M Pearce
Biographic Data
| ID | 48855 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Pearce |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Pearce |
| SIGNATURE | PEARCE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4209-7923 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 24 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 51 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 24 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
New AMS Radiocarbon Dates from the Neolithic Occupation Sequence at Amzabegovo (Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia)
This report presents 50 AMS radiocarbon dates from wood charcoal samples extracted from newly uncovered Neolithic settlement layers at the archaeological site of Amzabegovo (Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia). It constitutes the largest radiocarbon dataset from a Neolithic site in North Macedonia. The calibrated dates span 6391–5635 cal BC (95.4%), falling within the Early and Middle Neolithic. With an inferred occupation onset potentially as early a…
The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy
This paper presents observations and analyses on seven slag pieces from two third-millennium cal BC (Late Copper Age/Early Bronze Age) rock shelters in the Trentino, north-eastern Italy: La Vela di Valbusa and the Riparo di Monte Terlago. We review previous work on contemporary slags from the region and show that the smelting did not follow the well-known 'Timna', 'Eibner' or so-called 'Chalcolithic' copper smelting processes. We show that ethnog…
The ‘Copper Age’—A History of the Concept
The idea that there was a Copper Age between the Neolithic and Bronze Age was inspired by the discovery of copper use in prehistoric North America. Its currency in European prehistory owes much to the 1861 observations by William Wilde that copper artefacts preceded bronze tools in Ireland, though he himself did not postulate a Copper Age per se. Acceptance of the existence of a Copper Age was a long process, not least as it seemed to contradict …
Archaeology and archaeometallurgy: Some unresolved areas in the interpretation of analytical data
This paper uses examples from Mediterranean and in particular Italian prehistory to explore the interface between prehistoric archaeology and metals analysis by examining three areas: the usefulness of data from past analyses (‘what is it made of?’), lead isotope analysis and the problem of unpublished data (‘where is it from?’), and the interpretation of analytical data (‘what does it mean?’). Issues discussed include big data, the integration o…
Development of an intervention to improve parental recognition of childhood overweight
The Spirit of the Sword and Spear
From the Norse sagas or the Arthurian cycles, we are used to the concept that the warrior's weapon has an identity, a name. In this article I shall ask whether some prehistoric weapons also had an identity. Using case studies of La Tène swords, early Iron Age central and southern Italian spearheads and middle and late Bronze Age type Boiu and type Sauerbrunn swords, I shall argue that prehistoric weapons could indeed have an identity and that thi…
O2-4.1 Long term cardiovascular risk in women with pre-eclampsia: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction There is increasing evidence that pre-eclampsia, a principal cause of maternal morbidity, may also be a risk factor for future cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. This review aimed to assess the current evidence and quantify the risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events that may follow a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. Methods MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched with no language restrictions, as were core journals and refere…
P1-533 Trends in prevalence, pregnancy outcome, and survival of children born with Spina Bifida
Introduction Spina bifida is a serious congenital anomaly associated with life-long disability. This study describes trends in the prevalence and survival of spina bifida, to 10 years, using data from a long-standing congenital anomaly register in Northern England. Methods Cases of isolated spina bifida, delivered during 1985–2003, were identified from the population-based Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey (NorCAS). Survival status was deter…
O5-6.4 Lifecourse predictors of physical activity at age 50 years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study
Introduction Beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on health are well known, but limited evidence exists for lifecourse factors that may influence physical activity levels in adulthood. Our aim was to investigate the relative contributions of a range of factors from across life to variations in PA levels in the Newcastle 1000 Families Study. Methods Detailed information was collected prospectively during childhood. At age 50 years, 574 stu…
P1-491 Socio-economic variation in the use of ct scans in young people in the North of England, 1990–2002
Introduction Social patterning is known to influence health throughout life. In childhood, studies have shown increased injury rates in more deprived settings. Through this, it is also possible that socio-economic status may be related to rates of undergoing certain medical procedures with relatively high radiation doses, such as computed tomography (CT) scans. This study aimed to assess socio-economic variation among young people having CT scans…
P2-239 Associations between sex hormones and bone mineral density and bone resorption in 50-year-old men: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study
Introduction While much research relating sex hormones to bone health has centred on oestrogen deficiency in postmenopausal women, far less is known regarding the potential for sex hormone levels to influence bone health in men. We investigated the influence of sex hormone concentrations on bone health in men at age 50, using data from the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. Methods The study included 171 men who attended for DEXA scanning (giving…
P2-304 Childhood infectious diseases and premature adult mortality: Results from the Newcastle Thousand Families Study
Introduction Early life infections may negatively influence health in later life, but there have been few studies of the association, due to the difficulty of obtaining adequate information from throughout life. This study utilised longitudinal data from the Newcastle Thousand Families Study, a prospective cohort of 1147 individuals born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) in 1947, to assess the impact of various childhood infectious diseases on mortalit…
P2-372 Rates of childhood cancer in females remain lower than expected in developing countries
A decade ago it was reported that childhood cancer incidence was higher in boys than in girls in many countries, particularly in those with low gross domestic product and relatively high infant mortality rates. Reports from developing countries have since agreed that socio-economic or cultural rather than biological factors are likely to be responsible. The aim of this study was to investigate further the association between cancer registration s…
SP1-57 European bone tumour outcome study (Ebtos): Overview of health related quality of life (QOL) in study cohort
Introduction Survivors of bone tumours diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood are reported to have more impairment of health related QOL than most other cancer survivor groups. Reports of the relationship between QOL and local treatment strategy have been inconsistent. To clarify this issue a European cohort of bone tumour survivors was identified. This report forms a baseline for further analyses. Methods Osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma surv…
P1-492 Predictors of childhood physical activity: The Gateshead millennium study
Introduction Conflicting evidence exists for associations between birth weight and childhood physical activity (PA) levels. It is important to know what other, potentially modifiable, factors influence PA in children given its' association with adiposity. Our aim was to identify predictors of childhood PA levels in the Gateshead Millennium Study (GMS), a population based cohort of 1029 infants born in 1999–2000 in Gateshead, Northern England. Met…
Twenty-year survival of children born with congenital anomalies: A population-based study
Objective: To estimate the survival, up to age 20 years, for a range of congenital anomaly groups and subtypes.Design: Population-based registry (Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey, NorCAS)
Structured Deposition in Early Neolithic Northern Italy
The paper reviews the interpretations of pits found in early Neolithic settlement sites in the Po valley of northern Italy, with particular attention paid to the concentration of late 6th–early 5th millennium Cal BC sites around Vhò (Piadena, Cremona). It argues that these are unlikely to have been pit-dwellings, despite a long tradition of interpreting them in this way. It suggests that the assemblages and associations found in the fills of some…
Ruth D. Whitehouse
Introducing Ruth It is traditional for honorary volumes to offer a summary of the career and the academic works of the person celebrated on the occasion of their retirement. This article is self-evidently placed in the current issue of the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology with that function, but it concerns a person who, although retiring as Professor in Mediterranean Studies, is clearly not at the end of her academic career: she has research…
European heritage. A view from the periphery
In this stimulating piece Kristiansen provides a trenchant critique of the provincialism of much European archaeology (though he tends to concentrate his argument on prehistory), but he does not really engage with the question of whether we need an archaeology of Europe until his closing paragraphs. Here his answer is that 'Europe and its regions [are] a far better and less exclusive frame of reference than the dominant local and national framewo…
Mid fourth-millennium copper mining in Liguria, north-west Italy: The earliest known copper mines in Western Europe
This paper presents twelve new radiocarbon dates from copper mines at Monte Loreto in Liguria, northwest Italy, which indicate that extraction began around 3500 cal BC, making these the earliest copper mines to be discovered in Western Europe so far. The dates are placed in their regional context, with a discussion of results from Libiola and other sites associated with early copper mining
Depression, Quality of Life, and Liver Transplantation
Abbey, S.; Devins, G.; Pearce, M.; Silverberg, M.; Levy, G.; Greig, P. Author Information
Reconstructing prehistoric metallurgical knowledge: The northern Italian Copper and Bronze Ages
The paper attempts to integrate the results of chemical analyses, which are seriously underused in archaeological discourse, with other classes of information in order to try to interpret ancient metal working behaviour and knowledge within a semiotic framework, adopting the modernist premise that ancient metalworking was both rational and deliberate. A number of case studies from northern Italy is discussed. In the first it is noted that in the …
New research on the terramare of northern Italy
The north Italian Bronze Age culture-the terramare-has recently been celebrated in a splendid exhibition at Modena, and new catalogues, research and the re-opening of old excavations. Mark Pearce discusses the relevance of the old ideas in the light of new data
The survival benefit of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a paramedic served metropolitan area
We investigated the survival benefit bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital emergencies in a paramedic served area of metropolitan Los Angeles. Clinical information for all events occurring between January 1 and December 31, 1978 was obtained from paramedic report forms and hospital medical records. Bystander CPR was performed for 93 cases and, of these, 20 (22 per cent) survived to hospital discharge, as compared to 7 …
The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy
This paper presents observations and analyses on seven slag pieces from two third-millennium cal BC (Late Copper Age/Early Bronze Age) rock shelters in the Trentino, north-eastern Italy: La Vela di Valbusa and the Riparo di Monte Terlago. We review previous work on contemporary slags from the region and show that the smelting did not follow the well-known 'Timna', 'Eibner' or so-called 'Chalcolithic' copper smelting processes. We show that ethnog…
The ‘Copper Age’—A History of the Concept
The idea that there was a Copper Age between the Neolithic and Bronze Age was inspired by the discovery of copper use in prehistoric North America. Its currency in European prehistory owes much to the 1861 observations by William Wilde that copper artefacts preceded bronze tools in Ireland, though he himself did not postulate a Copper Age per se. Acceptance of the existence of a Copper Age was a long process, not least as it seemed to contradict …
The Spirit of the Sword and Spear
From the Norse sagas or the Arthurian cycles, we are used to the concept that the warrior's weapon has an identity, a name. In this article I shall ask whether some prehistoric weapons also had an identity. Using case studies of La Tène swords, early Iron Age central and southern Italian spearheads and middle and late Bronze Age type Boiu and type Sauerbrunn swords, I shall argue that prehistoric weapons could indeed have an identity and that thi…
Mid fourth-millennium copper mining in Liguria, north-west Italy: The earliest known copper mines in Western Europe
This paper presents twelve new radiocarbon dates from copper mines at Monte Loreto in Liguria, northwest Italy, which indicate that extraction began around 3500 cal BC, making these the earliest copper mines to be discovered in Western Europe so far. The dates are placed in their regional context, with a discussion of results from Libiola and other sites associated with early copper mining
Reconstructing prehistoric metallurgical knowledge: The northern Italian Copper and Bronze Ages
The paper attempts to integrate the results of chemical analyses, which are seriously underused in archaeological discourse, with other classes of information in order to try to interpret ancient metal working behaviour and knowledge within a semiotic framework, adopting the modernist premise that ancient metalworking was both rational and deliberate. A number of case studies from northern Italy is discussed. In the first it is noted that in the …
Structured Deposition in Early Neolithic Northern Italy
The paper reviews the interpretations of pits found in early Neolithic settlement sites in the Po valley of northern Italy, with particular attention paid to the concentration of late 6th–early 5th millennium Cal BC sites around Vhò (Piadena, Cremona). It argues that these are unlikely to have been pit-dwellings, despite a long tradition of interpreting them in this way. It suggests that the assemblages and associations found in the fills of some…
The survival benefit of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a paramedic served metropolitan area
We investigated the survival benefit bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital emergencies in a paramedic served area of metropolitan Los Angeles. Clinical information for all events occurring between January 1 and December 31, 1978 was obtained from paramedic report forms and hospital medical records. Bystander CPR was performed for 93 cases and, of these, 20 (22 per cent) survived to hospital discharge, as compared to 7 …
New research on the terramare of northern Italy
The north Italian Bronze Age culture-the terramare-has recently been celebrated in a splendid exhibition at Modena, and new catalogues, research and the re-opening of old excavations. Mark Pearce discusses the relevance of the old ideas in the light of new data
The survival benefit of bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation in a paramedic served metropolitan area
We investigated the survival benefit bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for out-of-hospital emergencies in a paramedic served area of metropolitan Los Angeles. Clinical information for all events occurring between January 1 and December 31, 1978 was obtained from paramedic report forms and hospital medical records. Bystander CPR was performed for 93 cases and, of these, 20 (22 per cent) survived to hospital discharge, as compared to 7 …
Depression, Quality of Life, and Liver Transplantation
Abbey, S.; Devins, G.; Pearce, M.; Silverberg, M.; Levy, G.; Greig, P. Author Information
Reconstructing prehistoric metallurgical knowledge: The northern Italian Copper and Bronze Ages
The paper attempts to integrate the results of chemical analyses, which are seriously underused in archaeological discourse, with other classes of information in order to try to interpret ancient metal working behaviour and knowledge within a semiotic framework, adopting the modernist premise that ancient metalworking was both rational and deliberate. A number of case studies from northern Italy is discussed. In the first it is noted that in the …
New research on the terramare of northern Italy
The north Italian Bronze Age culture-the terramare-has recently been celebrated in a splendid exhibition at Modena, and new catalogues, research and the re-opening of old excavations. Mark Pearce discusses the relevance of the old ideas in the light of new data
Mid fourth-millennium copper mining in Liguria, north-west Italy: The earliest known copper mines in Western Europe
This paper presents twelve new radiocarbon dates from copper mines at Monte Loreto in Liguria, northwest Italy, which indicate that extraction began around 3500 cal BC, making these the earliest copper mines to be discovered in Western Europe so far. The dates are placed in their regional context, with a discussion of results from Libiola and other sites associated with early copper mining
Structured Deposition in Early Neolithic Northern Italy
The paper reviews the interpretations of pits found in early Neolithic settlement sites in the Po valley of northern Italy, with particular attention paid to the concentration of late 6th–early 5th millennium Cal BC sites around Vhò (Piadena, Cremona). It argues that these are unlikely to have been pit-dwellings, despite a long tradition of interpreting them in this way. It suggests that the assemblages and associations found in the fills of some…
Ruth D. Whitehouse
Introducing Ruth It is traditional for honorary volumes to offer a summary of the career and the academic works of the person celebrated on the occasion of their retirement. This article is self-evidently placed in the current issue of the Journal of Mediterranean Archaeology with that function, but it concerns a person who, although retiring as Professor in Mediterranean Studies, is clearly not at the end of her academic career: she has research…
European heritage. A view from the periphery
In this stimulating piece Kristiansen provides a trenchant critique of the provincialism of much European archaeology (though he tends to concentrate his argument on prehistory), but he does not really engage with the question of whether we need an archaeology of Europe until his closing paragraphs. Here his answer is that 'Europe and its regions [are] a far better and less exclusive frame of reference than the dominant local and national framewo…
Twenty-year survival of children born with congenital anomalies: A population-based study
Objective: To estimate the survival, up to age 20 years, for a range of congenital anomaly groups and subtypes.Design: Population-based registry (Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey, NorCAS)
O2-4.1 Long term cardiovascular risk in women with pre-eclampsia: Systematic review and meta-analysis
Introduction There is increasing evidence that pre-eclampsia, a principal cause of maternal morbidity, may also be a risk factor for future cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events. This review aimed to assess the current evidence and quantify the risks of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events that may follow a diagnosis of pre-eclampsia. Methods MEDLINE and EMBASE were searched with no language restrictions, as were core journals and refere…
P1-533 Trends in prevalence, pregnancy outcome, and survival of children born with Spina Bifida
Introduction Spina bifida is a serious congenital anomaly associated with life-long disability. This study describes trends in the prevalence and survival of spina bifida, to 10 years, using data from a long-standing congenital anomaly register in Northern England. Methods Cases of isolated spina bifida, delivered during 1985–2003, were identified from the population-based Northern Congenital Abnormality Survey (NorCAS). Survival status was deter…
O5-6.4 Lifecourse predictors of physical activity at age 50 years: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study
Introduction Beneficial effects of physical activity (PA) on health are well known, but limited evidence exists for lifecourse factors that may influence physical activity levels in adulthood. Our aim was to investigate the relative contributions of a range of factors from across life to variations in PA levels in the Newcastle 1000 Families Study. Methods Detailed information was collected prospectively during childhood. At age 50 years, 574 stu…
P1-491 Socio-economic variation in the use of ct scans in young people in the North of England, 1990–2002
Introduction Social patterning is known to influence health throughout life. In childhood, studies have shown increased injury rates in more deprived settings. Through this, it is also possible that socio-economic status may be related to rates of undergoing certain medical procedures with relatively high radiation doses, such as computed tomography (CT) scans. This study aimed to assess socio-economic variation among young people having CT scans…
P2-239 Associations between sex hormones and bone mineral density and bone resorption in 50-year-old men: The Newcastle Thousand Families Study
Introduction While much research relating sex hormones to bone health has centred on oestrogen deficiency in postmenopausal women, far less is known regarding the potential for sex hormone levels to influence bone health in men. We investigated the influence of sex hormone concentrations on bone health in men at age 50, using data from the Newcastle Thousand Families Study. Methods The study included 171 men who attended for DEXA scanning (giving…
P2-304 Childhood infectious diseases and premature adult mortality: Results from the Newcastle Thousand Families Study
Introduction Early life infections may negatively influence health in later life, but there have been few studies of the association, due to the difficulty of obtaining adequate information from throughout life. This study utilised longitudinal data from the Newcastle Thousand Families Study, a prospective cohort of 1147 individuals born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK) in 1947, to assess the impact of various childhood infectious diseases on mortalit…
P2-372 Rates of childhood cancer in females remain lower than expected in developing countries
A decade ago it was reported that childhood cancer incidence was higher in boys than in girls in many countries, particularly in those with low gross domestic product and relatively high infant mortality rates. Reports from developing countries have since agreed that socio-economic or cultural rather than biological factors are likely to be responsible. The aim of this study was to investigate further the association between cancer registration s…
SP1-57 European bone tumour outcome study (Ebtos): Overview of health related quality of life (QOL) in study cohort
Introduction Survivors of bone tumours diagnosed in childhood or early adulthood are reported to have more impairment of health related QOL than most other cancer survivor groups. Reports of the relationship between QOL and local treatment strategy have been inconsistent. To clarify this issue a European cohort of bone tumour survivors was identified. This report forms a baseline for further analyses. Methods Osteosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma surv…
P1-492 Predictors of childhood physical activity: The Gateshead millennium study
Introduction Conflicting evidence exists for associations between birth weight and childhood physical activity (PA) levels. It is important to know what other, potentially modifiable, factors influence PA in children given its' association with adiposity. Our aim was to identify predictors of childhood PA levels in the Gateshead Millennium Study (GMS), a population based cohort of 1029 infants born in 1999–2000 in Gateshead, Northern England. Met…
The Spirit of the Sword and Spear
From the Norse sagas or the Arthurian cycles, we are used to the concept that the warrior's weapon has an identity, a name. In this article I shall ask whether some prehistoric weapons also had an identity. Using case studies of La Tène swords, early Iron Age central and southern Italian spearheads and middle and late Bronze Age type Boiu and type Sauerbrunn swords, I shall argue that prehistoric weapons could indeed have an identity and that thi…
Development of an intervention to improve parental recognition of childhood overweight
Archaeology and archaeometallurgy: Some unresolved areas in the interpretation of analytical data
This paper uses examples from Mediterranean and in particular Italian prehistory to explore the interface between prehistoric archaeology and metals analysis by examining three areas: the usefulness of data from past analyses (‘what is it made of?’), lead isotope analysis and the problem of unpublished data (‘where is it from?’), and the interpretation of analytical data (‘what does it mean?’). Issues discussed include big data, the integration o…
The ‘Copper Age’—A History of the Concept
The idea that there was a Copper Age between the Neolithic and Bronze Age was inspired by the discovery of copper use in prehistoric North America. Its currency in European prehistory owes much to the 1861 observations by William Wilde that copper artefacts preceded bronze tools in Ireland, though he himself did not postulate a Copper Age per se. Acceptance of the existence of a Copper Age was a long process, not least as it seemed to contradict …
The smelting of copper in the third millennium cal BC Trentino, north-eastern Italy
This paper presents observations and analyses on seven slag pieces from two third-millennium cal BC (Late Copper Age/Early Bronze Age) rock shelters in the Trentino, north-eastern Italy: La Vela di Valbusa and the Riparo di Monte Terlago. We review previous work on contemporary slags from the region and show that the smelting did not follow the well-known 'Timna', 'Eibner' or so-called 'Chalcolithic' copper smelting processes. We show that ethnog…
New AMS Radiocarbon Dates from the Neolithic Occupation Sequence at Amzabegovo (Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia)
This report presents 50 AMS radiocarbon dates from wood charcoal samples extracted from newly uncovered Neolithic settlement layers at the archaeological site of Amzabegovo (Sveti Nikole, North Macedonia). It constitutes the largest radiocarbon dataset from a Neolithic site in North Macedonia. The calibrated dates span 6391–5635 cal BC (95.4%), falling within the Early and Middle Neolithic. With an inferred occupation onset potentially as early a…
Medicine (13 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (10 works) · Archaeology (9 works) · History (9 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Pediatrics (7 works) · Pediatrics (7 works) · Ancient history (6 works)