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The emergence of the LBK: Migration, memory and meaning at the transition to agriculture (2012)
Book Chapter
Zvelebil, M., Lillie, M., Montgomery, J., Lukes, A., Pettitt, P., & Richards, M. (2012). The emergence of the LBK: Migration, memory and meaning at the transition to agriculture. In J. Burger, E. Kaiser, & W. Schier (Eds.), Population dynamics in pre- and early history : new approaches by using stable isotopes and genetics (133-148). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110266306.133

This paper represents one element of a collaborative research project, funded by the AHRC, which focussed on a multidisciplinary study of the Earlier Neolithic cemetery of Vedrovice, Moravia, Czech Republic. One of the key aims of this project was th... Read More about The emergence of the LBK: Migration, memory and meaning at the transition to agriculture.

A calf for all seasons? The potential of stable isotope analysis to investigate prehistoric husbandry practices (2011)
Journal Article
Towers, J., Jay, M., Mainland, I., Nehlich, O., & Montgomery, J. (2011). A calf for all seasons? The potential of stable isotope analysis to investigate prehistoric husbandry practices. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(8), 1858-1868. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.03.030

The Early Bronze Age barrows at Irthlingborough and Gayhurst in central England are notable for the large number of cattle (Bos taurus) remains associated with their human Beaker burials. Previous work using strontium isotope analysis has indicated t... Read More about A calf for all seasons? The potential of stable isotope analysis to investigate prehistoric husbandry practices.

New light on the personal identification of a skeleton of a member of Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic, 1845 (2011)
Journal Article
Mays, S., Ogden, A., Montgomery, J., Vincent, S., Battersby, W., & Taylor, G. (2011). New light on the personal identification of a skeleton of a member of Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic, 1845. Journal of Archaeological Science, 38(7), 1571-1582. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.022

In 1845, an expedition, commanded by Sir John Franklin, set out to try and discover the north-west passage. All 129 men on this ill-fated voyage perished. Over the years, skeletal remains associated with the final throes of the expedition have been l... Read More about New light on the personal identification of a skeleton of a member of Sir John Franklin's last expedition to the Arctic, 1845.

Identifying the origins of decapitated male skeletons from 3 Driffield Terrace, York, through isotope analysis: reflections of the cosmopolitan nature of Roman York in the time of Caracalla (2011)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., Knüsel, C., & Tucker, K. (2011). Identifying the origins of decapitated male skeletons from 3 Driffield Terrace, York, through isotope analysis: reflections of the cosmopolitan nature of Roman York in the time of Caracalla. In M. Bonogofsky (Ed.), The bioarchaeology of the human head : decapitation, decoration and deformation (141-178). University Press of Florida

Gristhorpe Man: a Raman spectroscopic study of 'mistletoe berries' in a Bronze Age log coffin burial (2010)
Journal Article
Edwards, H., Montgomery, J., Melton, N., Hargreaves, M., Wilson, A., & Carter, E. (2010). Gristhorpe Man: a Raman spectroscopic study of 'mistletoe berries' in a Bronze Age log coffin burial. Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 41(11), 1533-1536. https://doi.org/10.1002/jrs.2593

In 1834 in a tumulus at Gristhorpe, North Yorkshire, UK, an intact coffin fashioned from the hollowed-out trunk of an oak tree was found to contain a well-preserved skeleton stained black from the oak tannins, wrapped in an animal skin and buried wit... Read More about Gristhorpe Man: a Raman spectroscopic study of 'mistletoe berries' in a Bronze Age log coffin burial.

Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined (2010)
Journal Article
Melton, N., Montgomery, J., Knüsel, C. J., Batt, C., Needham, S., Pearson, M. P., Sheridan, A., Heron, C., Horsley, T., Schmidt, A., Evans, A., Carter, E., Edwards, H., Hargreaves, M., Janaway, R., Lynnerup, N., Northover, P., O'Connor, S., Ogden, A., Taylor, T., …Wilson, A. (2010). Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined. Antiquity, 84(325), 796-815. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00100237

A log-coffin excavated in the early nineteenth century proved to be well enough preserved in the early twenty-first century for the full armoury of modern scientific investigation to give its occupants and contents new identity, new origins and a new... Read More about Gristhorpe Man: an Early Bronze Age log-coffin burial scientifically defined.

Passports from the past: Investigating human dispersals using strontium isotope analysis of tooth enamel (2010)
Journal Article
Montgomery, J. (2010). Passports from the past: Investigating human dispersals using strontium isotope analysis of tooth enamel. Annals of Human Biology, 37(3), 325-346. https://doi.org/10.3109/03014461003649297

Strontium isotopes are a powerful tool which provide information about provenance directly from the tissues of humans rather than the grave context and burial goods. Geographical variation in strontium isotopes is primarily controlled by the underlyi... Read More about Passports from the past: Investigating human dispersals using strontium isotope analysis of tooth enamel.

Evidence for long-term averaging of strontium in bovine enamel using TIMS and LA-MC-ICP-MS strontium isotope intra-molar profiles (2010)
Journal Article
Montgomery, J., Evans, J., & Horstwood, M. (2010). Evidence for long-term averaging of strontium in bovine enamel using TIMS and LA-MC-ICP-MS strontium isotope intra-molar profiles. Environmental Archaeology, 15(1), 32-42. https://doi.org/10.1179/146141010x12640787648694

High spatial resolution micro-sampling of tooth enamel offers the possibility of high temporal resolution isotope data to reconstruct climate, environment, diet and mobility. Questions remain about the duration and pattern of the maturation phase of... Read More about Evidence for long-term averaging of strontium in bovine enamel using TIMS and LA-MC-ICP-MS strontium isotope intra-molar profiles.

An investigation of the origins of cattle and aurochs deposited in the Early Bronze Age barrows at Gayhurst and Irthlingborough (2010)
Journal Article
Towers, J., Montgomery, J., Evans, J., Jay, M., & Pearson, M. (2010). An investigation of the origins of cattle and aurochs deposited in the Early Bronze Age barrows at Gayhurst and Irthlingborough. Journal of Archaeological Science, 37(3), 508-515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.10.012

The Early Bronze Age round barrows at Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire and Gayhurst, Buckinghamshire contained remarkably large quantities of cattle (Bos taurus) remains. At Irthlingborough, at least 185 skulls with smaller numbers of mandibles, sho... Read More about An investigation of the origins of cattle and aurochs deposited in the Early Bronze Age barrows at Gayhurst and Irthlingborough.