M J Aitken

Biographic Data

ID246596
NAMEM J Aitken
GIVEN NAMESM J
FAMILY NAMEAitken
SIGNATUREAITKEN M J
AFFILIATIONSOxford Archaeology
ORCID0000-0003-3455-9809
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS45
TOTAL CITATIONS256
AUTHOR COUNT45
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1958
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX8

  • We are the Revolution, Abroad

    Open AccessM J AitkenARTICLEMiddle East Law and Governance2024References: 2

    Diasporas are often viewed as mirrors for their homeland’s politics. The Lebanese diaspora’s involvement in the 2019 Thawra , however, established the diaspora as a locus for autonomous and disruptive political action. Through an analysis of the spatialities of protest, this paper analyses the diaspora’s involvement in the Thawra , its implications for the protest movement, and for the diaspora itself. It argues that diaspora protests gave rise t…

  • Rethinking Power-Sharing in Post-War Lebanon

    Open AccessTamirace Fakhoury, M J AitkenARTICLEMiddle East Law and Governance2024References: 7

    To what extent is power-sharing theory, used as one of the key conceptual frameworks for Lebanon’s political system, still relevant for charting a way forward amid the country’s cumulative crises? This article heeds the call to position research on Lebanon’s power-sharing in a pluralist research agenda that speaks to a wider knowledge base and to a broader set of everyday policy problems. This agenda articulates itself around three axes: first, b…

  • An Introduction to Optical Dating

    M J AitkenBOOKAn introduction to optical dating1998

    Optical dating is a rapidly developing technique, used primarily in the dating of sediments deposited in the last 500,000 or more years. As such increasing numbers of Quaternary geologists, physical geographers, archaeologists, and anthropologists are now relying on the results produced. Written by one of the foremost experts on optical dating, this book aims to bring together in a coherent whole the various strands of research that are ongoing i…

  • Dose-rate conversion factors

    Open AccessG Adamiec, M J AitkenARTICLEAncient TL1998

    Dose-rate conversion factors relevant to luminescence dans electron spin resonance dating have been derived from values for the energy carried by radiations emitted during nuclear transformations given in the current ENSDF (Evaluated Nuclear Structure Data File). For beta and gamma radiation the factors are a few percent lower than previously used for the effetive alpha dose-rate it is more appropriate to use an approach based on particle anges a…

  • Luminescence Dating Relevant to Human Origins

    M J Aitken, Helene ValladasCHAPTEROrigin of Modern Humans and the…1993

  • Optical Dating of Sediments

    Open AccessB W SMITH, Edward J Rhodes et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1990Cited by: 6References: 16

  • On the Retirement of Teddy Hall and Martin Aitken

    Open AccessEdward T Hall, M J Aitken et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1990

  • Luminescence Dating

    Open AccessM J AitkenARTICLEArchaeometry1989Cited by: 7References: 26

  • Geomagnetic Intensity Measurements Using Bricks From Greek Churches of the First and Second Millennia A.D

    Open AccessM J Aitken, A L ALLSOP et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1989Cited by: 3References: 12

  • The Thera Eruption

    Open AccessM J AitkenARTICLEArchaeometry1988Cited by: 8References: 14

  • Annual Dose Conversion Factors for Tl and Esr Dating

    Open AccessK S V NAMBI, M J AitkenARTICLEArchaeometry1986Cited by: 26References: 5

    Revised values based on ICRP publication No. 38 are given, together with energy release values for individual members of the three radioactive series. There is an increase of 5% in the pre‐radon beta component of the thorium series and a decrease from 4.8% to 3.7% in the percentage of the combined uranium series gamma component which is pre‐radon in the uranium‐238 series

  • Thermoluminescence Dating of Stalagmitic Calcite

    Open AccessN C DEBENHAM, M J AitkenARTICLEArchaeometry1984Cited by: 8References: 9

    The thermoluminescence (TL) method of dating stalagmitic calcite has been applied to twenty‐seven samples from two paleolithic cave sites; Pontnewydd, Wales, and Caune de l'Arago, Tautavel, France. Environmental dose‐rates were evaluated mainly by means of CaF 2 capsule burials. The ages of the stalagmitic samples were independently determined by means of the uranium series disequilibrium method. In general, good agreement is found between the TL…

  • Archaeomagnetic Determination of the Past Geomagnetic Intensity Using Ancient Ceramics

    Open AccessM J Aitken, P A ALCOCK et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1981Cited by: 4References: 10

  • Mössbauer Study of Glozel Tablet 198 Bi

    Open AccessTH BAKAS, N‐H GANGAS et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1980Cited by: 5References: 12

  • Excavations in the Vicarage Garden at Brixworth, 1972

    Paul Everson, M J Aitken et al.ARTICLEJournal of the British…1977

  • Thermoluminescence Dating of Calcite and Burnt Flint

    Open AccessM J Aitken, A G WintleARTICLEArchaeometry1977Cited by: 5References: 7

  • Thermoluminescence Dating of Burnt Flint

    Open AccessA G Wintle, M J AitkenARTICLEArchaeometry1977Cited by: 12References: 21

  • Thermoluminescent Age Evaluation and Assessment of Error Limits

    Open AccessM J AitkenARTICLEArchaeometry1976Cited by: 15References: 6

  • Dating a Settlement Pattern by Thermoluminescence

    Open AccessJ Huxtable, M J Aitken et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1976Cited by: 5References: 9

  • Thermoluminescent Dating

    Open AccessM J Aitken, Sheridan Bowman et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1975Cited by: 17References: 5

    S A new system for specifying alpha source strength, in terms of track length per unit volume of sample, is proposed. It is based on the experimental observation that the TL induced per unit length of track is essentially independent of alpha particle energy. The new system avoids the need to make assumptions about sampple stopping power and it is shown to be consonant with the old system as long as up‐to‐date evaluation of alpha ranges is used. …

  • Palaeomagnetic Study of Hoxnian Lacustrine Sediments

    Open AccessRoy Thompson, M J Aitken et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1974Cited by: 1References: 5

    S The remanent magnetization of samples spanning Zones I to III of the Hoxnian Interglacial at Hoxne has declination values that lie within 30° of the present‐day declination, and inclination values that are not more than 10° steeper or 20° shallower than the present‐day inclination

  • Radon Escape From Pottery

    Open AccessV S DESAI, M J AitkenARTICLEArchaeometry1974Cited by: 8References: 4

    S Radon and subsequent members of the uranium‐238 decay chain are responsible for an appreciable fraction of the radiation dosage received by pottery. Consequently in thermoluminescent dating calculations it is necessary to make an estimate of the degree to which this gas was escaping during burial. Direct measurement of the radon accumulated from pottery fragments indicates that wet conditions do not drastically inhibit the escape of radon, cont…

  • Thermoluminescent Dating of Baked Clay Balls of the Poverty Point Culture

    Open AccessJ Huxtable, M J Aitken et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry1972Cited by: 8References: 5

    S Seven sites in Mississippi, Louisiana and Arkansas have been dated. For six sites (Terral Lewis, Poverty Point, Jaketown, Teoc Creek, Shoe Bayou, and Claiborne) the results are not inconsistent with contemporaneity; excluding Claiborne the average date is 1000 b.c. , with an error limit in absolute terms of ± 200 years. The seventh site (Loggy Bayou), in which sherds and balls were found in association, gave a date some fifteen hundred years mo…

  • The Assessment of Error Limits in Thermoluminescent Dating

    Open AccessM J Aitken, J C ALLDREDARTICLEArchaeometry1972Cited by: 28References: 5

    S This paper discusses known sources of error, both random and systematic; suggests quantitative limits; and proposes a consistent method for compounding them to yield an overall error in age, both for individual sherds and for the weighted average of a number of sherds from the same context. It is proposed that two error limits should be quoted for the date of a context: first, the standard error of the mean value as calculated from the experime…

  • Part Ii the Thermoluminescence Tests

    Open AccessM J AitkenARTICLEArchaeometry1971Cited by: 2