C M Batt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1345268 |
|---|---|
| NOME | C M Batt |
| PRENOMES | C M |
| SOBRENOME | Batt |
| ASSINATURA | BATT C M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Bradford |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8629-2718 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 26 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 77 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1995 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Obtaining archaeointensity data from British Neolithic pottery
There is a significant lack of geomagnetic field strength (archaeointensity) measurements for many archaeological time periods in the United Kingdom (UK). This not only makes past geomagnetic secular variation difficult to model but also limits the development of archaeointensity dating. This paper presents the first archaeointensity study on UK Neolithic material. In this study, twenty-five sherds of Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery from the Ness …
Identifying Cohorts Using Isotope Mass Spectrometry
Archaeological skeletal material from most sites represents a cross‐sectional, opportunistic sample of the burials. These are influenced by the proportion and area of the site that is excavated, the taphonomic conditions, and survival of tissues. This may not be representative of the population, and in an attritional cemetery may represent a long period of use, during which humans will have differing life courses. Here we describe a commingled sk…
Interdisciplinarne raziskave železarskega središča Cvinger pri Dolenjskih Toplicah iz starejše železne dobe
Prazgodovinski kompleks Cvinger pri Dolenjskih Toplicah leži na strateški točki na prehodu med Dolenjsko in Belo krajino. Tukaj odkrite najdbe so imele pomembno vlogo pri opredelitvi mlajšega halštatskega obdobja v jugovzhodnih Alpah. Prav tako pomembno je odkritje železarsko-talilniškega območja. V zadnjih letih pa je bil Cvinger predmet interdisciplinarnih raziskav, ki so povezale sodobne tehnike daljinskega zaznavanja, kot so zračno lasersko s…
Re-evaluating archaeomagnetic dates of the vitrified hillforts of Scotland
Advances in archaeomagnetic dating in Britain
Archaeomagnetic dating offers a valuable chronological tool for archaeological investigations, particularly for dating fired material. The method depends on the establishment of a dated record of secular variation of the Earth's magnetic field and this paper presents new and updated archaeomagnetic directional data from the UK and geomagnetic secular variation curves arising from them. The data are taken from publications from the 1950's to the p…
Constructing chronologies in Viking Age Iceland
RHX Dating
In rehydroxylation ( RHX ) dating, the activation energy of the rehydroxylation reaction is required first in the estimate of a material's effective lifetime temperature ( ELT ), and second to correct the RHX rate constant obtained at a given measurement temperature to that at the ELT . Measurement of the activation energy is thus integral to the RHX methodology. In this paper, we report a temperature‐step method for the measurement of activation…
Rehydroxylation of Fired‐Clay Ceramics
To obtain accurate results in the RHX dating of ceramics, it is essential that the RHX measurements are continued until the rate of mass gain is constant with (time) 1/4 . In this paper, we discuss how the initial stages of mass gain are affected by the specific surface area (SSA) of the ceramic material. The paper provides guidance on experimental protocols to avoid dating results being distorted by relatively early‐time mass gain data
A Stamford Ware Pottery Kiln in Pontefract
THIS REPORT PRESENTS the results of analyses carried out following the discovery and excavation of a medieval pottery kiln in Pontefract, a discovery which featured in the ‘Fieldwork Highlights’ section of Medieval Archaeology 53 (2009). The kiln is remarkable for having produced vessels previously only associated with the Stamford ware industry of the late 11th and 12th centuries and demonstrates the existence of at least one northern production…
Response to Goonatilake
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The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction
The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria
Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval norther…
Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology
This book is an introductory manual that explains the basic concepts of chemistry behind scientific analytical techniques and that reviews their application to archaeology. It explains key terminology, outlines the procedures to be followed in order to produce good data, and describes the function of the basic instrumentation required to carry out those procedures. The manual contains chapters on the basic chemistry and physics necessary to under…
Sourcing fire ash on archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland, using mineral magnetism
The application of a new technique developed to identify different fuel sources from ash on nine archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland is presented. The technique is based on variations observed in the mineral magnetic signatures that derive from the experimental burning of different fuels. The application of the technique is successful, demonstrating both uniformity and diversity in fuel use. A marked continuity of p…
Time and place
Iron Age studies in northern Britain have been dominated by one monument form, the broch. This focus on these monumental towers of the Atlantic Scotland, perhaps at the expense of other archaeological evidence, has brought about a strong division in the archaeological community. MacKie and Armit have both recently summarized the development of broch studies detailing the opposing arguments for the date of construction. In recent years archaeologi…
Socio-Economic Transformations
An archaeological survey of the plain of Tehran was begun in August 2003, marking the initiation of the second phase of collaborative research between Durham University, the University of Bradford, the University of Leicester, the University of Tehran and the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organisation (ICHTO). The survey was launched with three main aims. Firstly, to pilot the collection of data regarding the frequency, distribution, dens…
Cheshmeh-Ali Revisited
An assessment of the magnetic response of an iron-smelting site
An assessment of the magnetic response of an iron‐smelting site
The magnetic response derived from an iron‐smelting site was investigated by comparing magnetometry and magnetic susceptibility geophysical survey data and laboratory analyses of the magnetic characteristics of the furnace and slags. Magnetic analysis and microscopy (optical and SEM) of samples from the furnace lining and the slag deposits demonstrated the heterogeneity in the magnetic, morphological and mineral compositions of both materials. Th…
The Potential for Dating the Old Scatness Site, Shetland, By Optically Stimulated Luminescence
A series of deposits from the agricultural infield of the multiperiod settlement mound, Old Scatness, were investigated for their potential to yield optically stimulated luminescence dates. Luminescence properties of quartz grains were found to vary through the sequence, but dates were successfully obtained from five deposits, including anthropogenic soils, windblown sands and sands within midden deposits. Single‐aliquot equivalent dose measureme…
Magnetic moments in prehistory
Many types of human activity affect the magnetic properties of the geological materials on which they occur. By integrating measurements of these magnetic properties, such as susceptibility, viscosity, gradiometry and archaeomagnetic data, with other archaeological data, it is possible to answer detailed archaeological questions about such activities. The potential of the close integration of magnetic measurements with ongoing archaeological exca…
Magnetic moments in prehistory
Many types of human activity affect the magnetic properties of the geological materials on which they occur. By integrating measurements of these magnetic properties, such as susceptibility, viscosity, gradiometry and archaeomagnetic data, with other archaeological data, it is possible to answer detailed archaeological questions about such activities. The potential of the close integration of magnetic measurements with ongoing archaeological exca…
New Archaeomagnetic Studies Near Xi'an, China
Archaeomagnetic and mineral magnetic studies were made of known‐age samples from fired structures and sediments from archaeological sites near Xi'an, China. The fired materials retained a stable record of the direction of the past geomagnetic field, which compared well with previous investigations and could contribute to an archaeomagnetic calibration curve. However, discrepancies with documented observations of the field were noted
The British Archaeomagnetic Calibration Curve
This paper examines the limitations and deficiencies of the current archaeomagnetic calibration curve in use in Britain and explores a different approach to its construction, drawing on recent advances in this subject, in particular the use of a weighted moving window method of averaging. The main advantage of this method is shown to be its ability to take into account uncertainties in both the magnetic direction and the archaeological date of da…
Passage to India? Anuradhapura and the Early Use of the Brahmi Script
The island of Sri Lanka, situated off the tip of southern India, is often perceived as the recipient of material culture diffused from more northerly regions. This article counters this model by suggesting that Sri Lanka may have played a pivotal role in the development of Brahmi, South Asia's earliest readable script. Sherds inscribed with this script, recently found at Anuradhapura, with dates of the beginning of the fourth century BC, now repr…
Advances in archaeomagnetic dating in Britain
Archaeomagnetic dating offers a valuable chronological tool for archaeological investigations, particularly for dating fired material. The method depends on the establishment of a dated record of secular variation of the Earth's magnetic field and this paper presents new and updated archaeomagnetic directional data from the UK and geomagnetic secular variation curves arising from them. The data are taken from publications from the 1950's to the p…
Sourcing fire ash on archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland, using mineral magnetism
The application of a new technique developed to identify different fuel sources from ash on nine archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland is presented. The technique is based on variations observed in the mineral magnetic signatures that derive from the experimental burning of different fuels. The application of the technique is successful, demonstrating both uniformity and diversity in fuel use. A marked continuity of p…
Cheshmeh-Ali Revisited
Constructing chronologies in Viking Age Iceland
Socio-Economic Transformations
An archaeological survey of the plain of Tehran was begun in August 2003, marking the initiation of the second phase of collaborative research between Durham University, the University of Bradford, the University of Leicester, the University of Tehran and the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organisation (ICHTO). The survey was launched with three main aims. Firstly, to pilot the collection of data regarding the frequency, distribution, dens…
The British Archaeomagnetic Calibration Curve
This paper examines the limitations and deficiencies of the current archaeomagnetic calibration curve in use in Britain and explores a different approach to its construction, drawing on recent advances in this subject, in particular the use of a weighted moving window method of averaging. The main advantage of this method is shown to be its ability to take into account uncertainties in both the magnetic direction and the archaeological date of da…
The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction
Rehydroxylation of Fired‐Clay Ceramics
To obtain accurate results in the RHX dating of ceramics, it is essential that the RHX measurements are continued until the rate of mass gain is constant with (time) 1/4 . In this paper, we discuss how the initial stages of mass gain are affected by the specific surface area (SSA) of the ceramic material. The paper provides guidance on experimental protocols to avoid dating results being distorted by relatively early‐time mass gain data
The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria
Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval norther…
Passage to India? Anuradhapura and the Early Use of the Brahmi Script
The island of Sri Lanka, situated off the tip of southern India, is often perceived as the recipient of material culture diffused from more northerly regions. This article counters this model by suggesting that Sri Lanka may have played a pivotal role in the development of Brahmi, South Asia's earliest readable script. Sherds inscribed with this script, recently found at Anuradhapura, with dates of the beginning of the fourth century BC, now repr…
Time and place
Iron Age studies in northern Britain have been dominated by one monument form, the broch. This focus on these monumental towers of the Atlantic Scotland, perhaps at the expense of other archaeological evidence, has brought about a strong division in the archaeological community. MacKie and Armit have both recently summarized the development of broch studies detailing the opposing arguments for the date of construction. In recent years archaeologi…
An assessment of the magnetic response of an iron-smelting site
A Stamford Ware Pottery Kiln in Pontefract
THIS REPORT PRESENTS the results of analyses carried out following the discovery and excavation of a medieval pottery kiln in Pontefract, a discovery which featured in the ‘Fieldwork Highlights’ section of Medieval Archaeology 53 (2009). The kiln is remarkable for having produced vessels previously only associated with the Stamford ware industry of the late 11th and 12th centuries and demonstrates the existence of at least one northern production…
An assessment of the magnetic response of an iron‐smelting site
The magnetic response derived from an iron‐smelting site was investigated by comparing magnetometry and magnetic susceptibility geophysical survey data and laboratory analyses of the magnetic characteristics of the furnace and slags. Magnetic analysis and microscopy (optical and SEM) of samples from the furnace lining and the slag deposits demonstrated the heterogeneity in the magnetic, morphological and mineral compositions of both materials. Th…
The role of magnetic susceptibility as a geophysical survey technique
Measurement of magnetic susceptibility is becoming increasingly popular as a method of archaeological prospection, mainly due to the rapidity with which it can be carried out and the relatively inexpensive nature of the equipment required. This study examines the effectiveness of the method, using both field and laboratory-based measurements, compared with magnetometry, resistivity and pulsed induction meter surveys for the investigation of the s…
Passage to India? Anuradhapura and the Early Use of the Brahmi Script
The island of Sri Lanka, situated off the tip of southern India, is often perceived as the recipient of material culture diffused from more northerly regions. This article counters this model by suggesting that Sri Lanka may have played a pivotal role in the development of Brahmi, South Asia's earliest readable script. Sherds inscribed with this script, recently found at Anuradhapura, with dates of the beginning of the fourth century BC, now repr…
The British Archaeomagnetic Calibration Curve
This paper examines the limitations and deficiencies of the current archaeomagnetic calibration curve in use in Britain and explores a different approach to its construction, drawing on recent advances in this subject, in particular the use of a weighted moving window method of averaging. The main advantage of this method is shown to be its ability to take into account uncertainties in both the magnetic direction and the archaeological date of da…
Magnetic moments in prehistory
Many types of human activity affect the magnetic properties of the geological materials on which they occur. By integrating measurements of these magnetic properties, such as susceptibility, viscosity, gradiometry and archaeomagnetic data, with other archaeological data, it is possible to answer detailed archaeological questions about such activities. The potential of the close integration of magnetic measurements with ongoing archaeological exca…
Magnetic moments in prehistory
Many types of human activity affect the magnetic properties of the geological materials on which they occur. By integrating measurements of these magnetic properties, such as susceptibility, viscosity, gradiometry and archaeomagnetic data, with other archaeological data, it is possible to answer detailed archaeological questions about such activities. The potential of the close integration of magnetic measurements with ongoing archaeological exca…
New Archaeomagnetic Studies Near Xi'an, China
Archaeomagnetic and mineral magnetic studies were made of known‐age samples from fired structures and sediments from archaeological sites near Xi'an, China. The fired materials retained a stable record of the direction of the past geomagnetic field, which compared well with previous investigations and could contribute to an archaeomagnetic calibration curve. However, discrepancies with documented observations of the field were noted
The Potential for Dating the Old Scatness Site, Shetland, By Optically Stimulated Luminescence
A series of deposits from the agricultural infield of the multiperiod settlement mound, Old Scatness, were investigated for their potential to yield optically stimulated luminescence dates. Luminescence properties of quartz grains were found to vary through the sequence, but dates were successfully obtained from five deposits, including anthropogenic soils, windblown sands and sands within midden deposits. Single‐aliquot equivalent dose measureme…
An assessment of the magnetic response of an iron-smelting site
An assessment of the magnetic response of an iron‐smelting site
The magnetic response derived from an iron‐smelting site was investigated by comparing magnetometry and magnetic susceptibility geophysical survey data and laboratory analyses of the magnetic characteristics of the furnace and slags. Magnetic analysis and microscopy (optical and SEM) of samples from the furnace lining and the slag deposits demonstrated the heterogeneity in the magnetic, morphological and mineral compositions of both materials. Th…
Cheshmeh-Ali Revisited
Socio-Economic Transformations
An archaeological survey of the plain of Tehran was begun in August 2003, marking the initiation of the second phase of collaborative research between Durham University, the University of Bradford, the University of Leicester, the University of Tehran and the Iranian Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organisation (ICHTO). The survey was launched with three main aims. Firstly, to pilot the collection of data regarding the frequency, distribution, dens…
Analytical Chemistry in Archaeology
This book is an introductory manual that explains the basic concepts of chemistry behind scientific analytical techniques and that reviews their application to archaeology. It explains key terminology, outlines the procedures to be followed in order to produce good data, and describes the function of the basic instrumentation required to carry out those procedures. The manual contains chapters on the basic chemistry and physics necessary to under…
Sourcing fire ash on archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland, using mineral magnetism
The application of a new technique developed to identify different fuel sources from ash on nine archaeological sites in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland is presented. The technique is based on variations observed in the mineral magnetic signatures that derive from the experimental burning of different fuels. The application of the technique is successful, demonstrating both uniformity and diversity in fuel use. A marked continuity of p…
Time and place
Iron Age studies in northern Britain have been dominated by one monument form, the broch. This focus on these monumental towers of the Atlantic Scotland, perhaps at the expense of other archaeological evidence, has brought about a strong division in the archaeological community. MacKie and Armit have both recently summarized the development of broch studies detailing the opposing arguments for the date of construction. In recent years archaeologi…
The integration of chronological and archaeological information to date building construction
The Identity of the St Bees Lady, Cumbria
Using an Osteobiographical approach, this contribution considers the identity of the woman found alongside the St Bees Man, one of the best-preserved archaeological bodies ever discovered. Osteological, isotopic and radiocarbon analyses, combined with the archaeological context of the burial and documented social history, provide the basis for the identification of a late 14th-century heiress whose activities were at the heart of medieval norther…
Response to Goonatilake
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
A Stamford Ware Pottery Kiln in Pontefract
THIS REPORT PRESENTS the results of analyses carried out following the discovery and excavation of a medieval pottery kiln in Pontefract, a discovery which featured in the ‘Fieldwork Highlights’ section of Medieval Archaeology 53 (2009). The kiln is remarkable for having produced vessels previously only associated with the Stamford ware industry of the late 11th and 12th centuries and demonstrates the existence of at least one northern production…
Rehydroxylation of Fired‐Clay Ceramics
To obtain accurate results in the RHX dating of ceramics, it is essential that the RHX measurements are continued until the rate of mass gain is constant with (time) 1/4 . In this paper, we discuss how the initial stages of mass gain are affected by the specific surface area (SSA) of the ceramic material. The paper provides guidance on experimental protocols to avoid dating results being distorted by relatively early‐time mass gain data
Constructing chronologies in Viking Age Iceland
RHX Dating
In rehydroxylation ( RHX ) dating, the activation energy of the rehydroxylation reaction is required first in the estimate of a material's effective lifetime temperature ( ELT ), and second to correct the RHX rate constant obtained at a given measurement temperature to that at the ELT . Measurement of the activation energy is thus integral to the RHX methodology. In this paper, we report a temperature‐step method for the measurement of activation…
Advances in archaeomagnetic dating in Britain
Archaeomagnetic dating offers a valuable chronological tool for archaeological investigations, particularly for dating fired material. The method depends on the establishment of a dated record of secular variation of the Earth's magnetic field and this paper presents new and updated archaeomagnetic directional data from the UK and geomagnetic secular variation curves arising from them. The data are taken from publications from the 1950's to the p…
Interdisciplinarne raziskave železarskega središča Cvinger pri Dolenjskih Toplicah iz starejše železne dobe
Prazgodovinski kompleks Cvinger pri Dolenjskih Toplicah leži na strateški točki na prehodu med Dolenjsko in Belo krajino. Tukaj odkrite najdbe so imele pomembno vlogo pri opredelitvi mlajšega halštatskega obdobja v jugovzhodnih Alpah. Prav tako pomembno je odkritje železarsko-talilniškega območja. V zadnjih letih pa je bil Cvinger predmet interdisciplinarnih raziskav, ki so povezale sodobne tehnike daljinskega zaznavanja, kot so zračno lasersko s…
Re-evaluating archaeomagnetic dates of the vitrified hillforts of Scotland
Obtaining archaeointensity data from British Neolithic pottery
There is a significant lack of geomagnetic field strength (archaeointensity) measurements for many archaeological time periods in the United Kingdom (UK). This not only makes past geomagnetic secular variation difficult to model but also limits the development of archaeointensity dating. This paper presents the first archaeointensity study on UK Neolithic material. In this study, twenty-five sherds of Neolithic Grooved Ware pottery from the Ness …
Archaeology (18 obras) · Geography (16 obras) · Geology (15 obras) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (14 obras) · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research (12 obras) · Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies (11 obras) · Archaeomagnetic dating (8 obras) · Geology (8 obras) · History (8 obras) · Paleontology (8 obras)