Richard Burleigh
Biographic Data
| ID | 200269 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Richard Burleigh |
| GIVEN NAMES | Richard |
| FAMILY NAME | Burleigh |
| SIGNATURE | BURLEIGH R |
| AFFILIATIONS | British Museum |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 48 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 244 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 48 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Trees and Timber in the Ancient Mediterranean World
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIX
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples mostly measured from June 1984 to June 1985. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed as suggested by Stuiver and Polach (1977), ie , in 14 C years relative to AD 1950, based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and corrected for isot…
An Intercomparison of Some AMS and Small Gas Counter Laboratories
The performance of six laboratories with the capacity to date small samples (4 AMS and 2 small gas-counter laboratories) has been compared using 100mg samples of textiles from Ancient Egypt and Peru, with the British Museum laboratory acting as independent coordinator. This intercomparison was one of normal practices and has demonstrated that a coherent series of results can be obtained when several laboratories undertake blindfold measurements, …
Glassy Microspherules from Bomb Combustion of Charcoal
Glassy microspherules, typically 200μm or less in diameter, are well documented from a variety of terrestrial and extraterrestrial sources (Baker, 1959, p 192–198; Glass, 1969; Rost, 1969; McKay, Greenwood & Morrison, 1970; Mueller & Hinsch, 1970; Cross, 1971; O'Keefe, 1980). To these we would add the formation of microspherules of similar habit when wood charcoal is burned in a combustion bomb (Barker, Burleigh & Meeks, 1969; Burleigh, 1973, 197…
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XVII
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured from June 1982 to June 1983. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 …
Consensus δ 13 C Values
Selected stable carbon isotope measurements published in Radiocarbon over a 12-year period have been abstracted, plotted, and summarized, to give more reliable estimates of the mean value and range of δ 13 C for five classes of natural material (human bone collagen, non-human animal bone collagen, plant materials, wood, and charcoal), and to provide a firmer base line for stable carbon isotope dietary and environmental studies
Relative and absolute dating of the human skull and skeleton from Galley Hill, Kent
Radiocarbon age determinations of fossil Margaritifera auricularia (Spengler) from the River Thames in West London
Two radiocarbon dates for freshwater shells from hierakonpolis
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XVI
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured from June 1981 to June 1982. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 …
Possibilities in the Dating of Writing Materials and Textiles
This paper discusses the characteristics of the commoner classes of writing materials and textiles deriving from ancient and more recent historical sources and the problems they present for 14 C dating. The materials under consideration are, firstly, paper in various forms, parchment, and vellum (ancient papyrus, which poses different kinds of dating problems, is not considered) and secondly, fabrics such as linen, cotton, and woolen textiles, to…
Some chronological implications of a fossil molluscan assemblage from a neolithic site at Brook, Kent, England
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XV
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured over the period from January 1980 to June 1981. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16)
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIII
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples mostly measured from July 1976 to December 1977. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 C values …
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIV
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and some geologic samples, mostly measured from January 1978 to December 1979. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). The dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fra…
Note on radiocarbon of the Ambassadors' globe
Radiocarbon measurement of a sample drilled from the wooden ball of the Ambassadors' globe has shown that it is modern. The full details of this measurement, which was made at the British Museum Radiocarbon Laboratory by the liquid scintillation counting technique, are given in this article
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XII
The following list consists entirely of dates for archaeologic samples from the British Isles, mainly measured over the period from May 1979 to June 1980 1 . The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16)
W. F. Libby and the development of radiocarbon dating
Radiocarbon dating is probably the greatest contribution that has been made to archaeology by the physical sciences, and we owe its existence to the genius of Willard Frank Libby, who died in Los Angeles at the age of 71 years on 8 September 1980. His death is a loss both to archaeology and, because of the breadth of his scientific interests and achievements, to science at large
Radiocarbon dating of a Cro-Magnon population from Padina, Yugoslavia, with some general recommendations for dating human skeletons
A Sacrificial Bull's Head from Illahun
The survival of Myotragus balearicus bate, 1909, into the neolithic on mallorca
The human cranium from Punin, Ecuador, with particular reference to morphology and dating
Laboratories
This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries
Radiocarbon Variations in Consecutive Single Rings of A 4000-Year-Old Pine from the British Isles
At the Ninth International Radiocarbon Conference a paper was presented concerning possible short-term 14 C variations in 4000-year-old red deer antlers (Cervus elaphus) found in Neolithic flint mines in Norfolk, England (Burleigh and Hewson, 1980). It was argued, on archaeologic grounds, that the true age of the samples varied by a few years at most. Their radiocarbon ages, however, varied by a considerably greater amount than could be explained…
X International Radiocarbon Conference
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Studies on amerindian dogs, 1
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VI
Dates listed below are based on measurements made up to May 1968, and cover a period during which the technique of gas proportional counting using CO 2 was gradually replaced by liquid scintillation counting using benzene. The gas counting measurements were carried out by the method and techniques previously described (Barker and Mackey, 1968) the only modifications being the replacement of some old electronic units by more stable solid-state equ…
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VII
Dates listed below are based on measurements made from June 1968 to May 1970 by the liquid scintillation technique using benzene. In general, the experimental procedure is as described previously (Barker, Burleigh, and Meeks, 1969a) with a few changes in detail. Data are now processed by computer using a comprehensive Algol program written by Andrew Barker, King's College, Univ. of London. There is no need to standardize on any particular sample …
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIV
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and some geologic samples, mostly measured from January 1978 to December 1979. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). The dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fra…
Studies on Amerindian dogs, 2
Some chronological implications of a fossil molluscan assemblage from a neolithic site at Brook, Kent, England
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements IX
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples from countries other than the British Isles measured with a few exceptions over the period of mid-1970 to June 1974. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using a Model 3315 Packard Tricarb Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer. The laboratory procedures used were those outlined in the previous date list (R, 1976, v 18, p 16). As before, the dates, relative to…
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VIII
The following list consists entirely of dates for archaeologic samples from the British Isles measured since about mid-1970 up to June 1974 * . The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using a Model 3315 Packard Tricarb Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer. In general, procedures are as described in the previous date list (R, 1971, v 13, p 157; see also Burleigh, 1972). However, data processing was improved by means of a r…
Radiocarbon dates and the history of treponematoses in man
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XV
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured over the period from January 1980 to June 1981. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16)
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XVI
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured from June 1981 to June 1982. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 …
Radiocarbon dating
Consensus δ 13 C Values
Selected stable carbon isotope measurements published in Radiocarbon over a 12-year period have been abstracted, plotted, and summarized, to give more reliable estimates of the mean value and range of δ 13 C for five classes of natural material (human bone collagen, non-human animal bone collagen, plant materials, wood, and charcoal), and to provide a firmer base line for stable carbon isotope dietary and environmental studies
Two radiocarbon dates for freshwater shells from hierakonpolis
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIII
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples mostly measured from July 1976 to December 1977. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 C values …
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XII
The following list consists entirely of dates for archaeologic samples from the British Isles, mainly measured over the period from May 1979 to June 1980 1 . The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16)
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements X
The following list consists entirely of dates for archaeologic samples from the prehistoric flint mining site of Grime's Graves, Weeting, Thetford, Norfolk, England (52° 30' N, 0° 40' E, Natl Grid Ref TL 816898), measured over the period from August 1973 to December 1977, * all the samples having been excavated between 1972 and 1976. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using a Model 3315 Packard Tricarb Liquid Scin…
Radiocarbon Dates for the South Street Long Barrow, Wiltshire
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British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XI
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples measured over the period from June 1974 to July 1976. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using a Model 3315 Packard Tricarb Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer linked to a Hewlett Packard 2100A computer system for on-line processing of counting data (Hall & Hewson, 1977). The laboratory procedures used were essentially those outlined in previous lists (se…
A further consideration of neolithic dogs with special reference to a skeleton from Grime's Graves (Norfolk), England
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XIX
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples mostly measured from June 1984 to June 1985. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed as suggested by Stuiver and Polach (1977), ie , in 14 C years relative to AD 1950, based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and corrected for isot…
An Intercomparison of Some AMS and Small Gas Counter Laboratories
The performance of six laboratories with the capacity to date small samples (4 AMS and 2 small gas-counter laboratories) has been compared using 100mg samples of textiles from Ancient Egypt and Peru, with the British Museum laboratory acting as independent coordinator. This intercomparison was one of normal practices and has demonstrated that a coherent series of results can be obtained when several laboratories undertake blindfold measurements, …
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XVII
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic and geologic samples mostly measured from June 1982 to June 1983. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using the laboratory procedures outlined in previous lists (see, eg, BM-VIII, R, 1976, v 18, p 16). Dates are expressed in radiocarbon years relative to ad 1950 based on the Libby half-life for 14 C of 5570 yr, and are corrected for isotopic fractionation (δ 13 …
Possibilities in the Dating of Writing Materials and Textiles
This paper discusses the characteristics of the commoner classes of writing materials and textiles deriving from ancient and more recent historical sources and the problems they present for 14 C dating. The materials under consideration are, firstly, paper in various forms, parchment, and vellum (ancient papyrus, which poses different kinds of dating problems, is not considered) and secondly, fabrics such as linen, cotton, and woolen textiles, to…
The survival of Myotragus balearicus bate, 1909, into the neolithic on mallorca
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VI
Dates listed below are based on measurements made up to May 1968, and cover a period during which the technique of gas proportional counting using CO 2 was gradually replaced by liquid scintillation counting using benzene. The gas counting measurements were carried out by the method and techniques previously described (Barker and Mackey, 1968) the only modifications being the replacement of some old electronic units by more stable solid-state equ…
Radiocarbon Dates for the South Street Long Barrow, Wiltshire
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
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VII
Dates listed below are based on measurements made from June 1968 to May 1970 by the liquid scintillation technique using benzene. In general, the experimental procedure is as described previously (Barker, Burleigh, and Meeks, 1969a) with a few changes in detail. Data are now processed by computer using a comprehensive Algol program written by Andrew Barker, King's College, Univ. of London. There is no need to standardize on any particular sample …
Relative and absolute dating of four late Neolithic enclosures
If the fine structure of the carbon-14 deviation curve published by Professor H. E. Suess (in Proceedings of the 12th Nobel Symposium , I. U. Olsson (ed.), 1970) is correct, then the period from c . 2200 bc to c . 1700 bc in radiocarbon years falls within one of the insensitive regions in which carbon-14 determinations could have a number of alternative chronological values and hence could not be used to order archaeological evidence. Without dis…
Years of Urban Growth
Radiocarbon dating
Reconstructing the past
Insect infestation of stored egyptian lentils in antiquity
Atoms of time past
Radiocarbon dates and the history of treponematoses in man
Use of a Wire Saw for Slicing Certain Sample Materials for Thermoluminescent Dating
S A method is described for obtaining accurate thin slices for thermoluminescence measurement of uniform materials, in particular burnt flint, which does not subject these materials to heat during the cutting process. Cutting is by means of a fine wire impregnated with diamond grit and gives a high standard of surface finish such that very little further preparation is needed. Thus, by the use of this method, there is a considerable saving in tim…
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements VIII
The following list consists entirely of dates for archaeologic samples from the British Isles measured since about mid-1970 up to June 1974 * . The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using a Model 3315 Packard Tricarb Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer. In general, procedures are as described in the previous date list (R, 1971, v 13, p 157; see also Burleigh, 1972). However, data processing was improved by means of a r…
A further consideration of neolithic dogs with special reference to a skeleton from Grime's Graves (Norfolk), England
Dating in archaeology
On sinking Otavalo man
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements IX
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples from countries other than the British Isles measured with a few exceptions over the period of mid-1970 to June 1974. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using a Model 3315 Packard Tricarb Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer. The laboratory procedures used were those outlined in the previous date list (R, 1976, v 18, p 16). As before, the dates, relative to…
The Animal Remains from Abu Salabikh
Animal remains from two seasons of excavation at the Tell of Abu Salabikh (1975–1976) were examined during a month's visit to the site in October 1977. A proportion of this material was then selected for further study and was kindly sent on loan to the British Museum (Natural History) by the Department of Antiquities, Baghdad. Work is continuing on these specimens and on the equid skeleton described by Postgate and Moorey which had been loaned to…
Studies on amerindian dogs, 1
Goat's Hole cave
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Studies on Amerindian dogs, 2
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements X
The following list consists entirely of dates for archaeologic samples from the prehistoric flint mining site of Grime's Graves, Weeting, Thetford, Norfolk, England (52° 30' N, 0° 40' E, Natl Grid Ref TL 816898), measured over the period from August 1973 to December 1977, * all the samples having been excavated between 1972 and 1976. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using a Model 3315 Packard Tricarb Liquid Scin…
British Museum Natural Radiocarbon Measurements XI
The following list consists of dates for archaeologic samples measured over the period from June 1974 to July 1976. The dates were obtained by liquid scintillation counting of benzene using a Model 3315 Packard Tricarb Liquid Scintillation Spectrometer linked to a Hewlett Packard 2100A computer system for on-line processing of counting data (Hall & Hewson, 1977). The laboratory procedures used were essentially those outlined in previous lists (se…
Radiocarbon dating of a Cro-Magnon population from Padina, Yugoslavia, with some general recommendations for dating human skeletons
A Sacrificial Bull's Head from Illahun
The survival of Myotragus balearicus bate, 1909, into the neolithic on mallorca
Archaeology (39 works) · Geography (33 works) · Radiocarbon dating (29 works) · Geology (28 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (26 works) · Chemistry (16 works) · History (16 works) · Physics (15 works) · Radiochemistry (15 works) · Liquid scintillation counting (13 works)