T P O'Connor
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4532039 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | T P O'Connor |
| NOMBRES | T P |
| APELLIDO | O'Connor |
| FIRMA | CONNOR T P O |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Bradford |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 28 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 170 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 28 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1923 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2012 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
A novel method for integrated age and sex determination from archaeological cattle mandibles
Sorting the butchered from the boiled
Wild or domestic? Biometric variation in the cat Felis silvestris Schreber
Investigation of modern biometric data indicates that it may be possible to distinguish wildcats from house cats in many instances. Applying the log‐ratio (log‐difference) technique to archaeological samples from medieval northern Europe, and to mixed samples of wildcats and house cats, shows that the differentiation may not always be clear, and the possibility that some samples include hybrids is discussed. The technique is applied to samples fr…
Professor J.G. Evans 1941–2005
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An Evaluation of Nitrogen Porosimetry as a Technique for Predicting Taphonomic Durability in Animal Bone
Obituaries
Excavations at a Neolithic Cursus, Springfield, Essex, 1979–85
A long cropmark enclosure at Springfield, Essex, interpreted as a Neolithic cursus, was investigated betwee 1979–85 to confirm its date and establish a site sequence. The enclosure was c. 690 m long and 37–49 m wide the ditch being uninterrupted in all areas examined, features within the interior at the eastern end included a incomplete ring of substantial post-pits which it is suggested originally formed a complete circle. Peterborou pottery, pr…
Urban small vertebrate taphonomy
Sampling of deposits at the Queens Hotel site, York, produced a substantial number of small terrestrial vertebrate remains from the Anglo-Scandinavian features. By studying bone surface modification, fragmentation and skeletal completeness as taphonomic indicators, it was possible to demonstrate that the assemblage had resulted from two very different modes of accumulation and deposition. Refuse pits situated within the boundaries of the tenement…
Obituary
On the Difficulty of Detecting Seasonal Slaughtering of Sheep
This paper questions whether the seasonal slaughtering of sheep can be identified in archaeological data from temperate Europe. Earlier work is reviewed, and the ethnohistorical record examined to determine the factors which have influenced seasonality of killing, with the aim of deciding what patterns of seasonal killing might potentially be reflected in the archaeological data. A consideration of the resolution of age-attribution methods shows …
The Annual Round
The content and main themes of the conference are reviewed in brief. Several papers raised the need for further data from experimentation and modern analogues. The ethnohistorical record is dearly a valuable source of information, though not necessarily of direct analogues for the past, and papers presented here reminded us of the ways in which storage of seasonally acquired resources may result in year-round use, and thus a loss of evidence for …
Environmental Archaeology
The aims and definitions of environmental archaeology are discussed, with particular attention to distinguishing the means of the discipline from its aims. Contributions to biogeography and other disciplines are reviewed. It is argued that environmental archaeology can be seen as an ecological subject, concerned with interaction and process. This paradigm integrates all forms of evidence, including soils and sediments, and overcomes the disciplin…
The Annual Round
The content and main themes of the conference are reviewed in brief. Several papers raised the need for further data from experimentation and modern analogues. The ethnohistorical record is dearly a valuable source of information, though not necessarily of direct analogues for the past, and papers presented here reminded us of the ways in which storage of seasonally acquired resources may result in year-round use, and thus a loss of evidence for …
On the Difficulty of Detecting Seasonal Slaughtering of Sheep
This paper questions whether the seasonal slaughtering of sheep can be identified in archaeological data from temperate Europe. Earlier work is reviewed, and the ethnohistorical record examined to determine the factors which have influenced seasonality of killing, with the aim of deciding what patterns of seasonal killing might potentially be reflected in the archaeological data. A consideration of the resolution of age-attribution methods shows …
Environmental Archaeology
The aims and definitions of environmental archaeology are discussed, with particular attention to distinguishing the means of the discipline from its aims. Contributions to biogeography and other disciplines are reviewed. It is argued that environmental archaeology can be seen as an ecological subject, concerned with interaction and process. This paradigm integrates all forms of evidence, including soils and sediments, and overcomes the disciplin…
Raptors in towns
A survey was undertaken of the occurrence of bones of raptorial birds in Roman and medieval nucleated settlements in northwestern Europe, and the results were compared with a series of a priori predictions as to which species were the most likely to have colonized such settings. The comparison showed that Haliaeetus albicilla, Buteo buteo and Milvus milvus were recovered relatively frequently, and that these three were amongst the species predict…
Working at relationships
Animals were wild, and then some of them were tamed and so became domestic.' The archaeological definition of 'domestic' is a fundamental, alongside the means by which the domestic is to be recognized in the archaeological record. Setting that relationship with human beings which we call 'domestication' alongside other relations between species clarifies the issues
A critical overview of archaeological animal bone studies
In the course of a general review of archaeological animal bone studies, this paper draws particular attention to the importance of data quality, and the assessment of the integrity and information potential of bone samples, and the integration of such studies with the rest of archaeology and with palaeobiology. Taxonomic identification and bone diagenesis remain two key problem areas, the second of which is slowly yielding to detailed research. …
Size increase in Post-Medieval English sheep
From the end of the medieval period to the end of the 18th century, the economic priorities of sheep farming over much of England shifted from an emphasis on wool and milk to one which valued meat as never before. With this change in priority came attempts to increase the carcass size and to ’improve’ the conformation, and many present-day breeds owe their origins to this process. A general increase in size of sheep is reported in documentary rec…
Age attribution in domestic sheep by skeletal and dental maturation
The aim of the study was to assess the quality of the available evidence pertaining to the effects of sex and castration on the timing of skeletal and dental maturation in sheep. The initial premise was that our present knowldge of the effects of these factors is inadequate, and that currently available published sources and reference specimens are insufficient to allow confident interpretation of archaeological data. A literature survey was carr…
Birds and the scavenger niche
La aparición de pueblos y ciudades ha creado un nicho carroñero potencial para oportunistas al que una serie de especies de aves, interesadas en la explotación de esta fuente de alimento, se han adaptado. La información obtenida en Europa noroccidental evidencia el éxito de un pequeño grupo de carroñeros urbanos, especialmente depredadores y necrófagos, donde se incluyen especies cuyas áreas de distribución se han visto marcadamente reducidas dur…
Process and terminology in mammal carcass reduction
A simple process-functional model is developed to explore some of the main stages in the utilization of a mammal carcass by people aiming to maximize the use of the carcass. The model predicts the potential deposition of many different and distinctive bone assemblages, some of which would be archaeologically recoverable. Explicit terminology is needed in order to distinguish assemblages of waste material from the intended product of a particular …
Short Reviews
Later Bronze Age Downland Economy and Excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex
The Later Bronze Age site at Black Patch consisted of hut platforms and enclosures set in a system of rectangular fields. The settlement area is overlooked by round barrows. Area and sample excavations of the settlement revealed circular huts and activity areas within a C-14 date range of 1070 ± 70 bc–830 ± 80 bc. Extensive economic data in the form of seeds, animal bones, foreign stones and artefacts were recovered. These formed the basis of an …
Variations in the Retail Price of Chemists' Goods
Spatial variations in the price of chemists' goods in Dublin are examined for a number of different baskets of products and for two time periods, so as to tackle the problem of the ‘sample of one’. A number of hypotheses including measures of store size, proximity of competition, and the type of residential area in which the shop is located are examined by means of bivariate and multiple correlation in relation to price variations, and in general…
Sorting the butchered from the boiled
Later Bronze Age Downland Economy and Excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex
The Later Bronze Age site at Black Patch consisted of hut platforms and enclosures set in a system of rectangular fields. The settlement area is overlooked by round barrows. Area and sample excavations of the settlement revealed circular huts and activity areas within a C-14 date range of 1070 ± 70 bc–830 ± 80 bc. Extensive economic data in the form of seeds, animal bones, foreign stones and artefacts were recovered. These formed the basis of an …
Working at relationships
Animals were wild, and then some of them were tamed and so became domestic.' The archaeological definition of 'domestic' is a fundamental, alongside the means by which the domestic is to be recognized in the archaeological record. Setting that relationship with human beings which we call 'domestication' alongside other relations between species clarifies the issues
A critical overview of archaeological animal bone studies
In the course of a general review of archaeological animal bone studies, this paper draws particular attention to the importance of data quality, and the assessment of the integrity and information potential of bone samples, and the integration of such studies with the rest of archaeology and with palaeobiology. Taxonomic identification and bone diagenesis remain two key problem areas, the second of which is slowly yielding to detailed research. …
Age attribution in domestic sheep by skeletal and dental maturation
The aim of the study was to assess the quality of the available evidence pertaining to the effects of sex and castration on the timing of skeletal and dental maturation in sheep. The initial premise was that our present knowldge of the effects of these factors is inadequate, and that currently available published sources and reference specimens are insufficient to allow confident interpretation of archaeological data. A literature survey was carr…
The Excavation of a Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure on Offham Hill, East Sussex, 1976
The small causewayed enclosure on Offham Hill, East Sussex, being one of the only five surviving Neolithic enclosures in Sussex, was excavated in 1976 prior to its final destruction by ploughing. The enclosure consisted of two incomplete circles of discontinuous banks and ditches. Molluscan analysis indicated that the structure was built in a woodland clearing and that the ditches were not contemporary. A few pot sherds and flint tools were found…
Process and terminology in mammal carcass reduction
A simple process-functional model is developed to explore some of the main stages in the utilization of a mammal carcass by people aiming to maximize the use of the carcass. The model predicts the potential deposition of many different and distinctive bone assemblages, some of which would be archaeologically recoverable. Explicit terminology is needed in order to distinguish assemblages of waste material from the intended product of a particular …
An Evaluation of Nitrogen Porosimetry as a Technique for Predicting Taphonomic Durability in Animal Bone
Birds and the scavenger niche
La aparición de pueblos y ciudades ha creado un nicho carroñero potencial para oportunistas al que una serie de especies de aves, interesadas en la explotación de esta fuente de alimento, se han adaptado. La información obtenida en Europa noroccidental evidencia el éxito de un pequeño grupo de carroñeros urbanos, especialmente depredadores y necrófagos, donde se incluyen especies cuyas áreas de distribución se han visto marcadamente reducidas dur…
Excavations at a Neolithic Cursus, Springfield, Essex, 1979–85
A long cropmark enclosure at Springfield, Essex, interpreted as a Neolithic cursus, was investigated betwee 1979–85 to confirm its date and establish a site sequence. The enclosure was c. 690 m long and 37–49 m wide the ditch being uninterrupted in all areas examined, features within the interior at the eastern end included a incomplete ring of substantial post-pits which it is suggested originally formed a complete circle. Peterborou pottery, pr…
The Excavation of an Oval Burial Mound of the Third Millennium bc at Alfriston, East Sussex, 1974
The small oval burial mound at Alfriston, East Sussex, being one of only twelve certain burial structures of the 3rd millennium bc in Sussex, was totally excavated in 1974 prior to its final obliteration by ploughing. The barrow was found to consist of a simple dump mound derived from material out of flanking ditches. It covered a single burial pit containing the crouched skeleton of a young female. Information concerning the post-Neolithic land …
Wild or domestic? Biometric variation in the cat Felis silvestris Schreber
Investigation of modern biometric data indicates that it may be possible to distinguish wildcats from house cats in many instances. Applying the log‐ratio (log‐difference) technique to archaeological samples from medieval northern Europe, and to mixed samples of wildcats and house cats, shows that the differentiation may not always be clear, and the possibility that some samples include hybrids is discussed. The technique is applied to samples fr…
Urban small vertebrate taphonomy
Sampling of deposits at the Queens Hotel site, York, produced a substantial number of small terrestrial vertebrate remains from the Anglo-Scandinavian features. By studying bone surface modification, fragmentation and skeletal completeness as taphonomic indicators, it was possible to demonstrate that the assemblage had resulted from two very different modes of accumulation and deposition. Refuse pits situated within the boundaries of the tenement…
A novel method for integrated age and sex determination from archaeological cattle mandibles
On the Difficulty of Detecting Seasonal Slaughtering of Sheep
This paper questions whether the seasonal slaughtering of sheep can be identified in archaeological data from temperate Europe. Earlier work is reviewed, and the ethnohistorical record examined to determine the factors which have influenced seasonality of killing, with the aim of deciding what patterns of seasonal killing might potentially be reflected in the archaeological data. A consideration of the resolution of age-attribution methods shows …
Size increase in Post-Medieval English sheep
From the end of the medieval period to the end of the 18th century, the economic priorities of sheep farming over much of England shifted from an emphasis on wool and milk to one which valued meat as never before. With this change in priority came attempts to increase the carcass size and to ’improve’ the conformation, and many present-day breeds owe their origins to this process. A general increase in size of sheep is reported in documentary rec…
Hungary and Democracy
The Excavation of an Oval Burial Mound of the Third Millennium bc at Alfriston, East Sussex, 1974
The small oval burial mound at Alfriston, East Sussex, being one of only twelve certain burial structures of the 3rd millennium bc in Sussex, was totally excavated in 1974 prior to its final obliteration by ploughing. The barrow was found to consist of a simple dump mound derived from material out of flanking ditches. It covered a single burial pit containing the crouched skeleton of a young female. Information concerning the post-Neolithic land …
The Excavation of a Neolithic Causewayed Enclosure on Offham Hill, East Sussex, 1976
The small causewayed enclosure on Offham Hill, East Sussex, being one of the only five surviving Neolithic enclosures in Sussex, was excavated in 1976 prior to its final destruction by ploughing. The enclosure consisted of two incomplete circles of discontinuous banks and ditches. Molluscan analysis indicated that the structure was built in a woodland clearing and that the ditches were not contemporary. A few pot sherds and flint tools were found…
Later Bronze Age Downland Economy and Excavations at Black Patch, East Sussex
The Later Bronze Age site at Black Patch consisted of hut platforms and enclosures set in a system of rectangular fields. The settlement area is overlooked by round barrows. Area and sample excavations of the settlement revealed circular huts and activity areas within a C-14 date range of 1070 ± 70 bc–830 ± 80 bc. Extensive economic data in the form of seeds, animal bones, foreign stones and artefacts were recovered. These formed the basis of an …
Variations in the Retail Price of Chemists' Goods
Spatial variations in the price of chemists' goods in Dublin are examined for a number of different baskets of products and for two time periods, so as to tackle the problem of the ‘sample of one’. A number of hypotheses including measures of store size, proximity of competition, and the type of residential area in which the shop is located are examined by means of bivariate and multiple correlation in relation to price variations, and in general…
Short Reviews
Birds and the scavenger niche
La aparición de pueblos y ciudades ha creado un nicho carroñero potencial para oportunistas al que una serie de especies de aves, interesadas en la explotación de esta fuente de alimento, se han adaptado. La información obtenida en Europa noroccidental evidencia el éxito de un pequeño grupo de carroñeros urbanos, especialmente depredadores y necrófagos, donde se incluyen especies cuyas áreas de distribución se han visto marcadamente reducidas dur…
Process and terminology in mammal carcass reduction
A simple process-functional model is developed to explore some of the main stages in the utilization of a mammal carcass by people aiming to maximize the use of the carcass. The model predicts the potential deposition of many different and distinctive bone assemblages, some of which would be archaeologically recoverable. Explicit terminology is needed in order to distinguish assemblages of waste material from the intended product of a particular …
Age attribution in domestic sheep by skeletal and dental maturation
The aim of the study was to assess the quality of the available evidence pertaining to the effects of sex and castration on the timing of skeletal and dental maturation in sheep. The initial premise was that our present knowldge of the effects of these factors is inadequate, and that currently available published sources and reference specimens are insufficient to allow confident interpretation of archaeological data. A literature survey was carr…
Size increase in Post-Medieval English sheep
From the end of the medieval period to the end of the 18th century, the economic priorities of sheep farming over much of England shifted from an emphasis on wool and milk to one which valued meat as never before. With this change in priority came attempts to increase the carcass size and to ’improve’ the conformation, and many present-day breeds owe their origins to this process. A general increase in size of sheep is reported in documentary rec…
A critical overview of archaeological animal bone studies
In the course of a general review of archaeological animal bone studies, this paper draws particular attention to the importance of data quality, and the assessment of the integrity and information potential of bone samples, and the integration of such studies with the rest of archaeology and with palaeobiology. Taxonomic identification and bone diagenesis remain two key problem areas, the second of which is slowly yielding to detailed research. …
Environmental Archaeology
The aims and definitions of environmental archaeology are discussed, with particular attention to distinguishing the means of the discipline from its aims. Contributions to biogeography and other disciplines are reviewed. It is argued that environmental archaeology can be seen as an ecological subject, concerned with interaction and process. This paradigm integrates all forms of evidence, including soils and sediments, and overcomes the disciplin…
Raptors in towns
A survey was undertaken of the occurrence of bones of raptorial birds in Roman and medieval nucleated settlements in northwestern Europe, and the results were compared with a series of a priori predictions as to which species were the most likely to have colonized such settings. The comparison showed that Haliaeetus albicilla, Buteo buteo and Milvus milvus were recovered relatively frequently, and that these three were amongst the species predict…
Working at relationships
Animals were wild, and then some of them were tamed and so became domestic.' The archaeological definition of 'domestic' is a fundamental, alongside the means by which the domestic is to be recognized in the archaeological record. Setting that relationship with human beings which we call 'domestication' alongside other relations between species clarifies the issues
On the Difficulty of Detecting Seasonal Slaughtering of Sheep
This paper questions whether the seasonal slaughtering of sheep can be identified in archaeological data from temperate Europe. Earlier work is reviewed, and the ethnohistorical record examined to determine the factors which have influenced seasonality of killing, with the aim of deciding what patterns of seasonal killing might potentially be reflected in the archaeological data. A consideration of the resolution of age-attribution methods shows …
The Annual Round
The content and main themes of the conference are reviewed in brief. Several papers raised the need for further data from experimentation and modern analogues. The ethnohistorical record is dearly a valuable source of information, though not necessarily of direct analogues for the past, and papers presented here reminded us of the ways in which storage of seasonally acquired resources may result in year-round use, and thus a loss of evidence for …
Environmental Archaeology
The aims and definitions of environmental archaeology are discussed, with particular attention to distinguishing the means of the discipline from its aims. Contributions to biogeography and other disciplines are reviewed. It is argued that environmental archaeology can be seen as an ecological subject, concerned with interaction and process. This paradigm integrates all forms of evidence, including soils and sediments, and overcomes the disciplin…
The Annual Round
The content and main themes of the conference are reviewed in brief. Several papers raised the need for further data from experimentation and modern analogues. The ethnohistorical record is dearly a valuable source of information, though not necessarily of direct analogues for the past, and papers presented here reminded us of the ways in which storage of seasonally acquired resources may result in year-round use, and thus a loss of evidence for …
On the Difficulty of Detecting Seasonal Slaughtering of Sheep
This paper questions whether the seasonal slaughtering of sheep can be identified in archaeological data from temperate Europe. Earlier work is reviewed, and the ethnohistorical record examined to determine the factors which have influenced seasonality of killing, with the aim of deciding what patterns of seasonal killing might potentially be reflected in the archaeological data. A consideration of the resolution of age-attribution methods shows …
Obituary
Excavations at a Neolithic Cursus, Springfield, Essex, 1979–85
A long cropmark enclosure at Springfield, Essex, interpreted as a Neolithic cursus, was investigated betwee 1979–85 to confirm its date and establish a site sequence. The enclosure was c. 690 m long and 37–49 m wide the ditch being uninterrupted in all areas examined, features within the interior at the eastern end included a incomplete ring of substantial post-pits which it is suggested originally formed a complete circle. Peterborou pottery, pr…
Urban small vertebrate taphonomy
Sampling of deposits at the Queens Hotel site, York, produced a substantial number of small terrestrial vertebrate remains from the Anglo-Scandinavian features. By studying bone surface modification, fragmentation and skeletal completeness as taphonomic indicators, it was possible to demonstrate that the assemblage had resulted from two very different modes of accumulation and deposition. Refuse pits situated within the boundaries of the tenement…
An Evaluation of Nitrogen Porosimetry as a Technique for Predicting Taphonomic Durability in Animal Bone
Obituaries
Professor J.G. Evans 1941–2005
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. As you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button
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