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Bayesian analysis of Pleistocene Chronometric Methods (2006)
Journal Article
Millard, A. (2006). Bayesian analysis of Pleistocene Chronometric Methods. Archaeometry, 48(2), 359-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4754.2006.00261.x

Bayesian analysis of radiocarbon dates on Holocene archaeological sites has become well established. Application to Pleistocene sites dated by multiple techniques would be advantageous. This paper develops the necessary mathematical apparatus in the... Read More about Bayesian analysis of Pleistocene Chronometric Methods.

Review of the Seventh Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. (2006)
Journal Article
Millard, A. (2006). Review of the Seventh Annual Conference of the British Association for Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology. Annual review - British Association of Biological Anthropology and Osteoarchaeology, 7, 41-42

Comment on Martinez-Garcia et al. 'Heavy metals in human bones in different historical epochs' (2006)
Journal Article
Millard, A. (2006). Comment on Martinez-Garcia et al. 'Heavy metals in human bones in different historical epochs'. Science of the Total Environment, 354(2-3), 295-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.11.010

Martínez-García et al. (Sci. Tot Env. 348:51–72) have examined heavy metal exposure of humans in the Cartagena region using analysis of archaeological bones. An analysis of the lead and iron levels they report shows that they are physiologically impl... Read More about Comment on Martinez-Garcia et al. 'Heavy metals in human bones in different historical epochs'.

Isotopic evidence for migration in Medieval England: the potential for tracking the introduction of disease (2005)
Journal Article
Millard, A., Roberts, C., & Hughes, S. (2005). Isotopic evidence for migration in Medieval England: the potential for tracking the introduction of disease. Social biology and human affairs, 70(1), 9-13

Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain (2004)
Journal Article
Budd, P., Millard, A., Chenery, C., Lucy, S., & Roberts, C. (2004). Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain. Antiquity, 78(299), 127-141. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x0009298x

Stable isotopes present in local ground water get into people's teeth before they are 12 years old, and act as a signature to the area where they grew up (and drank the water). In a review of recent work in Britain the authors show the huge potential... Read More about Investigating population movement by stable isotope analysis: a report from Britain.

Recensioner: It's about time: the concept of time in archaeology edited by Håkon Karlsson (2003)
Journal Article
Millard, A. (2003). Recensioner: It's about time: the concept of time in archaeology edited by Håkon Karlsson. Fornvännen, 98(2), 160-162

A Bayesian approach to the estimation of the age of humans from tooth development and wear (2002)
Journal Article
Millard, A., & Gowland, R. (2002). A Bayesian approach to the estimation of the age of humans from tooth development and wear. Archeologia e calcolatori (Testo stampato), 13, 197-210

Examination of dental development is considered to be an accurate method of ageing non-adults, but ageing adults from dental wear is much less accurate. Miles’ method is generally accepted to be the best way we have to derive estimates of tooth-wear... Read More about A Bayesian approach to the estimation of the age of humans from tooth development and wear.

The survival of organic matter in bone: A review (2002)
Journal Article
Collins, M., Nielsen-Marsh, C., Hiller, J., Smith, C., Roberts, J., Prigodich, R., …Turner-Walker, G. (2002). The survival of organic matter in bone: A review. Archaeometry, 44(3), 383-394. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00071

If bone is considered as a composite of collagen (protein) and bioapatite (mineral), then three pathways of diagenesis are identified: (1) chemical deterioration of the organic phase; (2) chemical deterioration of the mineral phase; and (3) (micro) b... Read More about The survival of organic matter in bone: A review.

The Taphonomy of Cooked Bone : Characterizing Boiling and its Physico-Chemical Effects (2002)
Journal Article
Roberts, S., Smith, C., Millard, A., & Collins, M. (2002). The Taphonomy of Cooked Bone : Characterizing Boiling and its Physico-Chemical Effects. Archaeometry, 44(3), 485-494. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.t01-1-00080

Cooking is perhaps the most common pre–burial taphonomic transformation that occurs to bone, yet it is still one of the least understood. Little progress has been made in determining a method of identifying cooked bone in the archaeological record, d... Read More about The Taphonomy of Cooked Bone : Characterizing Boiling and its Physico-Chemical Effects.

Bayesian approach to sapwood estimates and felling dates in dendrochronology (2002)
Journal Article
Millard, A. (2002). Bayesian approach to sapwood estimates and felling dates in dendrochronology. Archaeometry, 44(1), 137-143. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-4754.00048

An improved method of generating sapwood estimates for oak is developed. This suggests a revision of the 95% confidence range from 10–40 to 9–36 rings for trees from southern England. Current methods for estimating felling dates on timbers with incom... Read More about Bayesian approach to sapwood estimates and felling dates in dendrochronology.

Settlement and landscape development in the Homs Region, Syria: research questions, preliminary results 1999-2000 and future potential (2002)
Journal Article
Philip, G., Jabour, F., Beck, A., Bshesh, M., Grove, J., Kirk, A., & Millard, A. (2002). Settlement and landscape development in the Homs Region, Syria: research questions, preliminary results 1999-2000 and future potential. Levant, 34, 1-23

This report describes the results of the first and second seasons of field work by an interdisciplinary research team studying the landscape history of the upper Orontes Valley near Homs in western Syria. Initial discussions address the value of surv... Read More about Settlement and landscape development in the Homs Region, Syria: research questions, preliminary results 1999-2000 and future potential.

The exploitation of salt in the prehistory of Moldavia, Romania (2001)
Journal Article
Chapman, J., Monah, D., Dumitraoia, G., Armstrong, H., Millard, A., & Francis, M. (2001). The exploitation of salt in the prehistory of Moldavia, Romania. Archaeological reports (Durham), 23, 10-20

Book review: 'Seriation, stratigraphy and index fossils: the backbone of archaeological dating' by Michael J O'Brien and R Lee Lyman (2000)
Journal Article
Millard, A. (2000). Book review: 'Seriation, stratigraphy and index fossils: the backbone of archaeological dating' by Michael J O'Brien and R Lee Lyman. SAS bulletin, 23(3/4), 20-22

Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: a cautionary note. (1999)
Journal Article
Millard, A., & Pike, A. (1999). Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: a cautionary note. Journal of Human Evolution, 36, 581-585. https://doi.org/10.1006/jhev.1999.0302

Recently in this journal Schwarcz et al. (J.Hum.Evol. 35, 635-645, 1998) presented the results of gamma-ray spectrometric U-series dating of the Tabun C1 Neanderthal, assigning a date of 34±5 ka using early uptake (EU) and linear uptake (LU) models.... Read More about Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: a cautionary note..

Melsonby revisited: survey and excavation 1992-95 at the site of discovery of the "Stanwick", North Yorkshire, hoard of 1843 (1999)
Journal Article
Willis, S., Lowther, P., Fitts, R., & Haselgrove, C. (1999). Melsonby revisited: survey and excavation 1992-95 at the site of discovery of the "Stanwick", North Yorkshire, hoard of 1843. Durham archaeological journal, 14-15, 1-52

Comment on 'AMS radiocarbon dates from the Predynastic Egyptian Cemetery, N7000, at Naga-ed-Dêr' by S.H. Savage. (1999)
Journal Article
Millard, A., & Wilkinson, T. (1999). Comment on 'AMS radiocarbon dates from the Predynastic Egyptian Cemetery, N7000, at Naga-ed-Dêr' by S.H. Savage. Journal of Archaeological Science, 26, 339-341. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1999.0414

Savage (JAS 25 235-249) has recently published an analysis of a corpus of radiocarbon dates from Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egyptian contexts. He has assigned the calibrated dates to phases and sub- phases, and he proposes these as the components... Read More about Comment on 'AMS radiocarbon dates from the Predynastic Egyptian Cemetery, N7000, at Naga-ed-Dêr' by S.H. Savage..

The Durham Cathedral doors. (1999)
Journal Article
Caple, C., Baillie, M., Brown, D., Cambridge, E., Cramp, R., Clogg, P., …Millard, A. (1999). The Durham Cathedral doors. Durham archaeological journal, 14-15, 131-140

Book review: The Experimental Earthwork Project 1960–1992. CBA Research Report, 100. Edited by M. Bell, P.J. Fowler, and S. W. Hillson. (1997)
Journal Article
Millard, A. (1997). Book review: The Experimental Earthwork Project 1960–1992. CBA Research Report, 100. Edited by M. Bell, P.J. Fowler, and S. W. Hillson. Archaeological Journal, 154(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/00665983.1997.11078793

A diffusion-adsorption model of uranium uptake by archaeological bone. (1996)
Journal Article
Millard, A., & Hedges, R. (1996). A diffusion-adsorption model of uranium uptake by archaeological bone. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 60, 2139-2152. https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037%2896%2900050-6

An argument for the possibility of uranium uptake by buried bone taking place through the adsorption of uranyl species on bone mineral is advanced. In the light of this a diffusion-adsorption model for uranium uptake by buried bone is developed, the... Read More about A diffusion-adsorption model of uranium uptake by archaeological bone..

Bones and groundwater: towards the modelling of diagenetic processes. (1995)
Journal Article
Hedges, R., & Millard, A. (1995). Bones and groundwater: towards the modelling of diagenetic processes. Journal of Archaeological Science, 22, 155-164. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1995.0017

This paper develops a theory for describing those diagenetic changes in bone which involve its interaction with groundwater. Three main processes are considered, as examples of such changes; namely the uptake of uranium, the dissolution of bone, and... Read More about Bones and groundwater: towards the modelling of diagenetic processes..