Publications: Tamsin O'Connell, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge

Tamsin O'Connell

Publications

[1]

J. H. Barrett and D. Orton and C. Johnstone and J. Harland and W. Van Neer and A. Ervynck and C. Roberts and A. Locker and C. Amundsen and I. B. Enghoff and S. Hamilton-Dyer and D. Heinrich and A. K. Hufthammer and A. K. G. Jones and L. Jonsson and D. Makowiecki and P. Pope and T. C. O'Connell and T. de Roo and M. Richards 2011. Interpreting the expansion of sea fishing in medieval Europe using stable isotope analysis of archaeological cod bones JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 38 (7):pp. 1516-1524

[2]	E. Lightfoot and B. Boneva and P. T. Miracle and M. Slaus and T. C. O'Connell 2011. Exploring the Mesolithic and Neolithic transition in Croatia through isotopic investigations ANTIQUITY, 85 (327):pp. 73-86

[3]	R. E. Stevens and M. Balasse and T. C. O'Connell 2011. Intra-tooth oxygen isotope variation in a known population of red deer: Implications for past climate and seasonality reconstructions PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 301 (1-4):pp. 64-74

[4]	S. Hakenbeck and E. McManus and H. Geisler and G. Grupe and T. C. O'Connell 2010. Diet and Mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria: A Study of Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotopes AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 143 (2):pp. 235-249

[5]

F. Crowe and A. Sperduti and T. C. O'Connell and O. E. Craig and K. Kirsanow and P. Germoni and R. Macchiarelli and P. Garnsey and L. Bondioli 2010. Water-Related Occupations and Diet in Two Roman Coastal Communities (Italy, First to Third Century AD): Correlation Between Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Values and Auricular Exostosis Prevalence AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 142 (3):pp. 355-366

[6]

M. G. Campana and M. A. Bower and M. J. Bailey and F. Stock and T. C. O'Connell and C. J. Edwards and C. Checkley-Scott and B. Knight and M. Spencer and C. J. Howe 2010. A flock of sheep, goats and cattle: ancient DNA analysis reveals complexities of historical parchment manufacture JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE, 37 (6):pp. 1317-1325

[7]	C. M. Hills and T. C. O'Connell 2009. New light on the Anglo-Saxon succession: two cemeteries and their dates ANTIQUITY, 83 (322):pp. 1096-1108

[8]

Craig O.E., Biazzo M., O'Connell T.C., Garnsey P., Martinez-Labarga C., Lelli R., Salvadei L., Tartaglia G., Nava A., Reno L., Fiammenghi A., Rickards O., and Bondioli L. (2009). Stable Isotopic Evidence for Diet at the Imperial Roman Coastal Site of Velia (1st and 2nd Centuries AD) in Southern Italy. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 139 (4):pp. 572–583

[9]	Lightfoot E., O'Connell T.C., Stevens R.E., Hamilton J., Hey G., and Hedges R.E.M. (2009). An investigation into diet at the site of Yarnton, Oxfordshire, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 28 (3):pp. 301–322

[10]	Lucy S., Newman R., Dodwell N., Hills C.M., Dekker M., O'Connell T.C., Riddler I., and Walton Rogers P. (2009). The burial of A Princess? The later Seventh-Century cemetery at Westfield Farm, Ely. The Antiquaries Journal, 89 (1):pp. 81–141

[11]	Schroeder H., O'Connell T.C., Evans J.A., Shuler K.A., and Hedges R.E.M. (2009). Trans-Atlantic slavery: Isotopic evidence for forced migration to Barbados. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 139 (4):pp. 547–557

[12]

Stevens R.E., Germonpre M., Petrie C.A., and O'Connell T.C. (2009a). Palaeoenvironmental and chronological investigations of the Magdalenian sites of Goyet Cave and Trou de Chaleux (Belgium), via stable isotope and radiocarbon analyses of horse skeletal remains. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36 (3):pp. 653–662

[13]	Stevens R.E., O'Connell T.C., Hedges R.E.M., and Street M. (2009b). Radiocarbon and stable isotope investigations at the Central Rhineland sites of Gönnersdorf and Andernach–Martinsberg, Germany. Journal of Human Evolution, 57 (2):pp. 131–148

[14]	Hedges R.E.M., Saville A., and O'Connell T.C. (2008). Characterizing the diet of individuals at the Neolithic chambered tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, England, using stable isotopic analysis. Archaeometry, 50:pp. 114–128

[15]	Finucane B.C., Valdez J.E., Calderon I.P., Pomacanchari C.V., Valdez L.M., and O'Connell T.C. (2007). The end of empire: New radiocarbon dates from the Ayacucho Valley, Peru, and their implications for the collapse of the Wari State. Radiocarbon, 49 (2):pp. 579–592

[16]	Hedges R.E.M., Clement J.G., Thomas C.D.L., and O'Connell T.C. (2007). Collagen turnover in the adult femoral mid-shaft: Modeled from anthropogenic radiocarbon tracer measurements. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 133 (2):pp. 808–816

[17]	Privat K.L., O'Connell T.C., and Hedges R.E.M. (2007). The distinction between freshwater- and terrestrial-based diets: Methodological concerns and archaeological applications of sulphur stable isotope analysis. Journal of Archaeological Science, 34 (8):pp. 1197–1204

[18]	Lewis R., O'Connell T.C., Lewis M., Campagna C., and Hoelzel A.R. (2006). Sex-specific foraging strategies and resource partitioning in the southern elephant seal ( Mirounga leonina). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences

[19]	Birchall J., O'Connell T.C., Heaton T.H.E., and Hedges R.E.M. (2005). Hydrogen isotope ratios in animal body protein reflect trophic level. Journal of Animal Ecology, 74:pp. 877–881

[20]	Fuller B.T., Fuller J.L., Sage N.E., Harris D.A., O'Connell T.C., and Hedges R.E.M. (2005). Nitrogen balance and 15N: Why you're not what you eat during nutritional stress. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 19 (18):pp. 2497–2506

[21]	O'Connell T.C. (2005). Hair and nutrient/diet assessment. In: D.J. Tobin (ed.), Hair in Toxicology: An important bio-monitor, pp. 175–193. Cambridge: Royal Society of Chemistry

[22]	O'Connell T.C. and Pike A.W.G. (2005). Mass spectrometry: Archaeological applications. In: P.J. Worsfold, A. Townshend, and C.F. Poole (eds.), Encyclopaedia of Analytical Science, volume 5, pp. 450–456. Oxford: Elsevier, 2nd edition

[23] Fuller B.T., Fuller J.L., Sage N.E., Harris D.A., O`Connell T.C., and Hedges R.E.M. (2004). Nitrogen balance and delta¹⁵N: Why you're not what you eat during pregnancy. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 18 (23):pp. 2889–2896. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/109745847/ABSTRACT

[24]	Gilbert M.T.P., Wilson A.S., Bunce M., Hansen A.J., Willersley E., Shapiro B., Higham T.F.G., Richards M.P., O'Connell T.C., Tobin D.J., Janaway R.C., and Cooper A. (2004). Ancient mitochondrial DNA from hair. Current Biology, 14:pp. 463–464. `http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.06.008`

[25]	Privat K., O'Connell T.C., Neal K., and Hedges R.E.M. (2004). Fermented dairy product analysis and palaeodietary repercussions: Is stable isotope analysis not cheesy enough? In: J. Mulville and A. Outram (eds.), The Archaeology of Animal Fats, Oils and Dairying. Oxford: Oxbow Books

[26] Shin J.Y., O'Connell T.C., Black S., and Hedges R.E.M. (2004). Differentiating bone osteonal turnover rates by density fractionation: validation using the bomb ¹⁴C atmospheric pulse. Radiocarbon, 46:pp. 853–861. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/arizona/rdc/2004/00000046/00000002/art00034;

[27] O'Connell T.C., Levine M.A., and Hedges R.E.M. (2003). The importance of fish in the diet of central Eurasian peoples from the Mesolithic to the Early Iron Age. In: M.A. Levine, A.C. Renfrew, and K. Boyle (eds.), Prehistoric Steppe Adaptation and the Horse, McDonald Institute Monograph, pp. 253–268. Cambridge: McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research. http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1902937090/departmentofa-21

[28] Privat K.L., O'Connell T.C., and Richards M.P. (2002). Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29 (7):pp. 779–790. http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1006/jasc.2001.0785

[29] Williams J.H. and O'Connell T.C. (2002). Differential relations between cognition and ¹⁵N isotopic content of hair in elderly people with dementia and controls. Journal of Gerontology A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 57:pp. M797–M802. http://biomed.gerontologyjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/12/M797

[30]	Jones A.M., O'Connell T.C., Young E.D., Scott K., Buckingham C.M., Iacumin P., and Brasier M.D. (2001). Biogeochemical data from well preserved 200 ka collagen and skeletal remains. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 193:pp. 143–149. `http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00474-5`

[31]	O'Connell T.C. and Hedges R.E.M. (2001). Isolation and isotopic analysis of individual amino acids from archaeological bone collagen: A new method using RP-HPLC. Archaeometry, 43 (3):pp. 421–438

[32]	O'Connell T.C., Hedges R.E.M., Healey M.A., and Simpson A.H.R.W. (2001). Isotopic comparison of hair, nail and bone: Modern analyses. Journal of Archaeological Science, 28 (11):pp. 1247–1255. `http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1006/jasc.2001.0698`

[33] Dickson J.H., Oeggl K., Holden T.G., Handley L.L., O'Connell T.C., and Preston T. (2000). The omnivorous Tyrolean Iceman: Colon contents (meat, cereals, pollen, moss and whipworm) and stable isotope analyses. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, London B, 355 (1404):pp. 1843–1849. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2000.0739

[34] Macko S.A., Engel M.H., Andrusevich V., Lubec G., O'Connell T.C., and Hedges R.E.M. (1999). Documenting the diet in ancient human populations through stable isotope analysis of hair. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, 354 (1379):pp. 65–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.1999.0360

[35]	O'Connell T.C. and Hedges R.E.M. (1999a). Investigations into the effect of diet on modern human hair isotopic values. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 108 (4):pp. 409–425. `http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/55002196/ABSTRACT`

[36]	O'Connell T.C. and Hedges R.E.M. (1999b). Isotopic comparison of hair and bone: Archaeological analyses. Journal of Archaeological Science, 26 (6):pp. 661–665. `http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1006/jasc.1998.0383`

[37]	O'Connell T.C. and Hedges R.E.M. (1997). An improved method for measuring racemization of amino acids from archaeological bone. Ancient Biomolecules, 1:pp. 215–220

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