E M Scott

Biographic Data

ID3643553
NAMEE M Scott
GIVEN NAMESE M
FAMILY NAMEScott
SIGNATURESCOTT E M
AFFILIATIONSMax Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
ORCID0009-0001-5996-5734
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS51
TOTAL CITATIONS444
AUTHOR COUNT51
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1940
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX12

  • Stable isotope insights into endemic animal diets in pre-colonial Jamaica

    Open AccessRyan Cousins, E M Scott et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2026

    The role of commensal or synanthropic species in the subsistence practices and island ecologies of the insular Caribbean has been receiving increasing attention as more sites and faunal assemblages are studied across the region. As the only surviving endemic terrestrial mammal on the island and an essential part of the human diet in precolonial Jamaica, the Jamaican hutia ( Geocapromys brownii ) has become a useful proxy for reconstructing human …

  • Age and sex-related differences in diet in hellenistic-early roman sicily: Stable isotope evidence (δ13Ccollagen, δ13Ccarbonate, δ15N) from the settlement of Menainon

    Open AccessAntonio Caruso, Sophia Huesges et al.ARTICLEArchaeological and Anthropological…2026

    During the Hellenistic-early Roman period (4th − 1st BCE), Sicily played a major role in shaping sociopolitical developments in the Mediterranean. However, despite its experience of major social, economic, and demographic change, including major events such as Greek colonization and Roman expansion, aspects of past life, including diet and nutrition, in Sicily during this period, remain largely unexplored. This paper employed samples from 50 adul…

  • Bridging Worlds: Unraveling Alwan Cultural Identity at the Nexus of the Savannah and Nile Valley Through Subsistence Practices

    Open AccessJoanna A Ciesielska, E M Scott et al.ARTICLEArchaeometry2025References: 45

    This study investigates the subsistence patterns of the inhabitants of Soba, the capital of the medieval Kingdom of Alwa in modern Sudan. Dental enamel of 28 individuals was sampled for the isotopic analysis of carbon (δ 13 C) and oxygen (δ 18 O). Overall, the δ 13 C values indicate overwhelming reliance of Soba inhabitants on C 4 plants and/or faunal produce from C 4 ‐fed animals. The results of oxygen analysis (δ 18 O) fall within the expected …

  • Persistence of Roman economic structures reflected in the dietary habits of late antique Tuscany (central Italy, 3rd–7th centuries CE)

    Open AccessGiulia Riccomi, Giorgia Tulumello et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science…2025References: 8

  • Isotopic Evidence for Socio-economic Dynamics Within the Capital of the Kingdom of Alwa, Sudan

    Open AccessJoanna A Ciesielska, P Le Roux et al.ARTICLEAfrican Archaeological Review2024Cited by: 1References: 88

    Between the sixth and fifteenth c. CE, a vast expanse of central and southern Sudan belonged to the kingdom of Alwa, ruled from the urban metropolis of Soba. Renewed investigation of the city unearthed a small cemetery in the northern part of the site. The heterogeneity of burial practices raised some questions as to the cultural and religious affinities of the deceased and suggested potential multiculturalism of the local urban population. We ap…

  • Improving Trainees’ Confidence and Participation in Serious Illness Communication: Testing the Serious Illness Care Program With Early Learners

    April Zehm, E M Scott et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2022

    Purpose: Early conversations about patients’ goals and values improve care, but clinicians struggle to conduct them. 1 The systems-based Serious Illness Care Program (SICP) 2 helps clinicians have more, better, and earlier conversations. 3–6 Central to this approach is a clinician conversation guide for patient encounters. 2 While the SICP works for practicing clinicians, it has not been tested with medical trainees. The goal of this training is …

  • Should Archaeologists Care about 14 C Intercomparisons? Why? A Summary Report on Siri

    Open AccessE M Scott, P Naysmith et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2017Cited by: 25References: 5

    Radiocarbon ( 14 C) dating is used widely in many projects as a basis for the creation and testing of chronological constructs. 14 C measurements are by their nature complex and the degree of sample pretreatment varies considerably depending on the material. Within the United Kingdom and Europe, there are a number of well-established laboratories and increasingly, archaeologists are not just commissioning new dates, but also using statistical mod…

  • Preliminary Results for Estimating the Bone Background Uncertainties at Suerc Using Statistical Analysis

    Open AccessP Naysmith, Elaine Dunbar et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2017Cited by: 4References: 28

    Bone is frequently dated in archaeological studies and, especially for very old bones (more than 40,000 years old), it is critical to have an accurate and precise measure of the material-specific background value and its associated uncertainty. The SUERC Radiocarbon Laboratory has obtained a mammoth bone as a background bone standard and an appropriate number are now routinely prepared and measured in each AMS batch, resulting in the accumulation…

  • Investigation of the Analytical F 14 C Bone Background Value at Suerc

    Open AccessElaine Dunbar, P Naysmith et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2017Cited by: 4References: 18

    The SUERC Radiocarbon Laboratory employs a one-step “background subtraction” method when calculating 14 C ages. An interglacial wood (VIRI Sample K) is employed as the non-bone organic background standard, while a mammoth bone (LQH12) from Latton Quarry is used as the bone background standard. Results over several years demonstrate that the bone background is consistently around a factor of two higher and more variable than the wood background. A…

  • OP38 A Nationally Representative Study Exploring the Relationship between Sleep and Obesity in the United Kingdom

    G T H Ellison, E M Scott et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2013

    Background This study explored the potential role that sleep, and sleep improvement, might play in the aetiology of obesity, using data from the first wave of the Understanding Society (USoc) cohort – a longitudinal household panel study representative of the UK population. Methods The first wave of USoc collected data on seven self-reported sleep-related variables comprising measures of: sleep duration; sleep quality; snoring and/or coughing whi…

  • Calibration for Archaeological and Environmental Terrestrial Samples in the Time Range 26–50 ka cal BP

    Open AccessChristopher B Ramsey, E M Scott et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2013Cited by: 20References: 23

    For the older part of the radiocarbon dating range, the IntCal13 curve provides the “state of the art” for terrestrial calibration based on all available data. It is constructed from different records, each of which by themselves could be used as a “comparison tool,” depending on the research objectives. This paper discusses the pros and cons of different approaches that can be taken when using 14 C dates from this time range where the agreement …

  • Examining the Inherent Variability in ΔR: New Methods of Presenting ΔR Values and Implications for MRE Studies

    Open AccessN Russell, G T Cook et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2011Cited by: 23References: 23

    Currently, there is significant ongoing research into the temporal and spatial variability of marine radiocarbon reservoir effects (MREs) through quantification of ΔR values. In turn, MRE studies often use large changes in ΔR values as proxies for changes in ocean circulation. ΔR values are published in a variety of formats with variations in how the errors on these values are calculated, making it difficult to identify trends or to compare value…

  • The Effect of Storage on the Radiocarbon, Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Signatures and Concentrations of Riverine DOM

    Open AccessP Gulliver, S Waldron et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2010Cited by: 2References: 21

    Chemical preservatives (e.g. mercuric chloride) are routinely added to freshwater samples to prevent biological activity compromising the isotopic signature of dissolved organic matter (DOM) with time. However, alternative preservation methods are needed due to regulations restricting the use of preservatives with potentially adverse environmental and health impacts, rendering such additions unviable. This study investigates whether a non-chemica…

  • C AMS at Suerc: Improving QA Data with the 5MV Tandem and 250KV SSAMS

    Open AccessP Naysmith, G T Cook et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2010Cited by: 15References: 5

    In 2003, a National Electrostatics Corporation (NEC) 5MV tandem accelerator mass spectrometer was installed at SUERC, providing the radiocarbon laboratory with 14 C measurements to 4–5‰ repeatability. In 2007, a 250kV single-stage accelerator mass spectrometer (SSAMS) was added to provide additional 14 C capability and is now the preferred system for 14 C analysis. Changes to the technology and to our operations are evident in our copious quality…

  • Calibration Introduction

    Open AccessE M Scott, P J ReimerARTICLERadiocarbon2009References: 17

    There are 2 fundamental assumptions in radiocarbon dating, which were known early in the method development to be approximations, and which lead directly to the need to calibrate 14 C dates: 1. The rate of formation of 14 C in the upper atmosphere has been constant over the entire applied 14 C dating timescale (approximately the last 65,000 yr). 2. The 14 C activity of the atmosphere has been in equilibrium with the biosphere and ocean over the a…

  • Dating of the Tashtyk Cultural Remains from the Oglakhty Burial Ground (Southern Siberia)

    Open AccessG I Zaitseva, S V Pankova et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2009Cited by: 1References: 3

    The present research is focused on the dating of the Oglakhty burial ground, the key site of stage I of the Tashtyk culture. Despite the numerous well-preserved burials of that type investigated at the Oglakhty complexes, their chronological position has remained unclear. From the early 20th century until the present, 2 different time periods had been identified for the Tashtyk burials: (1) from the 1st century BC until the 1st century AD and (2)…

  • Chronology of Key Barrows Belonging to Different Stages of the Scythian Period in Tuva (Arzhan-1 and Arzhan-2 Barrows)

    Open AccessG I Zaitseva, K V Chugunov et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2007Cited by: 7References: 4

    This paper focuses on the chronological study of 2 Scythian period monuments that are the key to the chronology of the entire Eurasian Scythian culture. These are the unique monuments of Arzhan-1 and Arzhan-2 in Central Asia (Tuva Republic). The dating of both these monuments began immediately after their discovery, but discussion about their chronological position is still current. Both monuments contained considerable wooden material from their…

  • The Early Medieval Origin of Perth, Scotland

    Open AccessD W Hall, G T Cook et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2007Cited by: 2References: 9

    The radiocarbon results (and Bayesian modeling) of 15 samples of carbonized food residues removed from the external surface of rim sherds of cooking pots indicate that shellyware pottery first appeared in Perth, Scotland, around cal AD 910–1020 (95% probability) and that it had disappeared by cal AD 1020–1140 (95% probability). Previously, it had been suggested that this pottery could not date to before AD 1150. These data, together with 14 C ana…

  • Chronology of Holocene Climate and Vegetation Changes and their Connection to Cultural Dynamics in Southern Siberia

    Open AccessV G Dirksen, B van Geel et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2007Cited by: 2References: 22

    Two sediment sequences from Big Kyzykul Lake and the Shushenskoe paleolake in the Minusinsk depression, Southern Siberia, were studied by pollen, microfossil, and geochemical analyses, as well as radiocarbon dating. The records indicate the persistence of an arid period between ∼11.7–7.6 cal kyr BP, increased effective moisture since ∼7.6 cal kyr BP, 2 humid impulses at ∼5.1 and 2.8 cal kyr BP separated by a dry interval, and the return to genera…

  • Precision and accuracy in applied 14C dating: Some findings from the Fourth International Radiocarbon Inter-comparison

    Open AccessE M Scott, Marian Scott et al.ARTICLEJournal of Archaeological Science2004Cited by: 3References: 1

  • Chronological Studies of the Arzhan-2 Scythian Monument in Tuva (Russia)

    Open AccessG I Zaitseva, K V Chugunov et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2004Cited by: 4References: 2

    The first radiocarbon dates from the unique early Scythian monument Arzhan-2, discovered in 2001, are presented. The monument contained a royal burial (grave nr 5). Unfortunately, precise dating is hampered by the Hallstatt plateau in the calibration curve. However, using both accelerator mass spectrometry measurements from buried materials and conventional dates for floating tree rings from the burial chamber, we were able to date the constructi…

  • Capabilities of the New Suerc 5MV AMS Facility for 14 C Dating

    Open AccessS Xu, R Anderson et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2004Cited by: 25References: 7

    A new National Electrostatic Corporation (NEC) 5MV accelerator mass spectrometer became operational at the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre (SUERC) in July 2002. It has 2 Cs sputter negative ion sources: a 134-sample source (S1) for the routine measurement of all species, and a hybrid source (S2) with 40 spaces for radiocarbon measurements with either graphite or CO 2 samples. A number of performance tests on graphite samples h…

  • Is there a Fifth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison (Viri)

    Open AccessE M Scott, C Bryant et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2003Cited by: 37References: 7

    The issue of comparability of measurements (and thus bias, accuracy, and precision of measurement) from diverse laboratories is one which has been the focus of some attention both within the radiocarbon community and the wider user communities. As a result, the 14 C community has undertaken a widescale, far-reaching, and evolving program of intercomparisons, to the benefit of laboratories and users alike. The benefit to the users is, however, ind…

  • Is Comparability of 14 C Dates an Issue: A Status Report on the Fourth International Radiocarbon Intercomparison

    Open AccessC Bryant, I Carmi et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2001Cited by: 4References: 3

    For more than 15 years, the radiocarbon community has participated in a series of laboratory intercomparisons in response to the issue of comparability of measurements as perceived within the wider user communities (Scott et al. 1990; Rozanski et al. 1992; Gulliksen and Scott 1995; Scott et al. 1997). In this report, we provide an update on the current 14 C laboratory intercomparison and reflect on future issues linked to the laboratory intercomp…

  • Towards a Radiocarbon Chronology of the Late-Glacial: Sample Selection Strategies

    Open AccessM J C Walker, C Bryant et al.ARTICLERadiocarbon2001Cited by: 4References: 26

    This paper outlines a dating program designed to test the reproducibility of radiocarbon dates on different materials of Late-Glacial age (plant macrofossils, fossil beetle remains, and the “humic” and “humin” chemical fractions of limnic sediments) using a combination of radiometric (beta counting) and accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) techniques. The results have implications for the design of sampling strategies and for the development of im…