Richard Gillespie
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 232706 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Richard Gillespie |
| NOMBRES | Richard |
| APELLIDO | Gillespie |
| FIRMA | GILLESPIE R |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Liverpool |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0555-2595 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 95 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 622 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 92 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1977 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2024 |
| ÍNDICE H | 14 |
The Size Inherited Age Effect on Radiocarbon Dates of Alluvial Deposits
Radiocarbon dates on charred plant remains are often used to define the chronology of archives such as lake cores and fluvial sequences. However, charcoal is often older than its depositional context because old-wood can be burnt and a range of transport and storage stages exist between the woodland and stream or lake bed (“inherited age”). In 1978, Blong and Gillespie dated four size fractions of charcoal found floating or saltating in the Macdo…
Inherited age of floating charcoal fragments in a sand-bed stream, Macdonald River, NSW, Australia
Radiocarbon dates on multiple individual charcoal fragments floating together down the Macdonald River, New South Wales, Australia, have calibrated ages spanning >1700 years. Partial explanations of this range of inherited ages can be attributed to the inbuilt age of living biomass, charcoalisation conditions, hillslope transport and storage and/or valley floor (fluvial) transport and storage, but the contribution of each of these components can …
A Novel Cellulose-Preparation Method
The radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating of contaminated old wood has been seen as a challenge requiring many lengthy procedures, often using strong alkali extractions and carbon-containing solvents. Introduced here is a novel protocol called 2chlorOx, a twice-repeated sequence of alkaline hypochlorite and acidic chlorite oxidations, which is shown to work well for 14 C and 13 C measurements on both 50,000 BP wood samples, producing results superior to tho…
Barcelona, the Left and the Independence Movement in Catalonia
Routledge Handbook of Mediterranean Politics
Richard Du Bourg’s ‘Classical Exhibition’, 1775–1819
Richard Du Bourg (1738–1826) was one of the first artists in Europe to make cork models of the classical buildings and ruins of the Roman Empire. His London exhibitions spanned almost half a century and attracted a diverse audience, including nobility and gentry, neoclassical architects, tourists from the provinces or overseas, intending Grand Tourists about to embark on a trip to France and Italy, groups of students with their tutors, and parent…
The contrasting fortunes of pro-sovereignty currents in Basque and Catalan nationalist parties
The contrasting fortunes of pro-sovereignty currents in Basque and Catalan nationalist parties: PNV and CDC compared. Territory, Politics, Governance. Nationalist parties based on regions within European states have seen cases of major shifts from accommodation to sovereignty-based assertiveness in their positioning vis-à-vis central government. While these have been interpreted elsewhere mainly in terms of changes in contextual influences, the a…
Secessionism and the EU
Spain
Impressive electoral performances by Podemos in its first European, municipal and regional elections have not been sustained in the Spanish general elections of December 2015 and June 2016. In the context of government austerity policies and systemic political crisis, this radical left populist party has certainly attracted much support among youth and disadvantaged sectors, and had a great impact on Spain’s political life, yet so far Podemos has…
Cuba after Thirty Years
Between Accommodation and Contestation
The recent emphasis placed by several mainstream nationalist parties in Europe on sovereignty objectives invites analysis of the drivers behind this phenomenon. Their evolution is characterized by a complex set of dynamics that influences their options when faced with strategic decisions over participation in an existing state and/or challenging it by pressing for statehood. Spain constitutes a major laboratory for studying such dynamics owing to…
Contesting Spain? the Dynamics of Nationalist Movements in Catalonia and the Basque Country
New 14C dates for Spring Creek and Mowbray Swamp megafauna
Bones from extinct Australian marsupials found at Spring Creek, Victoria, and in the Mowbray Swamp, Tasmania, have yielded scattered and anomalously young radiocarbon ages measured on collagen, gelatin or ultrafiltered gelatin. We resampled previously dated material from those two sites and from Mt Cripps, Tasmania, as well as a control sample from Zaglik, Russia, to compare chronologies based on XAD‐2 purified total amino acid fractions and coll…
Internationalisation of Journal and Renewal of Personnel
Cuba After Thirty Years
Rethinking Social Democracy in Western Europe
Change and Opportunities in the Emerging Mediterranean
Stephen Calleya and Monika Wohlfeld (Eds), Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies, University of Malta, 2012, ISBN 978-99957-0-176-5, distributed free of charge Insurrection and dramatic polit
Rapid megafaunal extinction following human arrival throughout the New World
The Challenge of Co-ownership in the Euro-Mediterranean Space
The European Union's recent experimentation with forms of partnership and co-ownership has found its most ambitious expression in its southern neighbourhood in the form of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Initially pioneered by Nicolas Sarkozy in an attempt to reaffirm a leading role for France within Europe, the experiment has foundered on the difficulty of creating effective governance structures in a Euro-Mediterranean space noted for ge…
Adapting to French ‘Leadership’? Spain's Role in the Union for the Mediterranean
One might have expected Spain to have been less than enthusiastic about President Sarkozy's Mediterranean initiative of 2007–08, given that it implied criticism of the Barcelona Process in which Spain had been so prominent. Yet Franco–Spanish rivalry has not come to the fore as a result of it. Acceptance, adaptation and eventual support have been the keynotes to the Spanish response, notwithstanding some ongoing differences in outlook between the…
The Union for the Mediterranean
The Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) has had a troubled infancy. French ideas for enhanced Euro-Mediterranean co-operation, influenced by functionalism, actually brought increased disputation among the partners during its first two years. There has been deep disagreement over whether European Union (EU) Mediterranean policy should be based on common positions or accommodate French leadership ambitions. Adverse external conditions have affected t…
I lettori di ossa
Ritorno alla terra
Seize The Day
Australians have always loved a good show, as this new collection of essays demonstrates. The significance of exhibitions goes beyond mere entertainment. From the 1850s to the present, exhibitions have been a marketing tool for Australia’s advancements in global trade, migration and tourism. They have also been powerful vehicles for conspicuous consumption, civic progress, social status, and identity – be it local, national or international. This…
Soldados de Perón
Locality in the History of Science
Radiocarbon dating of bone by accelerator mass spectrometry
On the reliability of age estimates for human remains at Lake Mungo
Radiocarbon Dates From the Oxford Ams System
In an effort to make measurements readily available as soon as possible, dates from the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator will now be published regularly in Archaeometry . These datelists will not be a substitute for final publication in Radiocarbon , which is desirable for all dates, but are intended to serve as a formal interim publication of dates, so that they can be cited
Elites and Democratic Consolidation in Latin America and Southern Europe
Is there a Pleistocene archaeological site at Cuddie Springs
The juxtaposition of stone tools, charcoal and bones at Cuddie Springs has been used to support claims that people were butchering now‐extinct animals, and grinding seeds about 30,000 BP. Statistical analysis of dates for the site shows significant sediment disturbance, and the anomalous presence of hair residues in the absence of bone collagen suggests that bones and stone tools are not the same age. We argue that the published studies on the Cu…
Radiocarbon Measurement by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Dates from the first runs of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit span the range from present to c. 17,000 bp, with errors (1 s.d.) from ± 100 to ± 300 years. Material dated comprises bone, wood, charcoal, seeds, organic residues in pottery, and charcoal inclusions in slag
The break‐up of the ‘socialist family
Spanish trade unions have provided Felipe González's government with its main opposition since the mid‐1980s. This article focuses on the break‐up of the traditional symbiotic relationship between the Socialist Party (PSOE) and socialist union (UGT). Besides being a policy conflict between neo‐liberal ministers and defenders of social democratic values, the party‐union divorce is seen as a result of late and rapid role differentiation in a politi…
Burnt and Unburnt Carbon
A new analysis of previous results on conflicts between shell and charcoal dates and on burnt human bones, with new data presented here, suggests that alternative interpretations are possible for the archaeology and environmental history of the Willandra Lakes region. Black sediment samples from archaeological sites at Lake Outer Arumpo exhibit wide variation in burnt and unburnt carbon content; high humic acid concentrations in midden layers and…
Major Revisions in the Pleistocene Age Assignments for North American Human Skeletons by C-14 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Radiocarbon analyses by accelerator mass spectrometric (AMS) techniques on organic fractions of human bone from various North American localities previously assigned ages ranging from about 70,000 to 15,000 years B.P. now suggest that none of these skeletons is older than 11,000 C-14 years B.P
Murray‐Darling basin freshwater shells
We report carbon isotope measurements on pre‐bomb museum samples of freshwater mussel shells collected alive from riverine locations in New South Wales, Australia. The calculated reservoir ages, ranging from −60 to +112 years, are much smaller than those for Australian marine shells and not considered significant for the radiocarbon dating of Late Pleistocene freshwater shells from the Murray‐Darling Basin
European Union responses to conflict in the western Mediterranean
The European Union (EU) announced an increased commitment to conflict resolution beyond its external border when it adopted the European Neighbourhood Policy in 2003, yet this has not led to any practical initiatives in the western Mediterranean. While the more latent nature of conflicts there puts less pressure on the EU to act than do the 'hot' conflicts of the Middle East, various disputes over territorial sovereignty persist and tend to under…
On human blood, rock art and calcium oxalate
Minute biological traces, with their prospect of recovering even ancient DNA, are the most attractive of archaeological materials to work with. This supplementary report on field studies of rock-art first published in ANTIQUITY further explores how these studies may in truth be carried out
AMS Dating of a Late Quaternary Tephra at Graham's Terrace, New Zealand
The radiocarbon dating of volcanic ash (tephra) deposits in New Zealand has been difficult on sites remote from the eruption, which contain either little carbon or degraded and contaminated charcoal. Although many studies of contamination removal from macroscopic charcoals from tephra sequences have been made, little attention has been paid to those containing no visible charcoal, because of the difficulty of obtaining sufficient carbon for radio…
The AMS Dating of Separate Fractions in Archaeology
The usefulness of radiocarbon dates in archaeology greatly depends on both the stratigraphic relationship of the sample submitted and on the origin and homogeneity of the measured carbon. For very small samples, stratigraphic relationships can raise additional problems of movement. In chemically well-characterized materials, the best example being collagen, the carbon source can be reasonably well purified. Many samples, however, survive as a com…
Themes in European Democracy Promotion
Routine AMS Dating of Bone and Shell Proteins
14 C dating of bone has been unreliable in comparison with more stable materials such as wood or charcoal. Attempts have been made to use various components or fractions isolated from the raw bone sample; these include dilute acid soluble, dilute acid insoluble, collagen, and gelatin, as well as alkali soluble and insoluble fractions of burned bone, and carbonate or apatite fractions of organic-poor bone. All of these fractions have yielded usefu…
European Democracy Promotion in North Africa
The Euro-Mediterranean Partnership
Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America" analyses legal and constitutional developments in all states or regions outside of Europe as well as their regional and international integration. Founded in 1968 and inspired by decolonization and the idea of a cooperative new beginning, the Journal also promotes a special interest in contributions on 'Law and development'. The journal aims to provide a forum for a variety of perspectives on th…
Radiocarbon Dating of Sediments
In 14 C dating of sediment, the date of deposition is associated with its C age. Most sediments are complex mixtures containing little organic material frequently derived from several sources. The most conspicuous sources of error result from 1) the incorporation of “fossil” carbon (eg, graphite, lignite, etc) into a more recent sediment. This is particularly important in low carbon sediments (Olsson, 1972); 2) the incorporation of older, ‘rework…
Sample Chemistry for the Oxford High Energy Mass Spectrometer
Chemical pretreatment procedures for the decontamination, extraction, and isolation of organic materials for 14 C dating using the Oxford accelerator system are described. Specific details are given for the isolation and chromatographic purification of amino acids from bone and tooth collagen, of lipids from sediments, and of cellulose and glucose from wood, paper, and textiles. A description is also given of the apparatus used for the routine pr…
Dating the First Australians
The dating of selected archaeological and megafaunal sites from the Australian region is reviewed, with emphasis on recent work at some of the oldest sites. Improved chemical procedures with decreased analytical background for 14 C analysis, combined with new luminescence dating methods, has confirmed many of the results processed decades ago and significantly increased the maximum age for some others. The oldest occupation horizons in four diffe…
Reshaping the Agenda? The Internal Politics of the Barcelona Process in the Aftermath of September 11
The third basket of the Barcelona Declaration – which outlines plans to build a partnership in social and cultural and human affairs – is at last receiving more attention from policy-makers. This is a result of three factors: an EU desire to address issues that have proved difficult to deal with in the context of the first (political/security) basket of the Barcelona Process; the growing importance of the EU's justice and home affairs agenda; and…
AMS Dating of Alluvial Sediments on the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia
The dating of alluvial deposits is frequently hampered by a lack of good-quality charcoal or other material for radiocarbon samples. We have dated two sites in southeastern Australia using traditional radiometric methods with minimal pretreatment. Results yielded an inconsistent chronology, affected by contamination with younger humic materials. A more consistent and older chronology was achieved using AMS dating of rigorously pretreated samples …
Rapid megafaunal extinction following human arrival throughout the New World
Sydney University Natural Radiocarbon Measurements IV
The following list contains measurements made during the period 1972-5 which have not been previously published and which form part of a research project on marine shell dating (Gillespie, 1975). These sets of samples were measured to determine 1) “apparent age” of marine shells coll alive from Australian coastal waters before the advent of large-scale nuclear weapons testing, 2) the possibility of using post 1950 Australian marine shells as a mo…
Archaeological Sampling for the New Generation of Radiocarbon Techniques
The Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Facility
The Oxford 14 C accelerator has operated with beam for some 400 hours. This report describes the progress made towards achieving dates from milligram samples with the required accuracy of better than 2%. In summary, it shows how 14 C is relatively easily detected, but that the overall beam optical system is, at present, rather sensitive to effects which prevent reliable maintenance of the necessary isotope ratio stability. These effects can proba…
Sample Chemistry for the Oxford High Energy Mass Spectrometer
Chemical pretreatment procedures for the decontamination, extraction, and isolation of organic materials for 14 C dating using the Oxford accelerator system are described. Specific details are given for the isolation and chromatographic purification of amino acids from bone and tooth collagen, of lipids from sediments, and of cellulose and glucose from wood, paper, and textiles. A description is also given of the apparatus used for the routine pr…
Soldiers of Perón
Ballooning in France and Britain, 1783-1786
Sample preparation for accelerator-based radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating of bone by accelerator mass spectrometry
Radiocarbon Measurement by Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Dates from the first runs of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit span the range from present to c. 17,000 bp, with errors (1 s.d.) from ± 100 to ± 300 years. Material dated comprises bone, wood, charcoal, seeds, organic residues in pottery, and charcoal inclusions in slag
The Populist Challenge
Partial Progress
Soldiers of Perón
Radiocarbon Dates From the Oxford Ams System
In an effort to make measurements readily available as soon as possible, dates from the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator will now be published regularly in Archaeometry . These datelists will not be a substitute for final publication in Radiocarbon , which is desirable for all dates, but are intended to serve as a formal interim publication of dates, so that they can be cited
Revolutionary Trends in Latin America, Centre for Developing-Area Studies
Marxist Thought in Latin America
Major Revisions in the Pleistocene Age Assignments for North American Human Skeletons by C-14 Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
Radiocarbon analyses by accelerator mass spectrometric (AMS) techniques on organic fractions of human bone from various North American localities previously assigned ages ranging from about 70,000 to 15,000 years B.P. now suggest that none of these skeletons is older than 11,000 C-14 years B.P
A Review of the Operation of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit
We describe here the general operation of the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Laboratory which has now been dating routinely for 18 months
The AMS Dating of Separate Fractions in Archaeology
The usefulness of radiocarbon dates in archaeology greatly depends on both the stratigraphic relationship of the sample submitted and on the origin and homogeneity of the measured carbon. For very small samples, stratigraphic relationships can raise additional problems of movement. In chemically well-characterized materials, the best example being collagen, the carbon source can be reasonably well purified. Many samples, however, survive as a com…
Chemical Isotope Dilution for 14 C Ams and the Potential for GC/AMS
The advent of accelerator-based mass spectrometry (AMS) radiocarbon dating has reduced the minimum sample size required to ca 1 mg from the 1 g of traditional beta counting techniques ( cf Wölfli, Polach & Andersen, 1984). However, it is clear that even smaller samples will be necessary for some fields of endeavor, particularly environmental work where the absolute quantities are small, perhaps of the order of a few micrograms (Currie et al , 198…
Routine AMS Dating of Bone and Shell Proteins
14 C dating of bone has been unreliable in comparison with more stable materials such as wood or charcoal. Attempts have been made to use various components or fractions isolated from the raw bone sample; these include dilute acid soluble, dilute acid insoluble, collagen, and gelatin, as well as alkali soluble and insoluble fractions of burned bone, and carbonate or apatite fractions of organic-poor bone. All of these fractions have yielded usefu…
Radiocarbon Dating of Sediments
In 14 C dating of sediment, the date of deposition is associated with its C age. Most sediments are complex mixtures containing little organic material frequently derived from several sources. The most conspicuous sources of error result from 1) the incorporation of “fossil” carbon (eg, graphite, lignite, etc) into a more recent sediment. This is particularly important in low carbon sediments (Olsson, 1972); 2) the incorporation of older, ‘rework…
The Argentine Labor Movement, 1930-1945
The Ice
Latin America and the Comintern, 1919-1943
Fundamentals of Bone Degradation Chemistry
Collagen-based pretreatment methods for bone yield inconsistent results for those samples where protein preservation is low, as frequently found in bones from the semi-arid zones of Australia and North America. New methods for dealing with low collagen bones are needed, and this paper suggests that the non-collagenous proteins, particularly the blood proteins, may offer advantages for AMS dating because of their better preservation. Amino-acid pr…
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