C Pickard
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 30188 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | C Pickard |
| NOMBRES | C |
| APELLIDO | Pickard |
| FIRMA | PICKARD C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Edinburgh |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0989-9361 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 21 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 119 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 21 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis
With increasing use of destructive analysis in archaeology, a tension has arisen between the need to preserve osteological collections for future generations and to use them now for the public benefit of knowledge generation. Existing guidelines mostly address curatorial issues, or focus on pre-sampling steps, rather than presenting protocols that can assist researchers in being more responsible regarding invasive analysis and the preservation of…
Diet, DNA, and the Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition in Western Scotland
In this paper, we revisit the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in western Scotland and the links between early European farmers and middens in light of new aDNA, radiocarbon, and stable isotopic evidence. New carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic data for food sources (plant and animal remains) from a Mesolithic site are presented, and dietary FRUITS models are recalculated based on these data. We also respond to recent criticisms of the Bayesian ap…
King Olaf's men? Contextualizing Viking burials at S
The discovery of burials at S:t Olofsholm, a site associated with the Saint Olaf cult on Gotland in Sweden, has enabled a bioarchaeological contextualization of medieval legends and sagas in conjunction with the archaelogical record. This study seeks to illuminate who were buried at S:t Olofsholm, through a biocultural lens, and whether these burials can be linked to folklore and sagas associated with the site. Five burials of possibly six indivi…
Reassessing Neolithic Diets in Western Scotland
Although marine resources are known to have been exploited by both foragers and early farmers in Scotland, the importance of seafood to the diets of Neolithic groups has been widely debated. Here we present paired stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) and radiocarbon measurements on Early Neolithic human remains from Raschoille Cave in Oban. These are compared with published data for other sites in western Scotland and used to re-evaluate the use of mar…
The effect of diet and sociopolitical change on physiological stress and behavior in late Roman‐Early Byzantine (300–700 AD ) and Islamic (902–1,235 AD ) populations from Ibiza, Spain
Objectives This study evaluated chronological changes in physiological stress and levels of habitual loading of Ibizan populations from the Late Roman–Early Byzantine (LREB) to the Islamic period (300–1,235 AD) using measures of body size and bone cross‐sectional properties to compare Urban LREB, Urban Medieval Islamic, and Rural Medieval Islamic groups. It also explored the effect of diet, modeled using stable isotopes, on physiological stress l…
Post-glacial hunter-gatherer subsistence patterns in Britain
The diets of 85 individuals from 21 sites were modelled using FRUITS based on their bulk bone collagen C and N isotope ratio signatures. The sites, which occur in a range of environments, group into three distinct periods corresponding to the British 'Late Upper Palaeolithic', 'Early Mesolithic' and 'Late Mesolithic', respectively. The FRUITS models for three LUP sites dated to the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial suggest an emphasis on terrestrial (…
Early Holocene Sea Fishing in Western Scotland
Coastal shell middens, a prominent feature of the Mesolithic archaeological record of western Scotland, suggest a maritime economy based on fishing and shellfishing. Despite evidence for the importance of fish to diet, virtually nothing is known of the fishing methods practiced, although several “models” have been proposed. We tested these models by means of a series of field experiments. A range of experimental fishing gear including lines and p…
Variability along the frontier
Isotopic evidence for dietary diversity at the mediaeval Islamic necropolis of Can Fonoll (10th to 13th centuries CE), Ibiza, Spain
Animal keeping in Chalcolithic north-central Anatolia
Holocene climate change and prehistoric settlement in the lower Danube valley
Diet at Late Chalcolithic Çamlıbel Tarlası, north-central Anatolia
Stable isotope and dental pathology evidence for diet in late Roman Winchester, England
Northern outpost of the Caliphate
Characterization of Late Chalcolithic Micro‐beads From Çamlibel Tarlasi, North‐central Anatolia
Micro‐bead manufacture is geographically widespread from the fifth millennium bc . Previous studies of comparable micro‐beads from sites in the Indus Valley region and the Near East suggest that many of these beads were formed from synthetic enstatite. Characterization of micro‐beads from the Late Chalcolithic site of Çamlıbel Tarlası was carried out by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and microanalysis with energy‐disp…
Boats and Pioneer Settlement
The paper by Hakon Glorstad offers an interesting and thought-provoking perspective in which boats are seen as the limiting factor in the post-glacial colonization of the Norwegian coast and trees
Autistic Spectrum Disorder in Prehistory
Individuals with ‘extraordinary’ or ‘different’ minds have been suggested to be central to invention and the spread of new ideas in prehistory, shaping modern human behaviour and conferring an evolutionary advantage at population level. In this article the potential for neuropsychiatric conditions such as autistic spectrum disorders to provide this difference is explored, and the ability of the archaeological record to provide evidence of human b…
Chronological and Dietary Aspects of the Human Burials from Ajdovska Cave, Slovenia
Ajdovska Jama (The Pagan's Cave) in southeast Slovenia lies within the catchment of the River Sava, a major tributary of the Danube. The site is well known for its Neolithic burials and has been excavated to a high standard on various occasions since 1884. The human remains at the site occurred as distinct clusters of mainly disarticulated bones belonging to at least 31 individuals. Hitherto, dating of the burials has been based on the associated…
Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Evidence of Dietary Change from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages in the Iron Gates
A previous radiocarbon dating and stable isotope study of directly associated ungulate and human bone samples from Late Mesolithic burials at Schela Cladovei in Romania established that there is a freshwater reservoir effect of approximately 500 yr in the Iron Gates reach of the Danube River valley in southeast Europe. Using the δ 15 N values as an indicator of the percentage of freshwater protein in the human diet, the 14 C data for 24 skeletons…
Deep-Sea Fishing in the European Mesolithic
Some previous authors have argued for the practice of offshore, deep-water fishing in the European Mesolithic. In this article, various lines of evidence are brought to bear on this question: the kinds of fishing gear employed, the evidence relating to the use of boats and navigation, site location, ethnographic data, and fish biology and behaviour. It is concluded that the existence of deep-sea fisheries cannot be demonstrated on the basis of th…
Dating burial practices and architecture at Lepenski Vir
Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Evidence of Dietary Change from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages in the Iron Gates
A previous radiocarbon dating and stable isotope study of directly associated ungulate and human bone samples from Late Mesolithic burials at Schela Cladovei in Romania established that there is a freshwater reservoir effect of approximately 500 yr in the Iron Gates reach of the Danube River valley in southeast Europe. Using the δ 15 N values as an indicator of the percentage of freshwater protein in the human diet, the 14 C data for 24 skeletons…
Deep-Sea Fishing in the European Mesolithic
Some previous authors have argued for the practice of offshore, deep-water fishing in the European Mesolithic. In this article, various lines of evidence are brought to bear on this question: the kinds of fishing gear employed, the evidence relating to the use of boats and navigation, site location, ethnographic data, and fish biology and behaviour. It is concluded that the existence of deep-sea fisheries cannot be demonstrated on the basis of th…
Variability along the frontier
Post-glacial hunter-gatherer subsistence patterns in Britain
The diets of 85 individuals from 21 sites were modelled using FRUITS based on their bulk bone collagen C and N isotope ratio signatures. The sites, which occur in a range of environments, group into three distinct periods corresponding to the British 'Late Upper Palaeolithic', 'Early Mesolithic' and 'Late Mesolithic', respectively. The FRUITS models for three LUP sites dated to the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial suggest an emphasis on terrestrial (…
Animal keeping in Chalcolithic north-central Anatolia
Characterization of Late Chalcolithic Micro‐beads From Çamlibel Tarlasi, North‐central Anatolia
Micro‐bead manufacture is geographically widespread from the fifth millennium bc . Previous studies of comparable micro‐beads from sites in the Indus Valley region and the Near East suggest that many of these beads were formed from synthetic enstatite. Characterization of micro‐beads from the Late Chalcolithic site of Çamlıbel Tarlası was carried out by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and microanalysis with energy‐disp…
Isotopic evidence for dietary diversity at the mediaeval Islamic necropolis of Can Fonoll (10th to 13th centuries CE), Ibiza, Spain
Chronological and Dietary Aspects of the Human Burials from Ajdovska Cave, Slovenia
Ajdovska Jama (The Pagan's Cave) in southeast Slovenia lies within the catchment of the River Sava, a major tributary of the Danube. The site is well known for its Neolithic burials and has been excavated to a high standard on various occasions since 1884. The human remains at the site occurred as distinct clusters of mainly disarticulated bones belonging to at least 31 individuals. Hitherto, dating of the burials has been based on the associated…
The effect of diet and sociopolitical change on physiological stress and behavior in late Roman‐Early Byzantine (300–700 AD ) and Islamic (902–1,235 AD ) populations from Ibiza, Spain
Objectives This study evaluated chronological changes in physiological stress and levels of habitual loading of Ibizan populations from the Late Roman–Early Byzantine (LREB) to the Islamic period (300–1,235 AD) using measures of body size and bone cross‐sectional properties to compare Urban LREB, Urban Medieval Islamic, and Rural Medieval Islamic groups. It also explored the effect of diet, modeled using stable isotopes, on physiological stress l…
Reassessing Neolithic Diets in Western Scotland
Although marine resources are known to have been exploited by both foragers and early farmers in Scotland, the importance of seafood to the diets of Neolithic groups has been widely debated. Here we present paired stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) and radiocarbon measurements on Early Neolithic human remains from Raschoille Cave in Oban. These are compared with published data for other sites in western Scotland and used to re-evaluate the use of mar…
Stable isotope and dental pathology evidence for diet in late Roman Winchester, England
Northern outpost of the Caliphate
Early Holocene Sea Fishing in Western Scotland
Coastal shell middens, a prominent feature of the Mesolithic archaeological record of western Scotland, suggest a maritime economy based on fishing and shellfishing. Despite evidence for the importance of fish to diet, virtually nothing is known of the fishing methods practiced, although several “models” have been proposed. We tested these models by means of a series of field experiments. A range of experimental fishing gear including lines and p…
Diet at Late Chalcolithic Çamlıbel Tarlası, north-central Anatolia
Boats and Pioneer Settlement
The paper by Hakon Glorstad offers an interesting and thought-provoking perspective in which boats are seen as the limiting factor in the post-glacial colonization of the Norwegian coast and trees
Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Evidence of Dietary Change from the Mesolithic to the Middle Ages in the Iron Gates
A previous radiocarbon dating and stable isotope study of directly associated ungulate and human bone samples from Late Mesolithic burials at Schela Cladovei in Romania established that there is a freshwater reservoir effect of approximately 500 yr in the Iron Gates reach of the Danube River valley in southeast Europe. Using the δ 15 N values as an indicator of the percentage of freshwater protein in the human diet, the 14 C data for 24 skeletons…
Deep-Sea Fishing in the European Mesolithic
Some previous authors have argued for the practice of offshore, deep-water fishing in the European Mesolithic. In this article, various lines of evidence are brought to bear on this question: the kinds of fishing gear employed, the evidence relating to the use of boats and navigation, site location, ethnographic data, and fish biology and behaviour. It is concluded that the existence of deep-sea fisheries cannot be demonstrated on the basis of th…
Chronological and Dietary Aspects of the Human Burials from Ajdovska Cave, Slovenia
Ajdovska Jama (The Pagan's Cave) in southeast Slovenia lies within the catchment of the River Sava, a major tributary of the Danube. The site is well known for its Neolithic burials and has been excavated to a high standard on various occasions since 1884. The human remains at the site occurred as distinct clusters of mainly disarticulated bones belonging to at least 31 individuals. Hitherto, dating of the burials has been based on the associated…
Autistic Spectrum Disorder in Prehistory
Individuals with ‘extraordinary’ or ‘different’ minds have been suggested to be central to invention and the spread of new ideas in prehistory, shaping modern human behaviour and conferring an evolutionary advantage at population level. In this article the potential for neuropsychiatric conditions such as autistic spectrum disorders to provide this difference is explored, and the ability of the archaeological record to provide evidence of human b…
Characterization of Late Chalcolithic Micro‐beads From Çamlibel Tarlasi, North‐central Anatolia
Micro‐bead manufacture is geographically widespread from the fifth millennium bc . Previous studies of comparable micro‐beads from sites in the Indus Valley region and the Near East suggest that many of these beads were formed from synthetic enstatite. Characterization of micro‐beads from the Late Chalcolithic site of Çamlıbel Tarlası was carried out by optical microscopy (OM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and microanalysis with energy‐disp…
Boats and Pioneer Settlement
The paper by Hakon Glorstad offers an interesting and thought-provoking perspective in which boats are seen as the limiting factor in the post-glacial colonization of the Norwegian coast and trees
Holocene climate change and prehistoric settlement in the lower Danube valley
Diet at Late Chalcolithic Çamlıbel Tarlası, north-central Anatolia
Stable isotope and dental pathology evidence for diet in late Roman Winchester, England
Northern outpost of the Caliphate
Isotopic evidence for dietary diversity at the mediaeval Islamic necropolis of Can Fonoll (10th to 13th centuries CE), Ibiza, Spain
Animal keeping in Chalcolithic north-central Anatolia
Early Holocene Sea Fishing in Western Scotland
Coastal shell middens, a prominent feature of the Mesolithic archaeological record of western Scotland, suggest a maritime economy based on fishing and shellfishing. Despite evidence for the importance of fish to diet, virtually nothing is known of the fishing methods practiced, although several “models” have been proposed. We tested these models by means of a series of field experiments. A range of experimental fishing gear including lines and p…
Variability along the frontier
The effect of diet and sociopolitical change on physiological stress and behavior in late Roman‐Early Byzantine (300–700 AD ) and Islamic (902–1,235 AD ) populations from Ibiza, Spain
Objectives This study evaluated chronological changes in physiological stress and levels of habitual loading of Ibizan populations from the Late Roman–Early Byzantine (LREB) to the Islamic period (300–1,235 AD) using measures of body size and bone cross‐sectional properties to compare Urban LREB, Urban Medieval Islamic, and Rural Medieval Islamic groups. It also explored the effect of diet, modeled using stable isotopes, on physiological stress l…
Post-glacial hunter-gatherer subsistence patterns in Britain
The diets of 85 individuals from 21 sites were modelled using FRUITS based on their bulk bone collagen C and N isotope ratio signatures. The sites, which occur in a range of environments, group into three distinct periods corresponding to the British 'Late Upper Palaeolithic', 'Early Mesolithic' and 'Late Mesolithic', respectively. The FRUITS models for three LUP sites dated to the Bølling-Allerød Interstadial suggest an emphasis on terrestrial (…
Reassessing Neolithic Diets in Western Scotland
Although marine resources are known to have been exploited by both foragers and early farmers in Scotland, the importance of seafood to the diets of Neolithic groups has been widely debated. Here we present paired stable isotope (δ13C and δ15N) and radiocarbon measurements on Early Neolithic human remains from Raschoille Cave in Oban. These are compared with published data for other sites in western Scotland and used to re-evaluate the use of mar…
King Olaf's men? Contextualizing Viking burials at S
The discovery of burials at S:t Olofsholm, a site associated with the Saint Olaf cult on Gotland in Sweden, has enabled a bioarchaeological contextualization of medieval legends and sagas in conjunction with the archaelogical record. This study seeks to illuminate who were buried at S:t Olofsholm, through a biocultural lens, and whether these burials can be linked to folklore and sagas associated with the site. Five burials of possibly six indivi…
Dating burial practices and architecture at Lepenski Vir
Towards Responsible Destructive Analysis
With increasing use of destructive analysis in archaeology, a tension has arisen between the need to preserve osteological collections for future generations and to use them now for the public benefit of knowledge generation. Existing guidelines mostly address curatorial issues, or focus on pre-sampling steps, rather than presenting protocols that can assist researchers in being more responsible regarding invasive analysis and the preservation of…
Diet, DNA, and the Mesolithic–Neolithic Transition in Western Scotland
In this paper, we revisit the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition in western Scotland and the links between early European farmers and middens in light of new aDNA, radiocarbon, and stable isotopic evidence. New carbon and nitrogen stable isotopic data for food sources (plant and animal remains) from a Mesolithic site are presented, and dietary FRUITS models are recalculated based on these data. We also respond to recent criticisms of the Bayesian ap…
Archaeology (21 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 obras) · Geography (16 obras) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (9 obras) · Biology (8 obras) · Geology (8 obras) · History (8 obras) · Mesolithic (7 obras) · Ecology (6 obras) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (6 obras)