Riddiford, N. and Kemp, R. (2008) High altitude 'Ushnu' platforms in the Department of Ayacucho, Peru: structure, ancestors and animating essence. In: Staller, J. (ed.) Pre-Columbian Landscapes of Creation and Origin. Springer, pp. 315-356. ISBN 9780387769097
• Williams, J., Hunter, R., Branch, N., Swindle, G., Walsh, N., Valcarez, I., Palmer, A., Langdale-Smith, T. and Allen, M. (2008) Monitoring leaching from cast in situ piles. In: Kars, H. and van Heeringen, R. M. (eds.) Preserving Archaeological Remains in situ. Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological studies (10). Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, pp. 175-180.
• Branch, N. (2008) North Park Farm, Bletchingley, Surrey. In: Bayliss, A., Bronk Ramsey, C., Cook , G. , van der Plicht, J. and McCormac, G. (eds.) Radiocarbon Dates from samples funded by English Heritage under the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund 2002-7. English Heritage, Swindon, pp. 98-101. ISBN 9781848020047
• Graham, D., Graham, A., Farr, L. and Branch, N. (2008) A probable Bronze Age mound on the King's Ridge, Frensham Common. Surrey Archaeological Collections, 94. pp. 181-189.
• Rose, J., Juby, C., Bullen, M., Davies, S., Branch, N., Gammage, Z., Candy, I. and Palmer, A. (2008)The stratigraphy, sedimentology, palaeoenvironments and duration of the early Middle Pleistocene sediments at West Runton, north Norfolk. In: Candy, I., Lee, J. R. and Harrison, A. M. (eds.) The quaternary of northern East Anglia: field guide. Quaternary Research Association, pp. 157-181.

2007

• Branch, N. (2007) Bletchingley: North Park Farm, Surrey. In: Bayliss, A., Ramsey, G. B., Cook, G.and van der Plicht, J. (eds.) Radiocarbon Dates from samples funded by English Heritage under the Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund 2002-4. English Heritage, Swindon, pp. 42-43. ISBN 9781905624966
• Branch, N. and Barber, A. (2007) A Late Iron Age and Roman farmstead at RAF St Athan, Vale of Glamorgan, evaluation and excavation 2002-03. Archaeologia Cambrensis, 155. pp. 49-115.
• Bailey, R. M., Branch, N. P. and Stallard, J., (2007) North Park Farm Quarry, Bletchingley, Surrey: Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) dating of a Mesolithic archaeological site, Stage 1.Research Depatment Report. 98-2007. Project Report. English Heritage pp14.
• Branch, N. P., Kemp, R. A., Silva, B., Meddens, F. M., Williams, A., Kendall, A. and Pomacanchari, C. V. (2007) Testing the sustainability and sensitivity to climatic change of terrace agricultural systems in the Peruvian Andes: a pilot study. Journal of Archaeological Science, 34 (1). pp. 1-9. ISSN 0305-4403 doi: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.03.011

2006

• Branch, N., Green, C. P., Swindle, G. E., Vaughan-Williams, A., Williams, A. and Wyatt, C. (2006) A Bronze Age field system: the environmental context. In: Carew, T., Bishop, B., Meddens, F. andRidgeway, V. (eds.) Unlocking The Landscape, Archaeological Excavations at Ashford Prison, Middlesex. PCS Monograph (5). Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, p. 36. ISBN 9780954293840
• Turney, C., Kershaw, A., Lowe, J., van der Kaars, S., Johnston, R., Rule, S., Moss, P., Radke, L.,Tibby, J., McGlone, M., Wilmshurst, J., Vandergoes, M., Fitzsimons, S., Bryant, C., James, S.,Branch, N. C., Cowley, J., Kalin, R., Ogle, N., Jacobsen, G. and Fifield, L. (2006) Climate variability in the southwest Pacific during the Last Termination (20-10 kyr BP). Quaternary Science Reviews, 25 (9-10). pp. 886-903. ISSN 0277-3791 doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.09.007
• Branch, N. and Vaughan-Williams, A. (2006) Geochemical and plant macrofossil analyses of a Medieval pit. In: Butler, J. (ed.) Reclaiming the marsh: archaeological excavations at Moor House, City of London. PCA Monograph (6). Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, pp. 143-145. ISBN 9780954293857
• Turney, C. S. M., Kershaw, A. P., James, S., Branch, N., Cowley, J., Fifield, L. K., Jacobsen, G. andMoss, P. (2006) Geochemical changes recorded in Lynch's Crater, Northeastern Australia, over the past 50 ka. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 233 (3-4). pp. 187-203. ISSN 0031-0182 doi: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.09.009
• Branch, N., Green, C. P., Swindle, G. E., Vaughan-Williams, A., Williams, A. and Wyatt, C. (2006)The Iron Age settlement: the environmental context. In: Carew, T., Bishop, B., Meddens, F. andRidgeway, V. (eds.) Unlocking The Landscape, Archaeological Excavations at Ashford Prison, Middlesex. PCA Monograph (5). Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, pp. 74-75. ISBN 9780954293840
• Green, C. P., Branch, N., Coope, G. R., Field, M. H., Keen, D. H., Wells, J. M., Schwenninger, J. L.,Preece, R. C., Schreve, D. C., Canti, M. G. and Gleed-Owen, C. P. (2006) Marine Isotope Stage 9 environments of fluvial deposits at Hackney, north London, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25 (1-2). pp. 89-113. ISSN 0277-3791 doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.10.011
• Branch, N., Vaughan-Williams, A., Silva, B., Green, C. and Williams, A. (2006) Medieval and Post Medieval environmental analysis. In: Butler, J. (ed.) Reclaiming the marsh: archaeological excavations at Moor House, City of London. PCA Monograph (6). Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd , pp. 138-143. ISBN 9780954293857
• Branch, N., Green, C. P., Swindle , G. E., Vaughan-Williams, A., Williams, A. and Wyatt, C. (2006) A Neolithic monumental landscape: the environmental context. In: Carew, T., Bishop, B.,Meddens, F. and Ridgeway, V. (eds.) Unlocking The Landscape, Archaeological Excavations at Ashford Prison, Middlesex. PCA Monograph (5). Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, pp. 25-26. ISBN 9780954293840
• Kemp, R. A., Branch, N. P., Silva, B., Meddens, F., Williams, A., Kendall, A. and Pomacanchari, C. V. (2006) Pedosedimentary, cultural and environmental significance of palaeosols within Pre-Hispanic agricultural terraces in the southern Peruvian Andes. Quaternary International, 158. pp. 13-22. ISSN 1040-6182 doi: 10.1016/j.quaint.2006.05.013
• Branch, N., Vaughan-Williams, A., Silva, B., Green, C. and Williams, A. (2006) Roman Environmental Analysis. In: Butler, J. (ed.) Reclaiming the marsh: archaeological excavations at Moor House, City of London. Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd , pp. 31-34.

2005

• Leary, J., Branch, N. P. and Bishop, B. (2005) 10,000 years in the life of the river Wandle: excavations at the former Vinamul site, Butter Hill, Wallington. Surrey Archaeological Collections, 92. pp. 1-28.
• Branch, N., Canti, M., Clark, P. and Turney, C. (2005) Environmental Archaeology: Theoretical and Practical Approaches. Edward Arnold, London.
• Butler, J., Goodburn, D., Jarrett, C., Egan, G., Palmer, A. and Branch, N. (2005) A previously unknown watercourse west of the City. London Archaeologist, 11 (1). pp. 9-19. ISSN 0024-5984

2004

• Branch, N. (2004) Late Wurm lateglacial and Holocene environmental history of the Ligurian Apennines, Italy. In: Balzaretti, R., Pearce, M. and Watkins, C. (eds.) Ligurian landscapes: studies in archaeology, geography and history. Accordia Specialist Studies on Italy (10). Accordia Research Institute, London, pp. 7-69. ISBN 1873415281
• Turney, C. S. M., Kershaw, A. P., Clemens, S. C., Branch, N., Moss, P. T. and Fifield, L. K. (2004)Millennial and orbital variations of El Nino/Southern Oscillation and high-latitude climate in the last glacial period. Nature, 428. pp. 306-310. ISSN 0028-0836 doi: 10.1038/nature02386
• Keeley, H., Allison, E., Branch, N., Cameron, N., Dobinson, S., Ellis, I., Ellison, P., Fairbairn, A.,Green, C. P., Hunter, R., Lee, J., Locker, J., Lowe, J., Palmer, A., Robinson, E., Stewart, J. andWilkinson, K. (2004) The environmental evidence. In: Clark, P. (ed.) The Dover Bronze Age Boat. English Heritage, Swindon, pp. 229-250. ISBN 1873592590
• Branch, N. and Green, C. P. (2004) The environmental history of Surrey. In: Cotton, J., Crocker, G. and Graham, A. (eds.) Aspects of archaeology and history in Surrey: towards a research framework for the county. Surrey Archaeological Society, Guildford, pp. 1-18. ISBN 0954146034

2003

• Oldfield, F., Asioli, A., Accorsi, C. A., Mercuri, A. M., Juggins, S., Langone, L., Rolph, T., Trincardi, F., Wolff, G., Gibbs, Z., Vigliotti, L., Frignani, M., van der Post, K. and Branch, N. (2003) A high resolution late Holocene palaeo environmental record from the central Adriatic Sea.Quaternary Science Reviews, 22. pp. 319-342. ISSN 0277-3791 doi: 10.1016/S0277-3791(02)00088-4
• Masefield, R., Branch, N., Couldrey, P., Goodburn, D. and Tyers, I. (2003) A later Bronze Age well complex at Swalecliffe, Kent. Antiquaries Journal, 83. pp. 47-121. ISSN 1758-5309 doi:10.1017/S0003581500077672

2002

• Branch, N. (2002) L'analisi palinologica per lo studio della vegetazione e della sua gestione.In: Campana, N. and Maggi, R. (eds.) Archeologia in valle Lagorara. Istituto Italiano Di Preistoria e Protostoria, Florence, pp. 339-353. ISBN 9788860450111
• Proctor, J., Bishop, B. and Branch, N. (2002) Prehistoric and environmental development on Horsleydown: excavations at 1-2 Three Oak Lane: palynology. Surrey Archaeological Collections, 89. pp. 1-26. ISSN 0309-7803
• Davies, S. M., Branch, N. P., Lowe, J. J. and Turney, C. S. M. (2002) Towards a European tephrochronological framework for Termination 1 and the Early Holocene. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 360 (1793). pp. 767-802. ISSN 1471-2962 doi: 10.1098/rsta.2001.0964

2001

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• Divers, D., Branch, N., Green, C., Jarrett, C., Moore, P., Phillpotts, C. and Schwenninger, J.-L.(2001) Excavations at 552 Kings Road, Chelsea: geology and topography. Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, 52. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0076-0501

2000

• Briant, R. M., Rose, J. and Branch, N. (2000) Trimingham (TG 277391 and TG 274393): pre-glacial coastal sands, gravels and organic muds. In: Lewis, S. G., Whiteman, C. A. and Preece, R. C. (eds.) The quaternary of Norfolk and Suffolk. QRA Field Guides. Quaternary Research Association, London, pp. 85-90. ISBN 9780907780496
• Davies, S. M., Rose, J., Branch, N. and Candy, I. (2000) West Runton (TG 188432 and TG 185432): pre-glacial gravels, freshwater muds and coastal sand and gravels. In: Lewis, S. G.,Whiteman, C. A. and Preece, R. C. (eds.) The quaternary of Norfolk and Suffolk. QRA Field Guides. Quaternary Research Association, London, pp. 61-66. ISBN 9780907780496

FURTHER PUBLICATIONS

Briant, R.M., Rose, J., Lee, J.A. and Branch, N.P. 1999 Pre-glacial Quaternary sediments from Trimingham, North Norfolk, England, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Norfolk, 49, 15-47.

Rose, J., Whiteman, C.A., Lee, J.A., Branch, N.P., Harkness, D.D. and Walden, J 1997 Mid- and Late-Holocene vegetation, surface weathering and glaciation, Fjallsjokull, southeast Iceland, The Holocene, 7, 457

Branch, N.P. 1997 Palynological study of the Early and Middle Neolithic deposits of Arene Candide: preliminary results, In Maggi R. (ed.) Arene Candide: a functional and environmental assessment of the Holocene sequence (excavation Bernabo Brea 1940-50), Il Calamo, 89-102.

Branch, N.P. 1997 Pollen analysis of a sediment sample from area 01, Middle Neolithic II, In Maggi R. (ed.) Arene Candide: a functional and environmental assessment of the Holocene sequence (excavation Bernabo Brea 1940-50), Il Calamo, 87-88.

Branch, N.P. 1996 Palynology, In: Thomas, C. and Rackham, J. (eds.), Bramcote Green, Bermondsey: a Bronze Age trackway and palaeoenvironmental sequence, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 61, 221-253.

Watson, C., Branch, N.P. and Lowe, J.J. 1994 The vegetation history of the northern Apennines during the Holocene In: Biagi P. and Nandris J. (eds.), Highland Zone Exploitation in Southern Europe, Monografie di Natura Bresciana, 20, 153-168.

Lowe, J.J., Branch, N.P. and Watson, C. 1994 The chronology of human disturbance of the vegetation of the northern Apennines during the Holocene, In: Biagi P. and Nandris J. (eds.),Highland Zone Exploitation in Southern Europe, Monografie di Natura Bresciana, 20, 169-187.

Branch, N.P. and Scaife, R.G. 1995 The stratigraphy and pollen analysis of peat sequences associated with the Lindow III bog body, In: Turner R.C. and Scaife R.G. (eds.), Bog Bodies: New Discoveries and New Perspectives, 19-31, British Museum Press, London.

Branch, N.P. and Canti, M.G. 1994 Research proposal for testing pollen translocation rates in coarse mineral substrates, Journal of the Southeast England Soils Discussion Group: Soils and Archaeology,10, 73-85.

Branch, N.P. 1991 The seeds from burial S506, In Hayman G.N., Further excavations at the former Goblin Works, Ashtead (TQ 182 567), Surrey Archaeological Collections, 81, 9.

Branch, N.P. and Scaife, R.G. 1991 Ower Peninsula: Iron Age - Romano-British soil accumulation, In Cox P.W. and Hearne C.M. (eds.), Redeemed from the heath: the archaeology of the Wytch Farm oilfield (1987-1990), Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society Monograph Series, 9, 187-189.

Branch, N.P. 1989 Pollen assessment, In Marsden P. (ed.) A late Saxon logboat from Clapton, London Borough of Hackney, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration , 18, 106.

Branch, N.P. 1988 Pollen analysis, In Howard S. (ed.), Rescue excavations of a Roman enclosure and field system at West Moors, Dorset, 1988, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 110, 105-107.

Branch, N.P. 1988 Pollen and preliminary plant macrofossil analysis of peat columns from Lindow Moss, Cheshire, Ancient Monuments Laboratory Report, 111/88.