T Carter
Biographic Data
| ID | 9044 |
|---|---|
| NAME | T Carter |
| GIVEN NAMES | T |
| FAMILY NAME | Carter |
| SIGNATURE | CARTER T |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4760-404X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 164 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Seafarers and the seashore: Sourcing obsidian dedicatory pebbles from the later Bronze Age peak sanctuary at Stelida (Naxos, Greece)
Water worn pebbles were dedicated at many later Bronze Age peak sanctuaries of Minoan Crete and the Minoanized Aegean, including Stelida on Naxos (Cyclades). While most of this assemblage (n = 10,713) is comprised of locally available quartzites and granodiorites, it also included a few obsidian pebbles, a raw material foreign to Naxos. This study used portable XRF spectrometry [pXRF] to elementally characterize and source six of these artifacts,…
Middle Paleolithic Behavioral Insights from the Stelida Chert Source, Naxos (Greece)
This article provides the first detailed overview of Middle Paleolithic activity at the Naxian chert source of Stelida, based on an analysis of 780 artifacts collected from the 2013–2014 survey. While several Eurasian Middle Paleolithic lithic sources have been documented, the activity at most of these sites relates almost exclusively to resource extraction and the initial stages of tool production. The Middle Paleolithic material from Stelida re…
Chronological and post-depositional insights from single-grain IRSL dating of a Palaeolithic sequence at Stelida, Naxos (Greece)
Cappadocian obsidian exchange networks in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A: A Southern Levantine perspective from el-Hemmeh (Jordan)
Defining cultural traditions in the Early Bronze Age Aegean: Characterizing obsidian consumption at Early Cycladic Kastri (Syros, Greece)
The obsidian beads from Middle Chalcolithic Tel Tsaf (ca. 5,200–4,700 cal. BC), Jordan Valley, Israel: Technology, provenance, and socio-economic significance
Hunter-fisher-gatherer river transportation: Insights from sourcing the obsidian of Hasankeyf Höyük, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A village on the Upper Tigris (SE Turkey)
Matching Pragmatic Lithic Analysis and Proper Data Architecture: The QuARI R Shiny Database Interface
The documentation and analysis of archaeological lithics must navigate a basic tension between examining and recording data on individual artifacts or on aggregates of artifacts. This poses a challenge both for artifact processing and for database construction. We present here an R Shiny solution that enables lithic analysts to enter data for both individual artifacts and aggregates of artifacts while maintaining a robust yet flexible data struct…
Integrating geophysical survey and excavation at the Freston Early Neolithic causewayed enclosure, Suffolk (UK)
A 2019 geophysical survey of part of the 8.55‐ha Freston interrupted ditch system (Suffolk), which integrated reconnaissance fluxgate gradiometry with earth resistance meter techniques, produced a fine‐grained geo‐spatial resolution site plan to undertake a pilot‐study research excavation. The features targeted comprised four ditch termini of the enclosure, with the aim being to test the long‐established hypothesis that the monument represented a…
Transregional Perspectives: Characterizing Obsidian Consumption at Early Chalcolithic Ein el-Jarba (N. Israel)
This paper details the characterization of 48 obsidian artifacts from Ein el-Jarba, an Early Chalcolithic site of the southern Levantine Wadi Rabah culture (6th millennium cal b.c.). By melding sourcing data from energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy with the artifacts’ techno-typological specifics, we contrast Ein el-Jarba’s obsidian consumption practices with those of broadly contemporary and earlier communities in the context of th…
Systematic sampling of quartzites in sourcing analysis: Intra-outcrop variability at Naibor Soit, Tanzania (part I)
Chipped stone assemblages of Körtik Tepe (Turkey)
Characterization of the siliceous rocks at Stélida, an early prehistoric lithic quarry (Northwest Naxos, Greece), by petrography and geochemistry: A first step towards chert sourcing
Obsidian circulation in the early Holocene Aegean: A case study from Mesolithic Damnoni (SW Crete)
Investigating Pottery Neolithic socio-economic “regression” in the Southern Levant: Characterising obsidian consumption at Sha'ar Hagolan (N. Israel)
Inter-laboratory validation of the WDXRF, EDXRF, ICP–MS, NAA and PGAA analytical techniques and geochemical characterisation of obsidian sources in northeast Hokkaido Island, Japan
Nothing to See Here! The Challenges of Public Archaeology at Palaeolithic Stélida, Naxos
In our desire to develop public archaeologies at the early prehistoric site of Stélida (Naxos, Greece), we face three major challenges. Firstly, there are a number of stakeholder communities involved with conflicting interests. Moreover, the ‘local’ population is distinct, being heterogeneous in composition, fluid in its residence, including individuals with significantly more socioeconomic and political power than the archaeologists. Secondly, d…
Spherulites and Aspiring Elites: The Identification, Distribution, and Consumption of Giali Obsidian (Dodecanese, Greece)
This paper details the results of a survey of the obsidian sources on the island of Giali in the Dodecanese, Greece, together with a review of these raw materials’ use from the Mesolithic to the Late Bronze Age (ninth to second millennium Cal bc). Elemental characterization of 76 geological samples from 11 sampling locations demonstrates the existence of two geochemically distinct sources, termed ‘Giali A’, and ‘Giali B’. The latter material, ava…
Supplementary Data for Spherulites and Aspiring Elites: The Identification, Distribution, and Consumption of Giali Obsidian (Dodecanese, Greece)
James F. Stark, The Making of Modern Anthrax, 1875-1920: Uniting Local, National and Global Histories of Disease
Anthrax is the ideal candidate for a unifying history. By the end of the period studied, it was known to be a single condition caused by a spore-forming bacillus that was present in the body fluids of infected animals, spread through spores in the soil and on vegetation and sometimes reached a biological dead end by infecting a person. It had long been an endemic infection in both wild and domesticated animals in parts of the world. At the start …
Networks and Neolithisation: Sourcing obsidian from Körtik Tepe (SE Anatolia)
Settlement history and material culture in southwest Turkey: Report on the 2008–2010 survey at Çaltılar Höyük (northern Lycia)
This report presents the main results of research activities carried out at Çaltılar Höyük, northern Lycia, southwest Turkey, between 2008 and 2010. During this period, an international team undertook topographic, archaeological and geophysical surveys, together with artefact studies and analyses, aimed at determining the nature and extent of occupation at the site, and offering new data about the settlement history and material culture of this r…
The use of SEM-EDS, Pixe and EDXRF for obsidian provenance studies in the Near East: A case study from Neolithic Çatalhöyük (central Anatolia)
How reliable are our published archaeometric analyses? Effects of analytical techniques through time on the elemental analysis of obsidians
Arson or Accident? The Burning of a Neolithic House at Çatalhöyük, Turkey
This paper presents the results of interdisciplinary research on the recently excavated Building 52 at the Anatolian Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük. This building provides the richest combination of faunal, botanical, and lithic assemblages of all those uncovered since work at the site was renewed in 1995. Occupation of the building ended with a high-temperature fire, after which a portion of it was emptied and reoccupied.Our research synthesizes n…
A new programme of obsidian characterization at Çatalhöyük, Turkey
Networks and Neolithisation: Sourcing obsidian from Körtik Tepe (SE Anatolia)
The use of SEM-EDS, Pixe and EDXRF for obsidian provenance studies in the Near East: A case study from Neolithic Çatalhöyük (central Anatolia)
Arson or Accident? The Burning of a Neolithic House at Çatalhöyük, Turkey
This paper presents the results of interdisciplinary research on the recently excavated Building 52 at the Anatolian Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük. This building provides the richest combination of faunal, botanical, and lithic assemblages of all those uncovered since work at the site was renewed in 1995. Occupation of the building ended with a high-temperature fire, after which a portion of it was emptied and reoccupied.Our research synthesizes n…
How reliable are our published archaeometric analyses? Effects of analytical techniques through time on the elemental analysis of obsidians
Systematic sampling of quartzites in sourcing analysis: Intra-outcrop variability at Naibor Soit, Tanzania (part I)
Spherulites and Aspiring Elites: The Identification, Distribution, and Consumption of Giali Obsidian (Dodecanese, Greece)
This paper details the results of a survey of the obsidian sources on the island of Giali in the Dodecanese, Greece, together with a review of these raw materials’ use from the Mesolithic to the Late Bronze Age (ninth to second millennium Cal bc). Elemental characterization of 76 geological samples from 11 sampling locations demonstrates the existence of two geochemically distinct sources, termed ‘Giali A’, and ‘Giali B’. The latter material, ava…
Sourcing Obsidian From Neolithic Çatalhöyük (Turkey) Using Energy Dispersive X‐ray Fluorescence
This paper details the chemical sourcing of 42 obsidian artefacts from a single Neolithic structure at Çatalhöyük (central Anatolia), using Energy Dispersive X‐Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF). The chemical signatures of the samples match those of two geological sources in southern Cappadocia: East Göllü Dağ and Nenezi Dağ. The data provide a counterpoint for previous analyses at the site, and suggest possible intra‐community distinctions with regard to …
Tendances actuelles dans la caractérisation des obsidiennes pour les études de provenance
Les recherches de provenance des obsidiennes de sites paléolithiques et néolithiques connaissent actuellement une grande expansion, notamment par leur intégration dans les études de chaînes opératoires, qui nécessitent de déterminer l’origine de la matière première de séries importantes de pièces archéologiques. Il existe par ailleurs une forte demande de mesures peu à non destructives et éventuellement à effectuer in situ. D’où un certain nombre…
Integrating geophysical survey and excavation at the Freston Early Neolithic causewayed enclosure, Suffolk (UK)
A 2019 geophysical survey of part of the 8.55‐ha Freston interrupted ditch system (Suffolk), which integrated reconnaissance fluxgate gradiometry with earth resistance meter techniques, produced a fine‐grained geo‐spatial resolution site plan to undertake a pilot‐study research excavation. The features targeted comprised four ditch termini of the enclosure, with the aim being to test the long‐established hypothesis that the monument represented a…
Transregional Perspectives: Characterizing Obsidian Consumption at Early Chalcolithic Ein el-Jarba (N. Israel)
This paper details the characterization of 48 obsidian artifacts from Ein el-Jarba, an Early Chalcolithic site of the southern Levantine Wadi Rabah culture (6th millennium cal b.c.). By melding sourcing data from energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy with the artifacts’ techno-typological specifics, we contrast Ein el-Jarba’s obsidian consumption practices with those of broadly contemporary and earlier communities in the context of th…
Chipped stone assemblages of Körtik Tepe (Turkey)
Obsidian circulation in the early Holocene Aegean: A case study from Mesolithic Damnoni (SW Crete)
Investigating Pottery Neolithic socio-economic “regression” in the Southern Levant: Characterising obsidian consumption at Sha'ar Hagolan (N. Israel)
Settlement history and material culture in southwest Turkey: Report on the 2008–2010 survey at Çaltılar Höyük (northern Lycia)
This report presents the main results of research activities carried out at Çaltılar Höyük, northern Lycia, southwest Turkey, between 2008 and 2010. During this period, an international team undertook topographic, archaeological and geophysical surveys, together with artefact studies and analyses, aimed at determining the nature and extent of occupation at the site, and offering new data about the settlement history and material culture of this r…
Predictive Model for Archeological and Historic Site Locations Within the Big Fossil Creek Drainage, Tarrant County, Texas
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Fort Worth District, is investigating the water resource problems, needs, and opportunities within the Big Fossil Creek drainage in Tarrant County, Texas. The effort focuses on describing existing conditions and identifying measures to minimize and control flood loss within a 48,396.8-acre area of the drainage north of the city of Fort Worth. Geo-Marine, Inc., of Plano, Texas, was contracted by the USACE …
A new programme of obsidian characterization at Çatalhöyük, Turkey
Tendances actuelles dans la caractérisation des obsidiennes pour les études de provenance
Les recherches de provenance des obsidiennes de sites paléolithiques et néolithiques connaissent actuellement une grande expansion, notamment par leur intégration dans les études de chaînes opératoires, qui nécessitent de déterminer l’origine de la matière première de séries importantes de pièces archéologiques. Il existe par ailleurs une forte demande de mesures peu à non destructives et éventuellement à effectuer in situ. D’où un certain nombre…
Sourcing Obsidian From Neolithic Çatalhöyük (Turkey) Using Energy Dispersive X‐ray Fluorescence
This paper details the chemical sourcing of 42 obsidian artefacts from a single Neolithic structure at Çatalhöyük (central Anatolia), using Energy Dispersive X‐Ray Fluorescence (EDXRF). The chemical signatures of the samples match those of two geological sources in southern Cappadocia: East Göllü Dağ and Nenezi Dağ. The data provide a counterpoint for previous analyses at the site, and suggest possible intra‐community distinctions with regard to …
Arson or Accident? The Burning of a Neolithic House at Çatalhöyük, Turkey
This paper presents the results of interdisciplinary research on the recently excavated Building 52 at the Anatolian Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük. This building provides the richest combination of faunal, botanical, and lithic assemblages of all those uncovered since work at the site was renewed in 1995. Occupation of the building ended with a high-temperature fire, after which a portion of it was emptied and reoccupied.Our research synthesizes n…
How reliable are our published archaeometric analyses? Effects of analytical techniques through time on the elemental analysis of obsidians
The use of SEM-EDS, Pixe and EDXRF for obsidian provenance studies in the Near East: A case study from Neolithic Çatalhöyük (central Anatolia)
Settlement history and material culture in southwest Turkey: Report on the 2008–2010 survey at Çaltılar Höyük (northern Lycia)
This report presents the main results of research activities carried out at Çaltılar Höyük, northern Lycia, southwest Turkey, between 2008 and 2010. During this period, an international team undertook topographic, archaeological and geophysical surveys, together with artefact studies and analyses, aimed at determining the nature and extent of occupation at the site, and offering new data about the settlement history and material culture of this r…
Networks and Neolithisation: Sourcing obsidian from Körtik Tepe (SE Anatolia)
James F. Stark, The Making of Modern Anthrax, 1875-1920: Uniting Local, National and Global Histories of Disease
Anthrax is the ideal candidate for a unifying history. By the end of the period studied, it was known to be a single condition caused by a spore-forming bacillus that was present in the body fluids of infected animals, spread through spores in the soil and on vegetation and sometimes reached a biological dead end by infecting a person. It had long been an endemic infection in both wild and domesticated animals in parts of the world. At the start …
Spherulites and Aspiring Elites: The Identification, Distribution, and Consumption of Giali Obsidian (Dodecanese, Greece)
This paper details the results of a survey of the obsidian sources on the island of Giali in the Dodecanese, Greece, together with a review of these raw materials’ use from the Mesolithic to the Late Bronze Age (ninth to second millennium Cal bc). Elemental characterization of 76 geological samples from 11 sampling locations demonstrates the existence of two geochemically distinct sources, termed ‘Giali A’, and ‘Giali B’. The latter material, ava…
Supplementary Data for Spherulites and Aspiring Elites: The Identification, Distribution, and Consumption of Giali Obsidian (Dodecanese, Greece)
Characterization of the siliceous rocks at Stélida, an early prehistoric lithic quarry (Northwest Naxos, Greece), by petrography and geochemistry: A first step towards chert sourcing
Obsidian circulation in the early Holocene Aegean: A case study from Mesolithic Damnoni (SW Crete)
Investigating Pottery Neolithic socio-economic “regression” in the Southern Levant: Characterising obsidian consumption at Sha'ar Hagolan (N. Israel)
Inter-laboratory validation of the WDXRF, EDXRF, ICP–MS, NAA and PGAA analytical techniques and geochemical characterisation of obsidian sources in northeast Hokkaido Island, Japan
Nothing to See Here! The Challenges of Public Archaeology at Palaeolithic Stélida, Naxos
In our desire to develop public archaeologies at the early prehistoric site of Stélida (Naxos, Greece), we face three major challenges. Firstly, there are a number of stakeholder communities involved with conflicting interests. Moreover, the ‘local’ population is distinct, being heterogeneous in composition, fluid in its residence, including individuals with significantly more socioeconomic and political power than the archaeologists. Secondly, d…
Chipped stone assemblages of Körtik Tepe (Turkey)
Integrating geophysical survey and excavation at the Freston Early Neolithic causewayed enclosure, Suffolk (UK)
A 2019 geophysical survey of part of the 8.55‐ha Freston interrupted ditch system (Suffolk), which integrated reconnaissance fluxgate gradiometry with earth resistance meter techniques, produced a fine‐grained geo‐spatial resolution site plan to undertake a pilot‐study research excavation. The features targeted comprised four ditch termini of the enclosure, with the aim being to test the long‐established hypothesis that the monument represented a…
Transregional Perspectives: Characterizing Obsidian Consumption at Early Chalcolithic Ein el-Jarba (N. Israel)
This paper details the characterization of 48 obsidian artifacts from Ein el-Jarba, an Early Chalcolithic site of the southern Levantine Wadi Rabah culture (6th millennium cal b.c.). By melding sourcing data from energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy with the artifacts’ techno-typological specifics, we contrast Ein el-Jarba’s obsidian consumption practices with those of broadly contemporary and earlier communities in the context of th…
Systematic sampling of quartzites in sourcing analysis: Intra-outcrop variability at Naibor Soit, Tanzania (part I)
Hunter-fisher-gatherer river transportation: Insights from sourcing the obsidian of Hasankeyf Höyük, a Pre-Pottery Neolithic A village on the Upper Tigris (SE Turkey)
Matching Pragmatic Lithic Analysis and Proper Data Architecture: The QuARI R Shiny Database Interface
The documentation and analysis of archaeological lithics must navigate a basic tension between examining and recording data on individual artifacts or on aggregates of artifacts. This poses a challenge both for artifact processing and for database construction. We present here an R Shiny solution that enables lithic analysts to enter data for both individual artifacts and aggregates of artifacts while maintaining a robust yet flexible data struct…
The obsidian beads from Middle Chalcolithic Tel Tsaf (ca. 5,200–4,700 cal. BC), Jordan Valley, Israel: Technology, provenance, and socio-economic significance
Cappadocian obsidian exchange networks in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A: A Southern Levantine perspective from el-Hemmeh (Jordan)
Archaeology (24 works) · Geography (24 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (22 works) · Geology (15 works) · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology (12 works) · History (11 works) · History (10 works) · Ancient history (8 works) · Bronze Age (8 works) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (7 works)