Alistair W G Pike
Biographic Data
| ID | 3642222 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alistair W G Pike |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alistair W G |
| FAMILY NAME | Pike |
| SIGNATURE | PIKE A W G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 214 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
The economic importance and mobility of horses in the Roman Netherlands
Previous research has suggested that horse breeding, with the army as the intended buyer, was an important part of the local agrarian economy in the Roman Dutch eastern river area. Since it is very difficult to trace the origins of horses by traditional archaeozoological methods, strontium isotope analysis was used to investigate the origins of horses in both military and rural sites. These new data are integrated with data on horse frequencies a…
The mechanised testing and sequential wear‐analysis of replica Bronze Age palstave blades
There have been few attempts to conduct highly controlled laboratory experiments to isolate how wear propagates on metal artefacts with differing metallurgy during simulated use. This reflects a lack of appreciation for the underlying structure of materials within the production of reference datasets for metalwork wear analysis. Here, we present the use of a drop tower (Instron CEAST 9350) to reconstruct use on replica Bronze Age palstave axes wi…
Beyond arrows on a map: The dynamics of Homo sapiens dispersal and occupation of Arabia during Marine Isotope Stage 5
Response to White et al.’s reply: ‘Still no archaeological evidence that Neanderthals created Iberian cave art’ [J. Hum. Evol. (2020) 102640]
Response to Aubert et al.'s reply ‘Early dates for ‘Neanderthal cave art’ may be wrong’ [J. Hum. Evol. 125 (2018), 215–217]
Alpine cattle management during the Bronze Age at Ramosch-Mottata, Switzerland
Landscape opening and herding strategies: Carbon isotope analyses of herbivore bone collagen from the Neolithic and Bronze Age lakeshore site of Zurich-Mozartstrasse, Switzerland
Dating Palaeolithic cave art: Why U–Th is the way to go
U-series dating of Palaeolithic rock art at Fuente del Trucho (Aragón, Spain)
Radiocarbon Dating the Beginning of the Neolithic in Iberia: New Results, New Problems
Radiocarbon dating of samples of charred cereal, biomolecularly confirmed sheep bone, human bone from burials, and diagnostic artifacts places the appearance of the ‘Neolithic package’ in Iberia ca. 5500 Cal BC. The earliest dates are statistically indistinguishable from Catalonia to Portugal and, whenever their archaeological context is secure, the associated pottery includes a significant, if not majority cardial-decorated component. These patt…
A Non-local Source of Irish Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Gold
Lead isotope analyses of 50 Irish Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age gold artefacts favour a gold source in southern Ireland. However when combined with major element analysis, the artefacts are not consistent with any Irish gold deposit analysed to date. Understanding the lead isotope signatures of ore deposits within a study region allows informed inferences to be drawn regarding the likelihood that an unanalysed ore deposit was exploited in the…
Holocene-aged human footprints from the Cuatrociénegas Basin, NE Mexico
New U-series results for the speleogenesis and the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Almonda karstic system (Torres Novas, Portugal)
Confirmation of a late middle Pleistocene age for the Omo Kibish 1 cranium by direct uranium-series dating
Immigration and transhumance in the Early Bronze Age Carpathian Basin: The Occupants of Akurgan
You never know until you look. The authors deconstruct a kurgan burial mound in the Great Hungarian Plain designated to the Yamnaya culture, to find it was actually shared by a number of different peoples. The Yamnaya were an influential immigrant group of the Late Copper Age/Early Bronze Age transition. The burials, already characterised by their grave goods, were radiocarbon dated and further examined using stable isotope analysis on the human …
Ancient DNA, Strontium isotopes, and osteological analyses shed light on social and kinship organization of the Later Stone Age
In 2005 four outstanding multiple burials were discovered near Eulau, Germany. The 4,600-year-old graves contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other. Skeletal and artifactual evidence and the simultaneous interment of the individuals suggest the supposed families fell victim to a violent event. In a multidisciplinary approach, archaeological, anthropological, geochemical (radiogenic isotopes), and molecular genetic (ancient D…
VeriWcation of the Age of the Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags
Upon discovery of the Creswell cave art in April 2003, and a systematic survey and study of known images in June of the same year, it was believed on several grounds that the art was clearly of Pleistocene antiquity (Pettitt 2003). The reasoning was as follows: . The sharp line and bright colour of engraved graffiti dating to the 1940s stand in clear contrast to the eroded and dulled nature of the genuine art. Clearly, on the grounds of weatherin…
Verification of the age of the Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags, UK
Diagenetic Arsenic Uptake in Archaeological Bone. Can we Really Identify Copper Smelters
Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: A Cautionary Note
Radiocarbon Dating the Beginning of the Neolithic in Iberia: New Results, New Problems
Radiocarbon dating of samples of charred cereal, biomolecularly confirmed sheep bone, human bone from burials, and diagnostic artifacts places the appearance of the ‘Neolithic package’ in Iberia ca. 5500 Cal BC. The earliest dates are statistically indistinguishable from Catalonia to Portugal and, whenever their archaeological context is secure, the associated pottery includes a significant, if not majority cardial-decorated component. These patt…
New U-series results for the speleogenesis and the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Almonda karstic system (Torres Novas, Portugal)
Dating Palaeolithic cave art: Why U–Th is the way to go
U-series dating of Palaeolithic rock art at Fuente del Trucho (Aragón, Spain)
Confirmation of a late middle Pleistocene age for the Omo Kibish 1 cranium by direct uranium-series dating
Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: A Cautionary Note
Response to White et al.’s reply: ‘Still no archaeological evidence that Neanderthals created Iberian cave art’ [J. Hum. Evol. (2020) 102640]
Verification of the age of the Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags, UK
Beyond arrows on a map: The dynamics of Homo sapiens dispersal and occupation of Arabia during Marine Isotope Stage 5
Holocene-aged human footprints from the Cuatrociénegas Basin, NE Mexico
Immigration and transhumance in the Early Bronze Age Carpathian Basin: The Occupants of Akurgan
You never know until you look. The authors deconstruct a kurgan burial mound in the Great Hungarian Plain designated to the Yamnaya culture, to find it was actually shared by a number of different peoples. The Yamnaya were an influential immigrant group of the Late Copper Age/Early Bronze Age transition. The burials, already characterised by their grave goods, were radiocarbon dated and further examined using stable isotope analysis on the human …
A Non-local Source of Irish Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Gold
Lead isotope analyses of 50 Irish Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age gold artefacts favour a gold source in southern Ireland. However when combined with major element analysis, the artefacts are not consistent with any Irish gold deposit analysed to date. Understanding the lead isotope signatures of ore deposits within a study region allows informed inferences to be drawn regarding the likelihood that an unanalysed ore deposit was exploited in the…
Diagenetic Arsenic Uptake in Archaeological Bone. Can we Really Identify Copper Smelters
Uranium-series dating of the Tabun Neanderthal: A Cautionary Note
Diagenetic Arsenic Uptake in Archaeological Bone. Can we Really Identify Copper Smelters
Verification of the age of the Palaeolithic cave art at Creswell Crags, UK
VeriWcation of the Age of the Palaeolithic Cave Art at Creswell Crags
Upon discovery of the Creswell cave art in April 2003, and a systematic survey and study of known images in June of the same year, it was believed on several grounds that the art was clearly of Pleistocene antiquity (Pettitt 2003). The reasoning was as follows: . The sharp line and bright colour of engraved graffiti dating to the 1940s stand in clear contrast to the eroded and dulled nature of the genuine art. Clearly, on the grounds of weatherin…
Ancient DNA, Strontium isotopes, and osteological analyses shed light on social and kinship organization of the Later Stone Age
In 2005 four outstanding multiple burials were discovered near Eulau, Germany. The 4,600-year-old graves contained groups of adults and children buried facing each other. Skeletal and artifactual evidence and the simultaneous interment of the individuals suggest the supposed families fell victim to a violent event. In a multidisciplinary approach, archaeological, anthropological, geochemical (radiogenic isotopes), and molecular genetic (ancient D…
New U-series results for the speleogenesis and the Palaeolithic archaeology of the Almonda karstic system (Torres Novas, Portugal)
Confirmation of a late middle Pleistocene age for the Omo Kibish 1 cranium by direct uranium-series dating
Immigration and transhumance in the Early Bronze Age Carpathian Basin: The Occupants of Akurgan
You never know until you look. The authors deconstruct a kurgan burial mound in the Great Hungarian Plain designated to the Yamnaya culture, to find it was actually shared by a number of different peoples. The Yamnaya were an influential immigrant group of the Late Copper Age/Early Bronze Age transition. The burials, already characterised by their grave goods, were radiocarbon dated and further examined using stable isotope analysis on the human …
Holocene-aged human footprints from the Cuatrociénegas Basin, NE Mexico
Radiocarbon Dating the Beginning of the Neolithic in Iberia: New Results, New Problems
Radiocarbon dating of samples of charred cereal, biomolecularly confirmed sheep bone, human bone from burials, and diagnostic artifacts places the appearance of the ‘Neolithic package’ in Iberia ca. 5500 Cal BC. The earliest dates are statistically indistinguishable from Catalonia to Portugal and, whenever their archaeological context is secure, the associated pottery includes a significant, if not majority cardial-decorated component. These patt…
A Non-local Source of Irish Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age Gold
Lead isotope analyses of 50 Irish Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age gold artefacts favour a gold source in southern Ireland. However when combined with major element analysis, the artefacts are not consistent with any Irish gold deposit analysed to date. Understanding the lead isotope signatures of ore deposits within a study region allows informed inferences to be drawn regarding the likelihood that an unanalysed ore deposit was exploited in the…
Dating Palaeolithic cave art: Why U–Th is the way to go
U-series dating of Palaeolithic rock art at Fuente del Trucho (Aragón, Spain)
Landscape opening and herding strategies: Carbon isotope analyses of herbivore bone collagen from the Neolithic and Bronze Age lakeshore site of Zurich-Mozartstrasse, Switzerland
Alpine cattle management during the Bronze Age at Ramosch-Mottata, Switzerland
Response to Aubert et al.'s reply ‘Early dates for ‘Neanderthal cave art’ may be wrong’ [J. Hum. Evol. 125 (2018), 215–217]
Response to White et al.’s reply: ‘Still no archaeological evidence that Neanderthals created Iberian cave art’ [J. Hum. Evol. (2020) 102640]
Beyond arrows on a map: The dynamics of Homo sapiens dispersal and occupation of Arabia during Marine Isotope Stage 5
The mechanised testing and sequential wear‐analysis of replica Bronze Age palstave blades
There have been few attempts to conduct highly controlled laboratory experiments to isolate how wear propagates on metal artefacts with differing metallurgy during simulated use. This reflects a lack of appreciation for the underlying structure of materials within the production of reference datasets for metalwork wear analysis. Here, we present the use of a drop tower (Instron CEAST 9350) to reconstruct use on replica Bronze Age palstave axes wi…
The economic importance and mobility of horses in the Roman Netherlands
Previous research has suggested that horse breeding, with the army as the intended buyer, was an important part of the local agrarian economy in the Roman Dutch eastern river area. Since it is very difficult to trace the origins of horses by traditional archaeozoological methods, strontium isotope analysis was used to investigate the origins of horses in both military and rural sites. These new data are integrated with data on horse frequencies a…
Archaeology (17 works) · Geography (17 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (14 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (13 works) · Geology (11 works) · Paleontology (10 works) · Cave (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Bronze Age (5 works) · Geology (5 works)