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A Bicycle Made for Two? The Integration of Scientific Techniques into Archaeological Interpretation

scholarly article by A. Mark Pollard published in September 2007

A Comparison of Three Dental Techniques for Estimating Age at Death in Humans

scientific article published in May 1995

A New Approach to the Chronology of Caves 268/272/275 in the Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes: Combining Radiocarbon Dates and Archaeological Information within a Bayesian Statistical Framework

scholarly article by Qinglin Guo published in April 2018

A geochemical investigation of the origin of Rouletted and other related South Asian fine wares

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A new and less destructive laboratory procedure for the physical separation of distal glass tephra shards from sediments

article by S.P.E. Blockley et al published September 2005 in Quaternary Science Reviews

A new interpretative approach to the chemistry of copper-alloy objects: source, recycling and technology

scholarly article by P.J. Bray & A.M. Pollard published September 2012 in Antiquity

A new perspective towards the debate on highly radiogenic lead in Chinese archaeometallurgy

scientific article published on 28 January 2021

A study of amber and copal samples using FT-Raman spectroscopy

scientific article published in May 2001

ARCHAEOMETRY 50TH ANNIVERSARY ISSUE EDITORIAL

Archaeological geochemistry

scholarly article by Andrew Parker published in October 2006

Beyond ritual bronzes: identifying multiple sources of highly radiogenic lead across Chinese history

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Bronze Age metal circulation in China – ERRATUM

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Characterising copper-based metals in Britain in the first millennium AD: a preliminary quantification of metal flow and recycling

scientific article published in June 2015

Chemical alteration of tephra in the depositional environment: theoretical stability modelling

Computer programmes for the correction of matrix effects in the XRF analysis of glass, ceramics and related silicate systems

Dating human occupation and adaptation in the southern European last glacial refuge: The chronostratigraphy of Grotta del Romito (Italy)

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EVALUATING HISTOLOGICAL METHODS FOR ASSESSING HAIR FIBRE DEGRADATION

Evidence for the presence of the Vedde Ash in Central Europe

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Excavations at a Neolithic Enclosure on The Peak, near Birdlip, Gloucestershire

scholarly article by Timothy Darvill published in January 2011

FT-Raman Spectroscopy, Applications*

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Form and flow: the ‘karmic cycle’ of copper

Fourier Transform-Raman spectroscopic study of natural resins of archaeological interest

scientific article published in January 2002

From Alexander the Great to the Buddha: Buddhism and the introduction of brass technology into China

From Bells to Cannon - The Beginnings of Archaeological Chemistry in the Eighteenth Century

scholarly article by A.M. Pollard published in July 2013

Geochemical characterization of Quaternary tephras from the Campanian Province, Italy

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Here today, gone tomorrow? integrated experimentation and geochemical modeling in studies of archaeological diagenetic change

scientific article published on 01 August 2002

Influence of ion exchange processes on salt transport and distribution in historic sandstone buildings

Investigation of the ‘canopy effect’ in the isotope ecology of temperate woodlands

Isotopic and technological variation in prehistoric Southeast Asian primary copper production

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Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry analysis of Chinese lead-barium glass: combining multivariate kernel density estimation and maximum mean discrepancy to reinterpret the raw glass used for producing lead-barium glass

scientific article published on 21 December 2021

Lead pollution recorded in Greenland ice indicates European emissions tracked plagues, wars, and imperial expansion during antiquity

article published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Letters from China: A History of the Origins of the Chemical Analysis of Ceramics

scientific article published in February 2015

Microbially-Induced Promotion of Amino Acid Racemization in Bone: Isolation of the Microorganisms and the Detection of Their Enzymes

scientific article published in March 1993

Modelling the buried human body environment in upland climes using three contrasting field sites

scientific article published on 14 September 2006

Molecular archaeoparasitology identifies cultural changes in the Medieval Hanseatic trading centre of Lübeck

scientific article published on 03 October 2018

More questions than answers: the Southeast Asian Lead Isotope Project 2009–2012

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Radiocarbon calibration and Late Glacial occupation in northwest Europe

Rapid human response to Late Glacial climate change: a reply to Housley et al. (2000)

Refining mutual climatic range (MCR) quantitative estimates of palaeotemperature using ubiquity analysis

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Reply to the comment on “Some numerical considerations in the geochemical analysis of distal microtephra”, by Nicholas J.G. Pearce, Charles A. Bendall and John A. Westgate

Rethinking the quest for provenance

Social hierarchy and the choice of metal recycling at Anyang, the last capital of Bronze Age Shang China

scientific article published on 02 November 2020

Some numerical considerations in the geochemical analysis of distal microtephra

Species identification of silks by protein mass spectrometry reveals evidence of wild silk use in antiquity

scientific article published on 17 March 2022

Squeezing mind out of metal: combining textual evidence with scientific data for metallurgy in early dynastic China

Technical note: Regression analysis in adult age estimation

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

Technical note: some observations on the conversion of dental enamel δ18O(p) values to δ18O(w) to determine human mobility

scientific article published on 3 May 2011

The Chehr Abad "Salt men" and the isotopic ecology of humans in ancient Iran.

scientific article

The RESET tephra database and associated analytical tools

scholarly article

The characterisation of Early Bronze Age jet and jet-like material by X-ray fluorescence

article published in 1982

The chemical analysis of oriental ceramic body compositions: Part 2—Greenwares

The chronology of abrupt climate change and Late Upper Palaeolithic human adaptation in Europe

scholarly article by S. P. E. Blockley et al published 2006 in Journal of Quaternary Science

The gold Bracteates from sixth-century Anglo-Saxon Graves in Kent, in the Light of a new Find from Finglesham

article published in 1981

The men of Nelson's navy: a comparative stable isotope dietary study of late 18th century and early 19th century servicemen from Royal Naval Hospital burial grounds at Plymouth and Gosport, England.

scientific article published on 8 March 2012

The scientific identification of archaeological jet‐like artefacts

scientific article published in February 1993

The scientific study of flint and chert. Edited by G. de G. Sieveking and M. B. Hart. 290 pp, many figs and tables. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986. £60.00.

scientific article published in 1988

Two Sides of the Same Coin: A Combination of Archaeometallurgy and Environmental Archaeology to Re-Examine the Hypothesis of Yunnan as the Source of Highly Radiogenic Lead in Early Dynastic China

scientific article published on 04 June 2021

Volcanic ash layers illuminate the resilience of Neanderthals and early modern humans to natural hazards

scientific article (publication date: 21 August 2012)

Why teach Heisenberg to archaeologists?

Zimbabwe culture before Mapungubwe: new evidence from Mapela Hill, South-Western Zimbabwe

scientific article

‘SPROUTING LIKE COCKLE AMONGST THE WHEAT’: THE ST BRICE'S DAY MASSACRE AND THE ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS OF HUMAN BONES FROM ST JOHN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD

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“These boots were made for walking”: The isotopic analysis of a C4 Roman inhumation from Gravesend, Kent, UK

scientific article published on September 30, 2011