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Finding the coastal Mesolithic in Southwest Britain: AMS dates and stable isotope results on human remains from Caldey Island, South Wales (2002)
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Schulting, R., & Richards, M. (2002). Finding the coastal Mesolithic in Southwest Britain: AMS dates and stable isotope results on human remains from Caldey Island, South Wales. Antiquity, 76(294), 1011-1025. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00091821

The implications of new evidence are presented for the generally high level of marine diet in the coastal Mesolithic populations of Wales. Within these generally high levels, some variations may point to seasonal movement. These data provide a strong... Read More about Finding the coastal Mesolithic in Southwest Britain: AMS dates and stable isotope results on human remains from Caldey Island, South Wales.

Bone stable isotope evidence for infant feeding in Mediaeval England (2002)
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Mays, S., Richards, M., & Fuller, B. (2002). Bone stable isotope evidence for infant feeding in Mediaeval England. Antiquity, 76(293), 654-656. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00091067

This paper is a first study of duration of breastfeeding using bone stable isotopes in infants in a British palaeopopulation, from the deserted Mediaeval village of Wharram Percy, England. Nitrogen stable isotope analysis suggests cessation of breast... Read More about Bone stable isotope evidence for infant feeding in Mediaeval England.

New Exploration in the Chitral Valley, Pakistan: An Extension of the Gandharan Grave Culture (2002)
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Ali, I., Batt, C., Coningham, R., & Young, R. (2002). New Exploration in the Chitral Valley, Pakistan: An Extension of the Gandharan Grave Culture. Antiquity, 76(293), 647-653. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00091055

New survey in the Chitral Valley has doubled the number of recorded Gandharan Grave culture sites in the region and extended their geographical range. The numbers and location of sites indicates that the Gandharan Grave culture was well established i... Read More about New Exploration in the Chitral Valley, Pakistan: An Extension of the Gandharan Grave Culture.

Introduction involontaire de la souris domestique (Mus musculus domesticus) à Chypre dès le Néolithique précéramique ancien (fin IX[e] et VIII[e] millénaires av. J.-C.) (2002)
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Cucchi, T., Vigne, J., Auffray, J., Croft, P., & Peltenburg, E. (2002). Introduction involontaire de la souris domestique (Mus musculus domesticus) à Chypre dès le Néolithique précéramique ancien (fin IX[e] et VIII[e] millénaires av. J.-C.). Comptes Rendus Palevol, 1(4), 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1631-0683%2802%2900033-7

Sample scarcity and the need of a methodology well-suited to determination of archaeological specimens are responsible for the lack of information on the mechanism and on the ecological and anthropological conditions of the spread of the house mouse... Read More about Introduction involontaire de la souris domestique (Mus musculus domesticus) à Chypre dès le Néolithique précéramique ancien (fin IX[e] et VIII[e] millénaires av. J.-C.).

The wet, the wild and the domesticated: The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition on the West coast of Scotland (2002)
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Schulting, R., & Richards, M. (2002). The wet, the wild and the domesticated: The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition on the West coast of Scotland. European Journal of Archaeology, 5(2), 147-189. https://doi.org/10.1177/14619571020050020201

Models of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Britain in recent years have tended to downplay the role of changes in the subsistence economy, emphasizing a very gradual adoption of new domesticated resources. This view has been particularly pervas... Read More about The wet, the wild and the domesticated: The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition on the West coast of Scotland.

The survival of organic matter in bone: A review (2002)
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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)
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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.

Sedimentology, palaeontology and archaeology of late Middle Pleistocene River Thames terrace deposits at Purfleet, Essex, UK (2002)
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Schreve, D., Bridgland, D., Allen, P., Blackford, J., Gleed-Owen, C., Griffiths, H., …White, M. (2002). Sedimentology, palaeontology and archaeology of late Middle Pleistocene River Thames terrace deposits at Purfleet, Essex, UK. Quaternary Science Reviews, 21(12-13), 1423-1464. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0277-3791%2801%2900100-7

Middle Pleistocene fluvial deposits of the Corbets Tey Formation at Purfleet, Essex, provide evidence of an un-named and previously poorly recognized interglacial, thought to corrrelate with Oxygen Isotope Stage (OIS) 9. Previous attributions of the... Read More about Sedimentology, palaeontology and archaeology of late Middle Pleistocene River Thames terrace deposits at Purfleet, Essex, UK.

Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications (2002)
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Privat, K., O’Connell, T., & Richards, M. (2002). Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29(7), 779-790. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0785

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values were obtained from human and faunal bones from the Early Anglo-Saxon cemetery site at Wally Corner, Berinsfield, Oxfordshire, U.K. These values were used to characterize the diet of the burial community as a... Read More about Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications.

A Bayesian Approach to Ageing Perinatal Skeletal Material from Archaeological Sites: Implications for the Evidence for Infanticide in Roman-Britain (2002)
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Gowland, R., & Chamberlain, A. (2002). A Bayesian Approach to Ageing Perinatal Skeletal Material from Archaeological Sites: Implications for the Evidence for Infanticide in Roman-Britain. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29(6), 677-685. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0776

The skeletal remains of substantial numbers of perinatal human infants have been excavated from within a variety of archaeological contexts dating to the Romano-British period. It has been argued that the distribution of ages at death of these infant... Read More about A Bayesian Approach to Ageing Perinatal Skeletal Material from Archaeological Sites: Implications for the Evidence for Infanticide in Roman-Britain.

Diagenetic arsenic uptake in archaeological bone: Can we really identify copper smelters? (2002)
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Pike, A., & Richards, M. (2002). Diagenetic arsenic uptake in archaeological bone: Can we really identify copper smelters?. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29(6), 607-611. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0754

In a recent paper Oakberg, Levy & Smith (2000) reported measurements of arsenic concentrations in bone from the Chalcolithic site of Shiqmim, Israel. They inferred that since elevated levels of As had been found in the bone of modern copper smelter w... Read More about Diagenetic arsenic uptake in archaeological bone: Can we really identify copper smelters?.

The Reuse of Prehistoric Standing Stones in Western Britain? A Critical Consideration of an Aspect of Early Medieval Monument Reuse (2002)
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Petts, D. (2002). The Reuse of Prehistoric Standing Stones in Western Britain? A Critical Consideration of an Aspect of Early Medieval Monument Reuse. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 21(2), 195-209. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0092.00157

The superficial similarity in form of prehistoric standing stones and early medieval western British inscribed stones has sometimes led to the suggestion that the medieval stones were reusing the earlier monuments. In this paper this suggestion is cr... Read More about The Reuse of Prehistoric Standing Stones in Western Britain? A Critical Consideration of an Aspect of Early Medieval Monument Reuse.

Two sides to every story: bout coupé handaxes revisited (2002)
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White, M., & Jacobi, R. (2002). Two sides to every story: bout coupé handaxes revisited. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 21(2), 109-133. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0092.00152

Bout coupé handaxes are widely considered to be a cultural and typological marker for the Middle Palaeolithic in Britain, and are traditionally dated to around the end of the Last Interglacial or the beginning of the Devensian glaciation. Much debate... Read More about Two sides to every story: bout coupé handaxes revisited.

A pattern of islands: the Neolithic monuments of north-west Brittany (2002)
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Scarre, C. (2002). A pattern of islands: the Neolithic monuments of north-west Brittany. European Journal of Archaeology, 5(1), 24-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465712002005001827

Coastal distributions such as that of the Neolithic chambered tombs of Brittany raise important questions about prehistoric beliefs and understandings relating to sea and shoreline. Concepts of liminality come particularly to the fore where headlands... Read More about A pattern of islands: the Neolithic monuments of north-west Brittany.

Dogs, Ducks, Deer and Diet: New Stable Isotope Evidence on Early Mesolithic Dogs from the Vale of Pickering, North-east England (2002)
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Schulting, R., & Richards, M. (2002). Dogs, Ducks, Deer and Diet: New Stable Isotope Evidence on Early Mesolithic Dogs from the Vale of Pickering, North-east England. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29(4), 327-333. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2002.0707

We present new carbon and nitrogen isotope values for two domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and an aquatic bird (Grus grus) from the Mesolithic sites of Star and Seamer Carr, Yorkshire, England. Previous measurements of the carbon isotopes of the Seam... Read More about Dogs, Ducks, Deer and Diet: New Stable Isotope Evidence on Early Mesolithic Dogs from the Vale of Pickering, North-east England.

Effect of EGR on Autoignition, Combustion, Regulated Emissions, and Aldehydes in DI Diesel Engines (2002)
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Nitu, B., Singh, I., Badreshany, K., Zhong, L., Henein, N., & Bryzik, W. (2002). Effect of EGR on Autoignition, Combustion, Regulated Emissions, and Aldehydes in DI Diesel Engines. https://doi.org/10.4271/2002-01-1153

In view of the new regulations for diesel engine emissions, EGR is used to reduce the NOx emissions. Diluting the charge with EGR affects the autoignition, combustion as well as the regulated and unregulated emissions of diesel engines, under differe... Read More about Effect of EGR on Autoignition, Combustion, Regulated Emissions, and Aldehydes in DI Diesel Engines.

Contexts of monumentalism: regional diversity at the Neolithic transition in north-west France (2002)
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Scarre, C. (2002). Contexts of monumentalism: regional diversity at the Neolithic transition in north-west France. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 21(1), 23-61. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0092.00148

The origins of funerary monumentalism in north-west France remain inextricably linked to questions surrounding the Neolithic transition in that region. Debate continues over the relative importance of influences from earlier Neolithic communities in... Read More about Contexts of monumentalism: regional diversity at the Neolithic transition in north-west France.

Bayesian approach to sapwood estimates and felling dates in dendrochronology (2002)
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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.