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Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Smith, C.I., Jans, M.M.E., Collins, M.J., Nord, A., & Kars, H. (in press) Bone Diagenesis in the European Holocene II: Taphonomic and Environmental Considerations, Journal of Archaeological Science

Smith, C.I., Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Jans, M.M.E., Collins, M.J. (in press) Bone diagenesis in the European Holocene I: Patterns and Mechanisms, Journal of Archaeological Science

 

2005

Nielsen-Marsh, CM; Richards, MP; Hauschka, PV; Thomas-Oates, JE; Trinkaus, E; Pettitt, PB; Karavanic, I; Poinar, H.; Collins, MJ (2005) Osteoclacin protein sequences of Neandethals and modern primates PNAS, 102(12), 4409-4413 (press release) (article, pdf)

Gilbert, MTP; Rudbeck, L; Willerslev, E.; Hansen, A. J.; Smith, C.I.; Penkman, KEH; Prangenberg, K; Nielsen-Marsh CM; Jans, M.E.; Arthur, P.; Lynnerup, N; Turner-Walker, G; Biddle, M.; KjolbyeBiddle, B.; Collins, MJ (2005) Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archaeological human bones and teeth excavated at Matera, Italy Journal of Archaeological Science, 32, 785-793
Smith, C.I., Craig, O.E., Prigodich, R.V., Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Jans, M.M.E., Collins, M.J., (2005) Bone Diagenesis and the survival of Osteocalcin in Archaeological Bone, Journal of Archaeological Science, 32 (1), 105-113

 

2004

Jans, M.M.E., Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Smith, C.I., Collins, M.J., Kars, H. (2004) Characterisation of microbial attack on archaeological bone. Journal of Archaeological Sciences, 31 (1), 87-95.

Collins, M.J. Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Hiller, J., Smith, C.I., Roberts, J.P., Prigodich, R.V., Wess, T., Csapo, J., Millard, A.J., Turner-Walker, G., (2004) Bone Diagenesis: implications for heritage management. In: R.G.C.M. Lauwerier & I. Plug (eds.), “The Future from the Past: Archaeozoology in Wildlife Conservation and Heritage Management.” Proceedings of ICAZ 2002, Vol. 3. Oxbow Books, Oxford.

 

2002

Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Ostrom, P.H., Gandhi H., Shapiro, B., Cooper, A., Hauschka, P.V., Collins, M.J.,(2002), Exceptional preservation of bison bones older than 55 ka as demonstrated by protein and DNA sequences: Geology, 30, 12, 1099-1102.

Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., (2002) Biomolecules in fossil remains: multidisciplinary approach to endurance: The Biochemist, v 24, (3), 12-14
Turner-Walker, G., Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Syversen, U., Kars, H. & Collins, M.J.,(2002), Sub-micron spongiform porosity is the major ultra-structural alteration occurring in archaeological bone: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, v. 12,
Collins MJ, Nielsen-Marsh C.M., Hiller J, Smith C, Roberts J, Prigodich R, Wess T, Csapo J, Millard A, Turner-Walker G (2002) The survival of organic matter in bone: a review, Archaeometry, 44 (3)
Smith CI, Nielsen-Marsh C.M., Jans MME, Arthur P, Nord AG, Collins M.J., (2002) The Strange case of Apigliano: Early ‘Fossilisation’ of Medieval Bone in Southern Italy, Archaeometry, 44 (3)
Jans, M. M. E., Kars, H., Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Smith, C. I., Nord, A. G., Arthur, P., Earl, N., (2002) In situ preservation of Archaeological Bone. A histological study within a multidisciplinary approach, Archaeometry, 44, 343-352.

 

2001/2000

Pike A, Nielsen-Marsh CM & Hedges REM, (2001) Bone dissolution & hydrology, Proceedings of Archaeological Sciences 1997, British Archaeological Reports. Oxford: Archaeopress

Gutierrez M, Martinez G & Nielsen-Marsh CM (2000) Alteracion diagenetica y preservacion diferencial de los conjuntos oseos de la localidad arqueologica Paso Otero (Provincia de Buenos Aires, Argentina), Estudios Geologicos, 56, (5-6): 291-299
Nielsen-Marsh CM, Hedges REM, Mann T, & Collins MJ (2000) A preliminary investigation of the application of Differential Scanning Calorimetry to the study of collagen degradation in archaeological bone, Thermochimica Acta, 365, 129-139
Collins MJ, Gernaey AM, Nielsen-Marsh C.M., Vermeer C, Westbroek P (2000) Osteocalcin in fossil bones: evidence of very slow rates of decomposition from laboratory studies, Geology, 28, 1139-1142
Nielsen-Marsh CM & Hedges REM (2000) Patterns of diagenesis in bone I: The effects of site environments, Journal of Archaeological Science, 27, (12): 1139-1150
Nielsen-Marsh CM & Hedges REM (2000) Patterns of diagenesis in bone II: Effects of acetic acid treatments on and the Removal of Diagenetic CO32-, Journal of Archaeological Science, 27 (12): 1151-1159
Nielsen-Marsh CM, Gernaey AM Turner-Walker G, Hedges REM, Pike AWG, and Collins MJ (2000) The chemical degradation of bone. In Human Osteology in Archaeology and Forensic Science, Cox, M & Mays S (eds.), 1st edn. London: Greenwich Medical Media, 439-454

 

1997/1999

Nielsen-Marsh CM & Hedges REM (1999) Bone porosity and the use of mercury intrusion porosimetry in bone diagenesis studies, Archaeometry, 41, 165-174

Hedges REM, Bronk Ramsey C, van Klinken GJ, Pettitt PB, Nielsen-Marsh CM, Etchegoyen, A, Niello, J, Boschin, MT & Llamazares, AM, (1998) Methodological issues in the radiocarbon dating of rock paintings, Radiocarbon, 40, No.1, 35-44
Nielsen-Marsh CM & Hedges REM (1997) Dissolution experiments on modern and diagenetically altered bone and the effect on the infrared splitting factor, Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 168, 485-490
Cooper A, Poinar H, Pääbo S., Radovcic J, Debénath A, Caparros M, Barroso-Ruiz C, Bertranpetit J, Nielsen-Marsh CM, Hedges REM, Sykes B, & Clark GA, (1997) Neandertal Genetics, Science, 277, 5329
 
     
 
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PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS

 
     
 
Ostrom P; Nielsen-Marsh CM; Gandhi H; Collins MJ; Storer J; Hauschka PV; McNulty T, (2003) New approaches for understanding ancient proteins, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 225, 109
Nielsen-Marsh CM; Ostrom PH; Gandhi H; Shapiro B; Cooper A; Hauschka PV; Kahlke RD; Collins MJ (2003) Ancient protein sequences: A new direction for molecular palaeontology, Abstracts of Papers of the American Chemical Society, 225, 111
 
     
     
 
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

 
     
 
Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Fossil Proteomics: The use of proteomics in the analysis of surviving proteins in fossil bone.  Paper presented for the Molecular Biology and Evolution meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, June 2005.
Nielsen-Marsh, CM, Ostrom, PH., Gandhi, H., Shapiro, B., Cooper, A., Kahlke, R-D., Collins, MJ., Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry: a new tool for molecular palaeontology. Paper presented for Archaeological Sciences, Oxford, April 2003
Ostrom P; Nielsen-Marsh CM; Gandhi H; Collins MJ; Storer J; Hauschka PV; McNulty T, (2003) New approaches for understanding ancient proteins, Paper presented for American Chemical Society, New Orleans, March 2003
Nielsen-Marsh CM; Ostrom PH; Gandhi H; Shapiro B; Cooper A; Hauschka PV; Kahlke RD; Collins MJ (2003) Ancient protein sequences: A new direction for molecular palaeontology, Paper presented for American Chemical Society, New Orleans, March 2003
Nielsen-Marsh CM, Ostrom, PH, Gandhi, H, Shapiro, B, Cooper, A. Hauschka, PV & Collins MJ. Sequence preservation of osteocalcin protein and mitochondrial DNA in bison bones > 55,000 yr BP. Poster presented for the Society of Vertebrate Palaeontology 62nd Annual Meeting, Oklahoma, USA, October 2002
Nielsen-Marsh, CM, Direct Sequencing of Osteocalcin Protein in Fossil. Paper presented for the Wellcome Bioarchaeology Day for the North of England, Bradford, September 2002
Jans, M.M.E., Nord, A.G., Smith, C.I., Nielsen-Marsh, C.M., Collins, M.J., Kars, H., Towards a rational approach to preservation in situ of archaeological bone. Paper presented for Archaeometry 2002, Amsterdam
Nielsen-Marsh CM, Hedges REM & Collins MJ Diagenetic Indicators: Paper presented for the Fourth International Conference on Bone Diagenesis, Alberracin, Spain, April 2000
Nielsen-Marsh C.M., Bones from Brussels: A Pan-European Perspective. Paper presented for Archaeological Sciences 99, Bristol, September 1999
Nielsen-Marsh CM Differential Scanning Calorimetry of Archaeological Bone, paper presented for the one week course, The degradation of Collagen, The Conservation Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, July 1999
Collins MJ & Nielsen-Marsh CM Bone as a system: collagen, crystals and pores. Paper presented for a one-day seminar, Bone in the burial environment, University of Newcastle, June 1999
Nielsen-Marsh CM The influence of the burial environment on the chemical and structural preservation of bone. Paper presented for Archaeological Sciences 97, Durham, September 1997
Nielsen-Marsh CM & Hedges REM Dissolution experiments on modern and diagenetically altered bone and the effect on the infrared splitting factor. Paper presented for the Third International Conference on Bone Diagenesis, Paris, March 1996
Nielsen-Marsh CM Bone diagenesis: the early stages. Paper presented for The Fifth Symposium of Palaeontological Preparation and Conservation, The Natural History Museum, London, September 1996
 
     
 
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