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Bone in the burial environment. (1998)
Book Chapter
Millard, A. (1998). Bone in the burial environment. In M. Corfield, P. Hinton, & M. Pollard (Eds.), Preserving archaeological remains in situ. London (93-102). Museum of London Archaeological Services

The survival of bones, and the information about the past which they carry, is dependent upon the nature of the burial environment and its interaction with bones. This paper reviews our knowledge of the preservation of bone, on scales ranging from th... Read More about Bone in the burial environment..

The First Year at School: A Quantitative Investigation of the Attainment and Progress of Pupils (1997)
Journal Article
Tymms, P., Merrell, C., & Henderson, B. (1997). The First Year at School: A Quantitative Investigation of the Attainment and Progress of Pupils. Educational Research and Evaluation, 3(2), 101-118. https://doi.org/10.1080/1380361970030201

In England children must start school after their fifth birthday, but it is common for children to start when they are four in what is known as the Reception class. The Performance Indicators in Primary Schools (PIPS) project collected data on 1700 p... Read More about The First Year at School: A Quantitative Investigation of the Attainment and Progress of Pupils.

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..

The role of the environment in uranium uptake by buried bone. (1995)
Journal Article
Millard, A., & Hedges, R. (1995). The role of the environment in uranium uptake by buried bone. Journal of Archaeological Science, 22, 239-250. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1995.0025

Previous studies by a number of workers have shown that uranium is inhomogeneously distributed in excavated bones. It has been suggested that the higher concentrations of uranium found towards the outside of some bones may indicate that the uranium h... Read More about The role of the environment in uranium uptake by buried 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..

Measurements and relationships of diagenetically altered bone from three archaeological sites. (1995)
Journal Article
Hedges, R., Millard, A., & Pike, A. (1995). Measurements and relationships of diagenetically altered bone from three archaeological sites. Journal of Archaeological Science, 22, 201-209. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.1995.0022

Four diagenetic parameters have been chosen to represent the state of diagenesis of bone buried on archaeological sites. They are: histological preservation, protein content, crystallinity, and porosity. How these parameters are measured is described... Read More about Measurements and relationships of diagenetically altered bone from three archaeological sites..