Reports and publications
Conservation publications
1998
Barlow, M, Conservation of Wallpaintings, Annual of the
BritishSchoolat Athens 92
(1997) p. 409
Broderick, A , The Toughness of Early Mixtures of Materials
Containing Organic Constituents and Their Relationship to Natural
and Modern Designed Composite Materials, P Martindale (ed), The
Analysis of Pigments and Plasters - Its relevance to Current Wall
Painting and Stone Conservation Practice, post-prints of UKIC
Wallpaintings section conference, British Museum, London, 1997,
(May 1998) pp. 9-13
Cruickshank P, Lee D and Potter J, Re-evaluation of the Adhesive
Treatment of Two Cloaks From the North West Coast of America,
Adhesive Treatments Revisited, post-prints of UKIC Textile
Section Adhesives Forum III (1998) pp. 81-85
Daniels V, The Construction of A Chamber for Nitrogen
Fumigation, The Conservator 21 (1998) pp. 70-75
Daniels V, The Effect of Water Treatments on Paper with Applied
Pastel Or Powder Pigment, The Paper Conservator 22 (1998)
pp. 29-37
Daniels V and Kibrya R, Effects of Freezing on Museum Objects,
Conservation News 66 (1998) pp. 20-21,
Daniels V, Paper Conservation Research: the Last Twenty-One
Years, J Egan (ed), Proceedings of the Fourth International
Conference of the Institute of Paper Conservation, London, April
1997 (August 1998) pp. 273-283
Dove S, Contribution on conservation of coins to World of
Money, CD-ROM, , British Museum, London, 1998
Hockey M, Examination and Investigative Cleaning of A Pair of
Bronze Earrings, D Williams (ed), The Art of the Greek
Goldsmith, British Museum, 1998, pp. 147-148
Hogan L, Islamic Pottery: Methods of Old Restoration, Staining
and its Removal, in A Paterakis (ed), Glass, Ceramics and
Related Materials: Interim Meeting of ICOM CGCG Working Group
September 13-16 1998, ICOM Ceramics & Glass Group, 1998,
pp. 123-133
Kosek J, The Heyday of Pastels in the Eighteenth Century,
The Paper Conservator 22 (1998) pp. 1-9
Lee L, Scientific Methods for Investigating Coin Sufaces, D
Goodburn-Brown and J Jones (eds), Look After the Pennies,
Archetype Publications, London, 1998, pp. 1-8
Leseur H, A Note on the Research and Conservation of the 19
Hogge Coins From Castle Island, Bermuda Journal of Archaeology
and Maritime History 10 (1998) pp. 1-40
McIntyre I, A Greek gold wreath: Restoration and Observations on
Construction, D Williams (ed), The Art of the Greek
Goldsmith, British Museum,1998, pp. 149-152
Middleton A,Shearman F, Stapleton C and Youngs S, The Gilton
Brooch: the Earliest Medieval Cloisonné Enamel in Western Europe?,
Jewellery Studies 8 (1998) pp. 27-36
Norville-Day H,Townsend J H and Johnston F, A Study of the
Effects of Bleaching Treatments on Nineteenth-century Watercolour
Pigments, with Special Reference to Turner's Palette,
Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of the
Institute of Paper Conservation, London, April 1997 (1998),
pp. 137-149
Oddy A and Winsor P, A Provisional Bibliography of Harold James
Plenderleith, Studies in Conservation 43 (3) (1998) pp.
144-149
Oddy A, A New Dawn for Conservation in the UK?, SSCR
Journal 9 (1) (1998) pp. 6
Pullan M and Singleton D, Conservation of the Pink Lady, A Roman
Egyptian Painted Linen Shroud, Painted Textiles, UKIC,
1998, pp. 2-8
Quinton J, Conservation of an 18th Century Pier Glass from
Hampton Court Palace, A Paterakis (ed), Glass, Ceramics and
Related Materials: Interim Meeting of ICOM CGCG Working Group,
September 13-16 1998, ICOM Ceramics & Glass Group, 1998,
pp. 42-52
Rugheimer A and Shashoua Y, An Evaluation of the Use of
Cellulose Ethers in Paper Conservation at the British Museum, J
Egan (ed), Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference of
the Institute of Paper Conservation, London, April 1997 (August
1998) pp. 150-159
Shashoua Y and Ling D, Comparison of Fynebond, Araldite 2020 and
Hxtal Nyl-1 Adhesives for Glass and Porcelain Conservation,
Conservation News 66 (1998) pp. 33-36
Shearman F, Review of E Cameron (ed) Leather and Fur:
Aspects of Early Medieval Trade and Technology, Archetype
Publications, London,1998, Conservation News 67 (1998) pp. 15
Smith S, British Bronze Age Pottery; An Overview of
Deterioration and Current Techniques of Conservation At the British
Museum, The Conservator 22 (1998) pp. 3-10
Starzeccka D and Rae A, Sense and Sensitivity: the Preparation
of the Maori Exhibition,
BritishMuseumMagazine 30 (1998) pp.
28-31
Taylor J, Craddock P and Shearman F, Egyptian Hollow-cast Bronze
Statues of the Early First Millenium BC, Apollo 148 (437)
(July 1998) pp. 9-14
Thickett D, Sealing of MDF to Prevent Corrosive Emissions,
The Conservator 22 (1998) pp. 49-56,
Thickett D, The Use of A Beam-Condenser and Diamond Cell for
Microanalysis, B Pretzel (ed), Postprints of Second Infra-red Users
Group Meeting, Victoria and Albert Museum, London (1998) pp.
57-70
Ward C, The Conservation of Three Plastic Rickshaw Decorations,
Conservation News 65 (1998) pp. 13-16
Ward C, The Conservation of Three Plastic Rickshaw Decorations,
Newsletter of the Working Group for Modern Materials,
ICOM, Spring 1998, pp. 3-6
Ward C, Current Treatments in the Conservation of Waterlogged
and Desiccated Archaeological Leather, report on a meeting,
Archaeological Leather Group Newsletter 8 (1998) pp.
1-2
Watkins S and Enderly C, Processing Coin Hoards at the British
Museum, D Goodburn-Brown & J Jones (eds), Look After the
Pennies: Numismatics and Conservation in the 1990s, Archetype
Publications, London,1998, pp. 49-57
Watkins S, The Treasure Act, Portable Antiquities and
Conservation, S Ryder & K Suenson-Taylor (compilers),
Archaeological Conservation: A Key to the Past, 1: Power,
Thought and Greed, UKIC Archaeology Section, 1998, pp.
63-74
Watkins S, Shearman F and Haith C, Conservation of Metal
Artefacts from an Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Buckland, Kent, England,
W Mourey and L Robbida (eds) Metal 98, Proceedings of the
International Conference on Metals Conservation, London, 1998,
pp. 15-21
Wills B, The leather sandals and shoes, D Welsby, Soba II :
Renewed Excavations Within the Metropolis of the Kingdom of
Alwa, BIEA Memoir 15, British Museum, 1998
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1997
Bradley S M (ed), 'The Interface Between Science and
Conservation', British Museum Occasional Paper No.116, British
Museum, London, 1997
Bradley S M, The impact of conservation science in the British
Museum in The Interface Between Science and Conservation,
(S M Bradley, ed, British Museum Occasional Paper No.116, British
Museum, London, 1997, 1-7
Bradley S M,, Review of A Guide to the Measurement of
Humidity, The Institute of Measurement and Control, London,
Museum Practice issue 4 (Vol.2, No.1), 1997, 13
Bradley S M, Newey H, Lee L, Lang J, Craddock P, Watkins S,
Shearman F, and Thickett D, 'Assessment of the plasma treatment for
archaeological iron objects in the collections of the British
Museum', Zeitschrift fYr Schweizerische Archaologie und
Kunstgeschichte 54 (1997) 54-8,
Brookes S, 'A new approach to the design of kiln furniture for
the firing of Cuneiform Tablets', Iraq LIX (1997) 203-207
,
Brookes S, 'The scripted sherd' in Shared Experiences,
Proceedings of UKIC-CG conference, 1997, 56-61,
Carroll S, 'Organising a Roadshow' in Ours For Keeps,
Conservation Unit resource pack, Museums and Galleries Commission,
1997
Cruickshank P and Morgan H, 'Resti revealed', In Hali, the
International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art 93
(1997) 63-65,
Daniels V, 'Conservation and the chemical industry',
Chemistry and Industry 24 (1997) 987 990,
Daniels V, 'X-rays and paper', Radiography of Cultural
Material (eds J Lang and A Middleton),
Butterworth-Heinemann (1997), 82-97
Daniels V and Lohneis G, 'Deterioration of sugar artefacts',
Studies in Conservation 42 (1997) 17-26,
Green L and Bradley S M, 'An investigation into strategies for
the long-term storage of archaeological iron', Metal 95,
(I D MacLeod, S L Pennec and L Robbiola, eds), James &
James, 1997, 305-9
Johnson C, Gill A, Miller E and Hignett K, 'Aspects of
consolidation', Portraits and Masks (M Bierbrier, ed),
1997, 100-105,
Johnson C, Hignett K, Jaeschke R and Roy G, 'The conservation of
the portraits and associated antiquities', Ancient Faces: Mummy
Portraits from Ancient Egypt, (S Walker and M Bierbrier,
eds), British Museum Publications, 1997, 25-28
Lee L, Thomson A and Daniels V, 'Princes in the House of Timur:
conservation and examination of an Early Mughal Painting',
Studies in Conservation 42 (1997) 231-240,
Oddy W A, 'Compensation for loss - why do we do it?', The
Abbey Newsletter 21 (2) (1997) 22-24,
Quinton J, 'A colossus task', Shared Experiences,
proceedings of UKIC-CG conference,1997, 62-69,
Quinton J, 'A Colossus Task', SSCR Journal (Vol.8) 3
(August 1997) 9-15,
Shearman F S and Dove S, 'Applications of radiography in
conservation', Radiography of Cultural Material (eds J
Lang and A Middleton), Butterworth-Heinemann (1997),
136-154
Shashoua Y R, 'Leave it to the experts?', The Interface
Between Science and Conservation, (S M Bradley, ed), British
Museum Occasional Paper No.116, British Museum, London,
1997, 231-23
6 Smith G J, Miller I J, Daniels V and Smith A J, 'White wool,
the growth of the ancient dye industry and an expanding colour
vocabulary', Journal of the Society of Dyes and Colourists
113, April 1997, 124-6 ,
Smith S, 'A review of old methods of restoration', Shared
Experiences, proceedings of UKIC CG conference (1997),
16-26,
Sweek T, 'National Museum of Beirut: the conservation of the
sculpture and stone objects', National Museum News 5
(Spring 1997) 21-24 ,
Thickett D, 'MDF - safe for use in museums', Museum
Practice 5 (1997) 20-21,
Thickett D and Enderly C, 'The cleaning of coin hoards: the
benefits of a collaborative approach', The Interface Between
Science and Conservation, (S M Bradley, ed), British Museum
Occasional Paper No.116, British Museum, London, 1997,
182-192
Watkins S, 'Science and conservation at the British Museum: a
Nineteenth-Century legacy', The Interface Between Science and
Conservation, (S M Bradley, ed), British Museum Occasional
Paper No.116, British Museum, London, 1997, 182-192
Watkins S, 'The care of finds', The Treasure Act Code of
Practice for Englandand
Wales1996, Department of National Heritage, 1997,
Appendix 5
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Science publications
Ceramics
2003
Freestone I C, Joyner L and Howard R (2003) The composition of
porcelain from the Isleworth manufactory. English Ceramic Society
Transactions 18, 284-294.
2002
Bimson M and Freestone I C (2002) Phosphatic porcelain from the
Vauxhall site. English Ceramic Circle Proceedings 18, 91-95.
2001
Freestone, I., Joyner, L., Howard, R. & Watts, A. (2001) A
dated Porcelain Waster from Isleworth, English Ceramic Circle
Transactions, Volume 17 Part 3, 325-326
Freestone I.C., Politis K.D. and Stapleton, C.P. 2001, The
Byzantine glazed pottery from Deir Ain Abata,
Jordan. In E. Villeneuve et P. M. Watson, La
céramique byzantine et proto-islamique en Syrie-Jordanie (IVe-VIIIe
siècles apr. J.-C.). Actes du colloque tenu à Amman les 3, 4 et 5
décembre 1994, BAH 159, IFAPO Beyrouth, 197-205
Magrill, M. and Middleton, A.P. 2001, Did the potter's wheel
go out of use in Late Bronze Age Palestine?
Antiquity, 75, 137-44.
Middleton, A.P. 2001 Analysis of the white grounds on some of
the polychrome decorated figurines. In: Greek Terracottas (Lucilla
Burn and Reynold Higgins), 307-312, London: British Museum
Press.
2000
Joyner, L. 2000. Production and Distribution of pottery in
the Eastern Mediterranean: applications of
ceramic petrography (Ed.) Internet Archaeology 9.
Joyner, L. & Politis, K.D. 2000. Catering for Pilgrims:
Petrographic Analysis of Late Antique Kitchenware from the
Monastery of St. Lot at Deir ‘Ain ‘Abata,
Jordan. Internet Archaeology 9.
Middleton, A.P., Magrill, P. and Humphrey, S. 2000, A Late
Bronze Age potter's workshop at Lachish,
Israel. Internet Archaeology, 9.
Hughes,M. and Joyner,L. 2000, Appendix 1: Technology and
Sources of Korean celadon. In: J.Portal, Korea: Art and
Archaeology, London: British Museum Press.
Middleton, A.P., Hook, D.R. and Humphrey, M.S. 2000 Scientific
examination of some ceramic materials and samples of litharge. In:
King Croesus' Gold, (Ramage, A. and Craddock, P.), 157-68, London:
British Museum Press.
1999
Freestone I. C. 1999, The science of early English porcelain.
British Ceramic Proceedings 60, 11-17.
Gaimster, D. and Hughes, M.J. 1999, South
NetherlandsMaiolica Floor Tiles from the
BroadArrowTower,
Towerof London. In: Maiolica in
the North. The Archaeology of Tin-glazed Earthenware in North-west
Europe C.1500-1600. British Museum Occasional Paper 122. (Ed.
Gaimster, D.), 175-9, London: British Museum.
Gaimster, D. and Hughes, M.J. 1999, The Earliest Maiolica
Stove in N-W Europe: Re-analysis of the Dissolution Finds
from the Abbey of St.Mary Graces, London. In:
Maiolica in the North. The Archaeology of Tin-glazed Earthenware in
North-west Europe C.1500-1600. British Museum Occasional Paper 122.
(Ed. Gaimster, D.), 185-7, London: British Museum.
Hughes, M.J. 1999,Provenance Studies of Korean Celadons of
the Koryo Period by Neutron Activation Analysis. Archaeometry,
41, 287-310.
Hughes, M.J. and Gaimster, D. 1999, Neutron Activation
Analyses of Maiolica from London,
Norwich, the Low Countriesand
Italy. In: Maiolica in the North: The Archaeology of
Tin-glazed Earthenware in North-west Europe C.1500-1600. British
Museum Occasional Papers (122). (Ed. Gaimster, D.), 57-89, London:
British Museum
Wood N, Freestone I C and Stapleton C P 1999, Early polychrome
glazes on a Chinese ceramic bead of the Warring States period.
International Symposium on Ancient Ceramics (ISAC 99),
Shanghai (In Chinese) 29-37.
1998
Fitton, L., Hughes, M.J. And Quirke, S. 1998, Northerners at
Lahun: Neutron Activation Analysis of Minoan and Related Pottery in
the BritishMuseum. In: Lahun
Studies. (Ed. Quirke, S.), 112-40, Reigate: Sia Publishing.
Hughes, M.J. 1998, Neutron Activation Analysis of a Group of
Sherds from Nimrudwith Stamped Decoration.
Iranica Antiqua, 33 129-33.
Hurst, D., and Freestone, I. 1998, Lead glazing technique from a
Medieval kiln site at Harley Swan, Worcestershire, Medieval
Ceramics , 20 13-18.
Porter, V. and Hughes, M.J. 1998, The Glazed Pottery,
In: Soba II, (Ed. Welsby, D.A.), 174-7, London: British Museum
Press.
Rigby, V., Freestone, I., Humphrey, M.S. and Middleton, A. 1998,
Thoughts on Pottery of the First Millennium BC found in East
Yorkshire, In: Further light on the Parisi, (Ed. Halkon, P.),
36-40, Hull: East Riding Archaeological Trust.
Tite, M.S., Freestone, I.C., Mason, R., Molera, J.,
Vendrell-Saz, M., and Wood, N. 1998, Lead glazes in antiquity -
methods of production and reasons for use, Archaeometry,
40 (2), 241-60.
1997
Hook, D.R. 1997, Provenancing Rhenish stoneware using neutron
activation analysis, in D.R.M. Gaimster, ed. German stoneware
1200-1900, BMP, London, 344-353.
Freestone, I.C., and Tite, M.S. 1997, The Technology of German
Stoneware Glazes, in German Stoneware 1200-1900, (ed.
Gaimster, D.R.M.), 354-8, London: BMP
Gaimster D and Freestone I. 1997, Introduction, in Pottery
in the Making, World Ceramic Traditions. London: British
Museum Press, 9-19.
Hughes, M.J., Blake, H., Hurst, J. and Wilson, T. 1997,
Neutron Activation Analysis of Italian Maiolica and other
,Medieval Italian Ceramics, In: Archaeological Sciences 1995,
(Eds. Sinclair, A., Slater, E. and Gowlette, J.), 77-81, Oxford:
Oxbow.
Hughes, M.J., Freestone, I.C. and Humphrey, M.S.
1997,Neutron Activation and Petrographic Analysis of
Pottery, In: Excavations at Khirbet Khatuniyeh, (Eds. Curtis,
J. and Green, A.), 98-101,
Magrill, P. and Middleton, A.P. 1997, A Canaanite Potters
Workshop in Palestine, In: Pottery in the Making,
(Eds. Freestone, I.C. and Gaimster, D.), 68-73, London: British
Museum Press.
Middleton, A.P. 1997, Ceramic Petrology, Revista do
Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia, Sao Paolo, Supplemento 2,
73-9.
Rigby V and Freestone I. 1997, Ceramic changes in Late Iron Age
Britain, in Pottery in the Making, World Ceramic
Traditions. London: British Museum Press, 56-61.
Varndell G and Freestone I. 1997, Early prehistoric pottery in
Britain, in Pottery in the Making, World Ceramic
Traditions. London: British Museum Press, 32-37.
Middleton, A.P. and Freestone, I.C. 1997, Inside View, Ceramic
Review, No. 166, 28-30.
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Dating
All British Museum datelists were published either in the
journal Radiocarbon or, more latterly, in Archaeometry; brief
references are given below. Dates published between 1980 and 1984
are subject to error, but corrected data were issued (Bowman et
al,1990: see below) for many of the samples involved.
BM-I: Radiocarbon, 1 (1959), 81–6
BM-II: Radiocarbon, 2 (1960), 26–30
BM-III: Radiocarbon, 3 (1961), 39–45
BM-IV: Radiocarbon, 5 (1963), 104–8
BM-V: Radiocarbon, 10 (1968), 1–7
BM-VI: Radiocarbon, 11, 2 (1969), 278–94
BM-VII: Radiocarbon, 13, 2 (1971), 157–88
BM-VIII: Radiocarbon, 18, 1 (1976), 16–42
BM-IX: Radiocarbon, 19, 2 (1977), 143–60
BM-X: Radiocarbon, 21, 1 (1979), 41–7
BM-XI: Radiocarbon, 21, 3 (1979), 339–52
BM-XII: Radiocarbon, 23, 1 (1981), 14–23
BM-XIII: Radiocarbon, 24, 2 (1982), 151–70
BM-XIV: Radiocarbon, 24, 3 (1982), 229–61
BM-XV: Radiocarbon, 24, 3 (1982), 262–90
BM-XVI: Radiocarbon 25, 1 (1983), 39–58
BM-XVII: Radiocarbon 26, 1 (1984), 59–74
BM-XVIII: Radiocarbon 27, 3 (1985), 508–24
BM-XIX: Radiocarbon 29, 1 (1987), 61–77
BM-XX: Radiocarbon 29, 2 (1987), 177–96
BM-XXI: Radiocarbon 31, 1 (1989), 15–32
BM-XXII: Radiocarbon 33, 1 (1991), 51–68
BM-XXIII: Radiocarbon 36, 1 (1994), 95–111
BM-XXIV: Archaeometry 40, 2 (1998), 413-37
BM-XXV: Archaeometry 41, 1(1999), 185-195
Bowman, S.G.E., Ambers J.C. & Leese M.N. 1990. Re-evaluation
of British Museum radiocarbon dates issued between 1980 and 1984,
Radiocarbon 32, 59-79.
1999
Ambers, J. and Housley, R. 1999, Radiocarbon Dating.
In: The Harmony of Symbols: The Windmill Causewayed Enclosure,
Wiltshire. (Eds. Whittle, A., Pollard, J. and Grigson, C.), 116-20,
Oxford: Oxbow.
Ambers, J. and Bowman, S.G.E., Garwood, P., Hedges, R. and
Houseley, R.1999, Appendix 1: Radiocarbon Dating. In:
Excavations at Barrow Hills, Radley, Oxfordshire, Vol. 1. (Eds.
Barclay, A. and Helpin, C.), 330-9, Oxford: Oxford University
Committee for Archaeology.
1998
Ambers, J. 1998, Dating Grimes Graves,
Radiocarbon 40, 591-600.
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Glass and Enamels
2003
Freestone I C, Stapleton C P and Rigby V (2003) The production
of red glass and enamel in the Later Iron Age, Roman and Byzantine
periods. In Entwistle C (ed.) Through a glass brightly - studies in
Byzantine and Medieval Art and Archaeology presented to David
Buckton. Oxbow 142-154
Freestone I C and Bimson M (2003) Possible early use of chromium
as a glass colourant. Journal of Glass Studies 45, 183-185.
Freestone I C (2003) Primary glass sources in the mid-first
millennium A.D. Annales du 15e Congres de l=Association
Internationale pour l=Histoire du Verre, 111-115.
Freestone I C, Leslie K A, Thirlwall M and Gorin-Rosen Y (2003)
Strontium isotopes in the investigation of early glass production:
Byzantine and early Islamic glass from the Near East. Archaeometry
45, 19-32
2002
Freestone I C (2002) Composition and Affinities of Glass from
the Furnaces on the Island Site, Tyre. Journal of Glass Studies,
44, 67-77
Freestone I C, Greenwood R and Gorin-Rosen Y (2002) Byzantine and
early Islamic glassmaking in the Eastern Mediterranean: production
and distribution of primary glass. in G. Kordas ( ed) Hyalos -
Vitrum - Glass. History Technology and Conservation of glass and
vitreous materials in the Hellenic World. 1st International
conference Rhodes - Greece 1-4 April 2001. Athens , 167-174.
Freestone I C (2002) The relationship between enamelling on
ceramic and on glass in the Islamic World. Archaeometry 44,
251-255
Freestone I C, Ponting M and Hughes M J (2002) Origins of
Byzantine glass from Maroni Petrera, Cyprus. Archaeometry 44,
257-272
2001
Aldsworth F, Jennings S., Haggarty G, Whitehouse D B and
Freestone I C (2001) The glass-making area on the Island Site at
Tyre, Southern Lebanon. Bulletin d=Archaéologie et d=Architecture
Libanaises, 5, 219-239.
Bimson M and Freestone I C (2001) An analysis of blue glass from
the enamel in J Mitchell and I Lyse Hansen (eds) San Vincenzo al
Volturnao 3: The Finds from the 1980-86 Excavations Spoleto: Centro
Italiano di Studi Sull=Alto Medioevo, pp.285-6
Freestone, I.C., 2001. Post-depositional changes in
archaeological ceramics and glasses. In Brothwell, D.R. and
Pollard, A.M. Handbook of Archaeological Sciences. John Wiley, pp
615-625.
Bronk, H. and Freestone, I.C., 2001. A quasi non-destructive
microsampling technique for the analysis of intact glass objects by
SEM-EDXA. Archaeometry 43, 517-528
2000
Freestone, I.C., Gorin-Rosen, Y. and Hughes, M.J., 2000.
Composition of primary glass from Israel in: Ateliers
primaires et secondaires de verriers du second millinaire av. J.-C.
au Moyen-Age, M.-D. Nenna (ed.), Travaux de la Maison de l'Orient
Méditerranéen no. 33, 65-84.
Bimson, M. and Freestone, I.C., 2000, Analysis of some glass
from Anglo-Saxon jewellery. Glass in Britain and Ireland, AD
350-1100 (ed J Price), British Museum Occasional Paper 127,
131-136.
1999
Freestone, I.C. and Gorin-Rosen, Y. 1999, The Great Glass
Slab at Bet She'arim, Israel: An early Islamic
Glassmaking Experiment? J Glass Stud, 41 105-16.
Stapleton, C.P., Freestone, I.C. and Bowman, S.G.E. 1999,
Composition and Origin of Early Medieval Opaque Red Enamel
from Britainand Ireland. Journal
Archaeological Science, 26 913-21.
1998
Freestone, I.C. and Stapleton, C.P. 1998, Composition and
Technology of Islamic Enamelled Glass of the Thirteenth and
Fourteenth Centuries, In: Gilded and Enamelled Glass from the
Middle East, (Ed. Ward, R.), vol. 1, 122-8, London: British Musem
Press.
Middleton, A., Shearman, F., Stapleton, C. and Youngs,S. (1998)
The Guilton Brooch: The Earliest Medieval Cloisonné Enamel
in Western Europe? Jewellery Studies 8
11-21.
1997
Bowman, S.G.E. And Freestone, I.C. 1997, Early 14th Century
Enamelwork: a Technical Examination of the Hanap Cover of
AllSoulsCollege, Oxford.
Techne, 6 41-7.
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Metals
2003
Hook, D.R. 2003, The Composition and Technology of Early
Copper-Alloy Metalwork from Italy, Archaeometallurgy in Europe,
Proceedings, 2, Assoc. Italiana di Metallurgia, Milan, 57-66.
S. La Niece 2003. Medieval Islamic Metal Technology. In P. Jett
(ed) Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art: Proceedings of
the First Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art. Archetype
publications, London.
M. Cowell, S. La Niece, J. Rawson 2003.A study of Later Chinese
Metalwork. In P. Jett (ed) Scientific Research in the Field of
Asian Art: Proceedings of the First Forbes Symposium at the Freer
Gallery of Art. Archetype publications, London.
P.T. Craddock, S. La Niece and D.R. Hook 2003. Evidences for the
production, trading and refining of copper in the Gulf of Oman
during the 3rd millennium BC. In Stollner, Korlin, Steffens and
Cierny (eds) Mensch aund Bergbau. Studies in honour of Gerd
Weisgerber, Bochum.
2002
Irving, A. and Ambers, J. 2002, Hidden treasures from the Royal
Cemetery at Ur, Near Eastern Archaeology, 65 (3), 206-214
Craddock, P.T., Cumming, E.M. and Hook, D.R. 2002, Metal ingots
from the Earl of Abergavenny - Section 3, in E. M. Cumming, ed. The
Earl of Abergavenny. (CD-Rom), MIBEC Enterprises, Weymouth.
S. La Niece, F. Shearman , J. Taylor and A. Simpson, 2002.
Polychromy and Egyptian Bronze: new evidence for artificial
coloration. Studies in Conservation 47, 2 , 2002
N. Meeks, S. La Niece and P Estevez 2002. The technology of
early platinum plating: a gold mask of the La Tolita culture,
Ecuador. Archaeometry 44,2. 273-284
2001
Craddock, P.T. and Hook, D.R. 2001, Appendix: The Composition of
the Etruscan Mirrors. In: Etruscan Mirrors, BMP, London, 63-65.
2000
Hook, D.R. and La Niece, S.C. 2000, The composite disc brooch
from Grave 11 and other precious metal grave-goods., Norwich
Southern Bypass, part II: Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Harford Farm,
Caistor St Edmund, East Anglian Archaeology 92, (Norfolk Museums
Service).
Hook, D.R. and Meeks, N.D. 2000, The scientific examination of
the gold armlets and the analysis of a fragment from the dagger, in
G. Hughes, ed. The Lockington Gold Hoard: an Early Bronze Age
barrow cemetery at Lockington, Leicestershire., Oxbow, Oxford,
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Middleton, A.P., Hook, D.R. and Humphrey, M.S. 2000, Scientific
examination of some ceramic materials and samples of litharge., in
A. Ramage & P.T. Craddock, eds. King Croesus' Gold: Excavations
at Sardis and the History of Gold Refining, British Museum, London,
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La Niece S. and Meeks, N., 2000, Diversity of goldsmithing
traditions in the Americasand the Old
World, : Precolumbian Gold, technology, style and
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1999
Arantharamu, T.R., Craddock, P.T., Nagesh Rao, K., Murthy,
S.R.N. and Wayman, M. 1999, Crucible Steel of
Ghattihosahalli, Chitradurga District, Karnataka, Southern
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Cowell, M. 1999, Analysis of some Columbian Gold Coins.
In: Or du Bresil, Monnaie et Croissance en France au XVIIIe Siecle.
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Craddock, P.T. 1999,Paradigms of Metallurgical Innovation in
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1998
Archibald, M.M., Fenwick, V. and Cowell, M.R. 1997, A Sceat
of Ethelbert I of East Anglia and Recent finds of Coins of
Beonna, British Numismatics Journal 65 :1-19.
Cowell, M.R., Hyne, K., Meeks, N.D. And Craddock, P.T. 1998,
Analyses of the Lydian Electrum Gold and Silver Coinages.
In: Metallurgy in Numismatics, VOL.4. (Eds. Oddy, A. and Cowell,
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Craddock, P.T. 1998, New Light on the Production of Crucible
Steel in Asia, Bull Metal Mus, 29: 41-66.
Craddock, P.T. 1998, Hympty Km - Corinthium Aes - Wu
Tong:Ancestors and Contemporaries of Shakudo and Sawasa.
In: Sawasa: Japanese export art in black and gold 1650 -1800. (Ed.
Kist, B.), Vol. 1, 11-7, Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum.
Craddock, P.T. and Burnett, A.M. 1998, The Composition of
Etruscan and Umbrian Copper Alloy Coinage. In: (Eds. Oddy, A.
and Cowell, M.r.). 262-275. London: Royal Numismatic Society.
Craddock, P.T., Freestone, I.C., Willies, L., Paliwal, H.V.,
Gurjar, L.K. And Hegde, K.T.M. 1998, Ancient Industry of Lead,
Silver and Zinc in Rajasthan, In: Archaeometallurgy in India,
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Craddock, P.T., Freestone, I.C. and Dawe, C.D. 1998,Casting
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Craddock, P.T. and La Niece, S. 1998, The Black Bronzes
of Egypt, In: Proceedings 1st International
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Craddock, P.T., Meeks, N.D., Cowell, M.R., Middleton, AP, Hook,
D.R., Ramage, A. and Geckinli, E. 1998, The Refining of Gold in
the Classical World, In: The Art of the Greek Goldsmith, (Ed.
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Craddock, P.T., La Niece, S.C. And Hook, DR 1998, Brass in
the Medieval Islamic World, In: 2000 Years of Brass - British
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Craddock, P.T. and Weirong Zhou, 1998, The Survival of
Traditional Zinc Production in China. In: Proceedings
of the Fourth International Conference on the Beginnings of the use
on metals and alloys (Buma-iv). (Ed. Kimura, H.), 85-96. Sendai:
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Freestone, I.C. and Stapleton, C. 1998, The Metalworking
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Giumlia-Mair, A. and La Niece, S. 1998,Early Niello
Decoration on the Silver Rhyton in the Museo Civico, Trieste,
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Hook, D.R. 1998, Inductively-coupled Plasma Atomic Emission
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Hook, D.R. and Craddock, P.T. 1998, The Chemical Analysis of
Copper Alloy Lamps from Classical Antiquity. In: Les Metaux
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Hughes, M.J. 1998, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry in
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La Niece, S. 1998, Niello Before the Romans. In:
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Taylor, J., Craddock, P.T. and Shearman, F. 1998, Egyptian
Hollow-cast Statues of Early First Millennium
BC, Apollo, 148 (437), 9-14.
1997
Bowman, S.G.E., La Niece, S. and Meeks, N.D. 1997,
Scientific Research at The
BritishMuseumand a Metallurgical Study of
Pre-Columbian Gold, TECHNE, 5 39-45.
Cowell, M.R. 1997, Napatan Period Metalwork: Further
Analyses, Sudan Archaeological Research Society Bulletin,1
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Craddock, P.T. 1997, Low Technology Zinc Mining in the South
West of China, Mining History, 13 , 41-51.
Craddock, P.T., Ambers, J., Hook, D.R., Farquhar, R.M.,
Chikwendu, V.E., Umeji, A.C. and Shaw, T. 1997, Metal Sources
and the Bronzes from Igbo-Ukwu, Nigeria, Journal of
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Craddock, P.T. and Craddock, B. 1997, The Inception of
Metallurgy in South-west Britain: Hypotheses and
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Cornwall: Proceedings of a one day conference held at the
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Craddock, P.T. and Hook, D.R. 1997, The British Museum
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Lang, J. 1997, A Metallographic Examination of Eight Roman
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Lang, J. and Graham-Campbell, J. 1997, The Scientific
Examination of a Fragment of a Silver Bossed Brooch from Cuerdale,
Lancashire, England, N A R, 9 127-8.
La Niece, S.C. 1997, An Aluminium Medal of 1858, The
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Stone, Minerals and Pigments
2004
Ambers, J. 2004, Raman anlysis of pigments from the Egyptian Old
Kingdom, Journal of Raman Spectroscopy, 38, in press.
Middleton, A., Young, J.R. and Ambers, J. 2004 The Folkton
Drums: chalk or cheese? Antiquity, 78, Project Gallery: http://antiquity./
2003
Middleton, A. and Klemm, D. 2003 The geology of the Rosetta
Stone. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, 89, 207-16.
2002
Mitchell, T.C. and Middleton, A.P. 2002 The stones used in the
Assyrian Sculptures. Journal of Cuneiform Studies, 54, 93-98.
2001
Morris, J.C., Ashton, N. and Hook, D.R., 2001, The Lithic
Assemblage from the Neolithic Site of Sheri Khan Taraki, NWFP,
Pakistan: The Technological Interpretation and the Resultant
Socio-Economic Implications, Paleorient, 27, no. 1, 127-139.
Middleton, A. and Humphrey, S. 2001, Pigments on some Middle
Kingdom coffins. In Colour and Painting in Ancient Egypt (ed.
Davies, W.V.), 10-16. London: British Museum Press.
2000
Sax,M., Meeks,N.D. And Collon,D. 2000 The Introduction of
the Lapidary Engraving Wheel in Mesopotamia,
Antiquity 74, 380-7
Sweek, T., Middleton, A., Johns, C. and Uprichard, K. 2000 The
materials, conservation and remounting of the Hemsworth Venus
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1999
Middleton, AP 1999, Polychromy of some Fragments of Painted
Relief from El-bersheh. In: Studies in Egyptian antiquities: a
tribute to T.G.H. James. British Museum Occasional Papers 123. (Ed.
Davies, W.V.), 37-44, London: British Museum.
Walker, S., Matthews, K.J. and Middleton, A.P.
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1997
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Walker, S. and Matthews, K.J. 1997, The Marbles of the
Mausoleum, In: Sculptors and Sculpture of Caria and the
Dodecanese, (Eds. Jenkins, I. and Waywell, GB), 49-59, London:
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Stapleton, C.P., Humphrey, MS, Middleton, A.P. and Freestone,
I.C. 1997, Report on the Examination of the Lewis Chessmen for
Possible Traces of Pigments, In: The Lewis Chessmen, (Ed.
Stratford, N.), 55, London: British Museum Press.
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Environmental & Organics
2004
Cartwright, C.R. 2004 Environmental data: charcoal In H.
Quinnell (ed.) Trethurgy. Excavations at Trethurgy Round, St.
Austell: Community and Status in Roman and Post-Roman Cornwall.
Cornwall County Council, Cornwall; 158-160
2003
Craddock, B.R., Cartwright, C.R., Craddock, P.T. & Wray,
W.B. 2003 Hafted stone mining hammer from Chuquicamata, Chile In P.
Craddock & J. Lang (eds.) Mining and Metal Production Through
the Ages British Museum Press; 52-68
Cartwright, C.R. 2003 Unusual use of freshwater mussel (Unio
sp.) shells during the Early Bronze Age at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh,
Jordan Environmental Archaeology 8; 85-89
Cartwright, C.R. 2003 Grapes or raisins? An Early Bronze Age
larder under the microscope. Antiquity 77 (296); 345-348
Cartwright, C.R. 2003 Getrocknete Trauben und eingelegte Kapern;
Konservierungsmethoden im frühbronzezeitlichen Jordantal (ed.
Geneviève Lüscher) Neue Zürcher Zeitung 08.10.03, 233;58
2002
Cartwright, C.R. 2002 Grape and grain; dietary evidence from an
Early Bronze Age store at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan Palestine
Exploration Quarterly 134; 98-117
Cartwright, C.R. 2002 Reconstrucción de los recursos de madera a
través de las muestras de carbon In R. Novella, J.M. Gonsález &
M.A.M. Cos La Costa Norte de Michoacán en la época prehispánica BAR
International Series 1071, Oxford; 215-217
Cartwright, C.R. & Glover, E. 2002 Ra's al Hadd:
reconstructing the coastal environment in the 3rd millennium BC and
later Journal of Oman Studies 12; 41-53
2001
Cartwright, C.R. 2001 Environmental archaeology In A. Burnett
& J. Reeve (eds.) Behind the scenes at the
BritishMuseum. British Museum Press,
London; 56
Cartwright, C.R. 2001 The plant remains In D.A. Welsby Life
on the desert edge. Seven thousand years of settlement in the
Northern Dongola Reach, Sudan. Sudan Archaeological Research
Society Publication 7, London; 556-567
Cartwright, C.R. 2001 Cedrus libani under the microscope;
the anatomy of modern and ancient Cedar of Lebanon wood.
Archaeology and History in Lebanon 14; 107-113
2000
Eremin, K., Goring, E., Manley, B. & Cartwright, C.R. 2000
A 17th Dynasty queen in Edinburgh? KMT
11(3); 32-40
Parkington, J., Cartwright, C.R., Cowling, R.M., Baxter, A.
& Meadows, M. 2000 Palaeovegetation at the last glacial
maximum in the western Cape, South
Africa: wood charcoal and pollen evidence from
ElandsBayCave. South African
Journal of Science 96; 543-546
1999
Cartwright, C. R. 1999 'Reconstructing the Woody Resources
of the Medieval Kingdom of Alwa, Sudan' In: M. van
der Veen (Ed.) The Exploitation of Plant Resources in Ancient
Africa Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York; 241-59.
Cowling, R.M., Cartwright, C.R., Parkington, J.E. & Allsopp,
J.C. 1999 Fossil Wood Charcoal Assemblages from Elands Bay
Cave, South Africa: Implications for Late Quaternary Vegetation and
Climates in the Winter-Rainfall Fynbos Biome. Journal of
Biogeography 26 (2); 367-78.
Cartwright, C.R. 1999 'The Charcoal Assemblages'. In: A.
Whittle, J. Pollard & C. Grigson (Eds.) The Harmony of Symbols.
The Windmill Hill causewayed enclosure, Wiltshire Cardiff Studies
in Archaeology, Oxbow Books, Oxford; 157-61
Cartwright, C.R. & Middleton, A.P. 1999 Piecing Together
Ancient Egypt. In: British Museum Magazine 33; 25-6
1998
Cartwright, C. R. 1998 The Wood, Charcoal, Plant Remains and
Other Organic Material from Soba In: D.A. Welsby (Ed.) Soba
II. Renewed excavations within the metropolis of the Kingdom of
Alwa in Central Sudan British Institute in Eastern Africa Memoir
15, British Museum Press, London; 255-268
Cartwright, C. R. 1998 Seasonal Aspects of Bronze and Iron
Age Communities at Ra's al-Hadd, Oman Environmental
Archaeology 3; 97-102
Cartwright, C.R. 1998 The Wood Charcoal from Barnham In:
N. Ashton, S.G. Lewis & S. Parfitt (Eds.) Excavations at the
Lower Palaeolithic site at East Farm, Barnham, Suffolk 1989-94
British Museum Occasional Paper 125; British Museum Press,
London;
Cartwright, C.R., Granger-Taylor, H. & Quirke, S. 1998
Lahun Textile Evidence in London In: S. Quirke
(Ed.) Lahun Studies Sia Publishing, Surrey
1997
Cartwright, C.R. 1997 Egyptian Mummy Portraits: Examining
the Woodworkers' Craft In: M. Bierbrier (Ed.) Portraits and
Masks. Burial Customs in Roman Egypt British Museum Press, London;
106-111
Cartwright, C. R. 1997 Interim Report on the
Archaeobotanical Remains from the 1996 Season of Excavations of the
Early Bronze Age Complex at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan In: J.N.
Tubb et al. (Eds.) 'Interim report on the ninth season of
excavations at Tell es-Sa'idiyeh, Jordan' Palestine Exploration
Quarterly 129; 72-75
Cartwright, C. R. & J. E. Parkington 1997 The Wood Charcoal
Assemblages from Elands Bay Cave, South-western Cape: Principles,
Procedures and Preliminary Interpretation South African
Archaeological Bulletin 52; 59-72
Cartwright, C. R. 1997 The Fish Bones In: T.W. Potter
& AC King (Eds.) Excavations at the Mola di Monte Gelato. A
Roman and Medieval Settlement in Etruria Archaeological Monographs
of the British School at Rome no. 11; British Museum Press, London;
404-407
Cartwright, C. R. 1997 The Wood Charcoal Assemblage In: A.
Whittle (Ed.) Sacred Mound, Holy Rings. Silbury Hill and the West
Kennet palisade enclosures: a Later Neolithic complex in north
Wiltshire Cardiff Studies in Archaeology; Oxbow Monograph 74;
129-134
Cartwright, C.R. 1997 Examination of Organic Remains Associated
with the Coins found at Bull Wharf In: G. Williams (Ed.) 'A
Jacobean silver hoard from Bull Wharf, London' The British
Numismatic Journal 67; 105-108
Bierbrier, M., Cartwright, C.R., Filer, J., Humphrey, S.,
Middleton, A. & Walker, S. 1997 New Light on Ancient
Faces British Museum Magazine 27, 36-39
Needham, S., Bronk Ramsey, C., Coombs, D., Cartwright, C.R. &
Pettit, P. 1997 An Independent Chronology for British Bronze
Age Metalwork: the Results of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator
Programme The Archaeological Journal 154, 55-107
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