Roger Bird
Biographic Data
| ID | 3845544 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roger Bird |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roger |
| FAMILY NAME | Bird |
| SIGNATURE | BIRD R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A reanalysis of the Tikopia obsidians
In 1982 an initial sourcing of 13 obsidians and volcanic glasses from Tikopia in the Solomon Islands suggested that four specimens came from Bismarcks sources, with Talasea in West New Britain being the most likely, and the rest came from the Banks Islands. Reanalysis now attributes ten pieces to Banks Islands sources and three to sources in the Admiralty Islands
The Stoneware Kilns of Sisatchanalai and Early Modern Thailand
Little is known about the transition to the Modern Economy in non-European settings. Southeast Asia provides a rare opportunity to evaluate this transition through analysis of the tradeware production system that operated at the site of Sisatchanalai in central northern Thailand. Sisatchanalai is the largest and longest lived (A.C. 1100–1650) stoneware production complex in continental Southeast Asia. Based on the timing and nature of changes in …
Age Determination of Obsidian Source Samples from North Queensland and New South Wales, Australia
New Britain obsidian sources
The natural occurrence of obsidian in volcanic flows in West New Britain has been thoroughly investigated and new measurements of the composition of field samples have been made with a proton dose of 150 μC, increased by a factor of three compared to analyses reported in early studies. New data on precision and accuracy of PIXE‐PIGME show that measurement error is not a significant factor in interpretations of chemical variability among source an…
A Trial Pixe/Pigme analysis of Pre‐Islamic Arabian Coinage
Eight previously published (1) pre‐Islamic coins minted in Arabia were subjected to non‐destructive ion beam analysis by Proton Induced X‐Ray (PIXE) and Gamma‐Ray Emission (PIGME) at Lucas Heights. The results (2) were interpreted using Principal Components Analysis (PCA). The relative X‐ray intensities of fifteen elements, supplemented with additional L alpha lines for two of the elements, were extracted for this analysis. PCA (results appended)…
Trace-Element Analysis of Obsidian Sources and Artifacts of Central Chile (Maule River Basin) and Western Argentina (Colorado River)
The present paper describes obsidian sources and compositional analysis performed on obsidian recovered from natural flows in the upper Maule River basin (central Chile). We compare the composition of this obsidian with that of obsidian artifacts recovered from selected archaeological sites both in the middle and lower valley of the Maule River and in the Argentinian provinces of Mendoza and Neuquén. The results indicate that the collected obsidi…
The Antares AMS Centre: A Status Report
The ANTARES accelerator mass spectrometry facility at Lucas Heights Research Laboratory is operational and AMS measurements of 14 C, 26 Al and 36 Cl are being carried out routinely. Measurement of 129 I recently commenced and capabilities for other long-lived radioisotopes such as 10 Be are being established. The overall aim of the facility is to develop advanced programs in Quaternary science, global climate change, biomedicine and nuclear safeg…
Tracing prehistoric materials
Artefacts made from obsidian grace many a museum collection where they are frequently admired for their glass‐like beauty. However, under careful scientific study, they have revealed a wealth of information about prehistoric cultures and about the movement of early peoples across vast oceanic tracts. This article describes how the Lucas Heights Research Laboratories in Australia have pioneered obsidian research in co‐operation with the Australian…
Trace-Element Analysis of Obsidian Sources and Artifacts of Central Chile (Maule River Basin) and Western Argentina (Colorado River)
The present paper describes obsidian sources and compositional analysis performed on obsidian recovered from natural flows in the upper Maule River basin (central Chile). We compare the composition of this obsidian with that of obsidian artifacts recovered from selected archaeological sites both in the middle and lower valley of the Maule River and in the Argentinian provinces of Mendoza and Neuquén. The results indicate that the collected obsidi…
New Britain obsidian sources
The natural occurrence of obsidian in volcanic flows in West New Britain has been thoroughly investigated and new measurements of the composition of field samples have been made with a proton dose of 150 μC, increased by a factor of three compared to analyses reported in early studies. New data on precision and accuracy of PIXE‐PIGME show that measurement error is not a significant factor in interpretations of chemical variability among source an…
A reanalysis of the Tikopia obsidians
In 1982 an initial sourcing of 13 obsidians and volcanic glasses from Tikopia in the Solomon Islands suggested that four specimens came from Bismarcks sources, with Talasea in West New Britain being the most likely, and the rest came from the Banks Islands. Reanalysis now attributes ten pieces to Banks Islands sources and three to sources in the Admiralty Islands
The Stoneware Kilns of Sisatchanalai and Early Modern Thailand
Little is known about the transition to the Modern Economy in non-European settings. Southeast Asia provides a rare opportunity to evaluate this transition through analysis of the tradeware production system that operated at the site of Sisatchanalai in central northern Thailand. Sisatchanalai is the largest and longest lived (A.C. 1100–1650) stoneware production complex in continental Southeast Asia. Based on the timing and nature of changes in …
A Trial Pixe/Pigme analysis of Pre‐Islamic Arabian Coinage
Eight previously published (1) pre‐Islamic coins minted in Arabia were subjected to non‐destructive ion beam analysis by Proton Induced X‐Ray (PIXE) and Gamma‐Ray Emission (PIGME) at Lucas Heights. The results (2) were interpreted using Principal Components Analysis (PCA). The relative X‐ray intensities of fifteen elements, supplemented with additional L alpha lines for two of the elements, were extracted for this analysis. PCA (results appended)…
The Antares AMS Centre: A Status Report
The ANTARES accelerator mass spectrometry facility at Lucas Heights Research Laboratory is operational and AMS measurements of 14 C, 26 Al and 36 Cl are being carried out routinely. Measurement of 129 I recently commenced and capabilities for other long-lived radioisotopes such as 10 Be are being established. The overall aim of the facility is to develop advanced programs in Quaternary science, global climate change, biomedicine and nuclear safeg…
Tracing prehistoric materials
Artefacts made from obsidian grace many a museum collection where they are frequently admired for their glass‐like beauty. However, under careful scientific study, they have revealed a wealth of information about prehistoric cultures and about the movement of early peoples across vast oceanic tracts. This article describes how the Lucas Heights Research Laboratories in Australia have pioneered obsidian research in co‐operation with the Australian…
The Antares AMS Centre: A Status Report
The ANTARES accelerator mass spectrometry facility at Lucas Heights Research Laboratory is operational and AMS measurements of 14 C, 26 Al and 36 Cl are being carried out routinely. Measurement of 129 I recently commenced and capabilities for other long-lived radioisotopes such as 10 Be are being established. The overall aim of the facility is to develop advanced programs in Quaternary science, global climate change, biomedicine and nuclear safeg…
A Trial Pixe/Pigme analysis of Pre‐Islamic Arabian Coinage
Eight previously published (1) pre‐Islamic coins minted in Arabia were subjected to non‐destructive ion beam analysis by Proton Induced X‐Ray (PIXE) and Gamma‐Ray Emission (PIGME) at Lucas Heights. The results (2) were interpreted using Principal Components Analysis (PCA). The relative X‐ray intensities of fifteen elements, supplemented with additional L alpha lines for two of the elements, were extracted for this analysis. PCA (results appended)…
Trace-Element Analysis of Obsidian Sources and Artifacts of Central Chile (Maule River Basin) and Western Argentina (Colorado River)
The present paper describes obsidian sources and compositional analysis performed on obsidian recovered from natural flows in the upper Maule River basin (central Chile). We compare the composition of this obsidian with that of obsidian artifacts recovered from selected archaeological sites both in the middle and lower valley of the Maule River and in the Argentinian provinces of Mendoza and Neuquén. The results indicate that the collected obsidi…
New Britain obsidian sources
The natural occurrence of obsidian in volcanic flows in West New Britain has been thoroughly investigated and new measurements of the composition of field samples have been made with a proton dose of 150 μC, increased by a factor of three compared to analyses reported in early studies. New data on precision and accuracy of PIXE‐PIGME show that measurement error is not a significant factor in interpretations of chemical variability among source an…
Age Determination of Obsidian Source Samples from North Queensland and New South Wales, Australia
The Stoneware Kilns of Sisatchanalai and Early Modern Thailand
Little is known about the transition to the Modern Economy in non-European settings. Southeast Asia provides a rare opportunity to evaluate this transition through analysis of the tradeware production system that operated at the site of Sisatchanalai in central northern Thailand. Sisatchanalai is the largest and longest lived (A.C. 1100–1650) stoneware production complex in continental Southeast Asia. Based on the timing and nature of changes in …
A reanalysis of the Tikopia obsidians
In 1982 an initial sourcing of 13 obsidians and volcanic glasses from Tikopia in the Solomon Islands suggested that four specimens came from Bismarcks sources, with Talasea in West New Britain being the most likely, and the rest came from the Banks Islands. Reanalysis now attributes ten pieces to Banks Islands sources and three to sources in the Admiralty Islands
Archaeology (7 works) · Geography (7 works) · Geology (6 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (5 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (4 works) · Paleontology (4 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (4 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Mineralogy (2 works) · Volcano (2 works)