Publications

Journal Articles & Conference Proceedings

In press

Staff, R.A., Bronk Ramsey, C., Bryant, C.L., Brock, F., Kitagawa, H., van der Plicht, J., Schlolaut, G., Marshall, M.H., Brauer, A., Lamb, H.F., Payne, R.L., Tarasov, P.E., Haraguchi, T., Gotanda, K., Yonenobu, H., Yokoyama, Y., Nakagawa, T. and Suigetsu 2006 Project Members, Integration of the old and new Lake Suigetsu (Japan, terrestrial radiocarbon calibration data sets, Radiocarbon, 55 (2)

2013

Brock, F., Higham, T. Bronk Ramsey, C., (2013), Comments on the use of Ezee-filters and ultrafilters at ORAU, Radiocarbon, 55 (1),211-212

2012

Brock, F., Ostapkowicz, J., Bronk Ramsey, C., Widenhoeft, A. & Cartwright, C., (2012), Paired dating of pith and outer edge (terminus) samples from pre-hispanic caribbean wooden sculptures, Radiocarbon, 54 (3-4),677-688

Brock, F., Wood, R., Higham, T.F.G., Ditchfield, P., Bayliss, A., and Bronk Ramsey, C., (2012), Reliability of nitrogen content (%N) and carbon:nitrogen atomic ratios (C:N) as indicators of collagen preservation suitable for radiocarbon dating, Radiocarbon , 54 (3-4),879-886

Bronk Ramsey, C., Staff, R.A., Bryant, C.L., Brock, F., Kitagawa, H., van der Plicht, J., Schlolaut, G., Marshall, M.H., Brauer, H.F., Payne, R.L., Tarasova, P.E., Haraguchi, T., Gotanda, K., Yonenobu, H., Yokoyama, Y., Tada, R. and Nakagawa, T., (2012), A complete terrestrial radiocarbon record for 11.2 to 52.8 kyr B.P., Science , 338 (6105),370-4 : Proceedings of C613

Dee, M.W., Rowland, J.M., Higham, T.F.G., Shortland, A., Brock, F., Harris, S.A. and Bronk Ramsey, C., (2012), Synchonising radiocarbon dating and the Egyptian historical chronology by improved sample selection, Antiquity, 86 (333),868-883

Housley, R.A., Lane, C.S., Cullen, V., Weber, M-J., Riede, F., Gamble, C.S. & Brock, F, (2012), Icelandic volcanic ash from the Late-glacial open-air archaeological site of Ahrenshöft LA58 D, north Germany, Journal of Archaeological Science, 39,708-716

Ostapkowicz, J., Ramsey, C.B., Brock, F., Higham, T., Wiedenhoeft, A.C., Ribechini, E., Lucejko, J.J., Wilson, S., (2012), Chronologies in wood and resin: AMS 14C dating of pre-Hispanic Caribbean wood sculpture, Journal of Archaeological Science, 39,2238e2251

Parkes, R.J., Brock, F., Banning, N., Hornibrook, E.R.C., Roussel, E.G., Weightman, A.J. & Fry, J.C. , (2012), Changes in methanogenic substrate utilization and communities with depth in a salt-marsh, creek sediment in southern England. , . Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 96,170-178

2011

Arnold, L.J., Roberts, R.G., MacPhee, R.D.E., Haile, J.S., Brock, F., Moller, P., Froese, D.G., Tikhonov, A.N., Chivas, A.R., Gilbert, T.P., Willerslev, E., (2011), Paper II – Dirt, dates and DNA: OSL and radiocarbon chronologies of perennially frozen sediments in Siberia, and their implication for sedimentary ancient DNA studies, Boreas, 40,417-445

Bonneau, A., Brock, F., Higham, T., Pearce, D.G., Pollard, A.M., (2011), An improved pretreatment protocol for radiocarbon dating black pigments in San rock art, Radiocarbon, 53 (3),419-428

Brock, F., Lee, S., Housley, R.A. & Bronk Ramsey, C., (2011), Variation in the radiocarbon age of different fractions of peat: a case study from Ahrenshöft, northern Germany., Quaternary Geochronology, 6 (6),550-555

Dee, M.W., Brock, F., Bowles, A. & Bronk Ramsey, C. (, (2011), Using a silica substrate to monitor the effectiveness of radiocarbon pretreatment. , Radiocarbon, 53,705-711

Higham, T.F.G., Bronk Ramsey, C., Brock, F., Baker, D. and Ditchfield, P. , (2011), Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry datelist 34, Archaeometry, 53 (5) ,1067-1084

Hodgins, G., Lindroos, A., Ringbom, Å., Heinemeier, J. & Brock, F. , (2011), 14C dating of Roman mortars: preliminary tests using titration with diluted hydrochloric acid. In: Ringbom Å, Hohlfelder RL, editors. Building Roma Aeterna, Current Research on Roman Mortar and Concrete, Proceedings of the conference, March 27-29, 2008, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum , 128,206-10

Lindroos, A., Heinemeier, J., Ringbom, Å., Brock, F., Sonck-Koota, P., Pehkonen, M. & Suksi, J. , (2011), Problems in radiocarbon dating of Roman pozzolana mortars. In: Ringbom Å, Hohlfelder RL, editors. Building Roma Aeterna, Current Research on Roman Mortar and Concrete, Proceedings of the conference, March 27-29, 2008, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum , 128,211-27

Ostapkowicz,.J., Wiedenhoeft, A., Bronk Ramsey, C., Ribechini, E., Wilson ,S., Brock, F., Higham, T. , (2011), ‘Treasures of black wood, brilliantly polished’: five examples of Taíno sculpture from the tenth-sixteenth century Caribbean, Antiquity, 85,942-959

Rebollo, N.R., Weiner, S., Brock, F., Meignen, L., Goldberg, P., Belfer-Cohen, A., Bar-Yosef, O. & Boaretto, E. , (2011), New radiocarbon dating of the transition from the Middle to the Upper Paleolithic in Kebara Cave, Israel, Journal of Archaeological Science, 38,2424-2433

Ringbom, Å., Heinemeier, J., Lindroos, A. & Brock, F. , (2011), Mortar dating and Roman pozzolana, results and interpretations. In: Ringbom Å, Hohlfelder RL, editors. Building Roma Aeterna, Current Research on Roman Mortar and Concrete, Proceedings of the conference, March 27-29, 2008, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum , 128,184-205

Staff, R.A., Bronk Ramsey, C., Byrant, C.L., Brock, F., Payne, R.L., Schlolaut, G., Marshall, M.H., Brauer, A., Lamb, H.F., Tarasov, P., Yokoyama, Y., Haraguchi, T., Gotanda, K., Yonenobu, H., Hakagawa, T. and Suigetsu 2006 Project members, (2011), New 14C Determinations from Lake Suigetsu, Japan, 12,000 to 0 Cal BC, Radiocarbon, 53 (3),511-528

2010

Ascough, P. L., Bird, M. I., Meredith, W., Wood, R.E., Snape, C. E., Brock, F., Higham, T.F.G., Large, D.J and Apperley, D.C, (2010), Hydropyrolysis: Implications for radiocarbon pretreatment and characterization of black carbon, Radiocarbon, 52 (2-3),1336-1350

Brock, F., Higham, T.F.G., Ditchfield, P. & Bronk Ramsey, C., (2010), Current pretreatment methods for AMS radiocarbon dating at the Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit (ORAU), Radiocarbon, 52 (1),103-112

Brock, F., Froese, D.G. & Roberts, R.G. , (2010), Low temperature (LT) combustion of sediments does not provide accurate radiocarbon dates for site chronology , Quaternary Geochronology, 5,625-630

Brock, F., Higham, T. & Bronk Ramsey, C., (2010), Pre-screening techniques for identification of samples suitable for radiocarbon dating of poorly preserved bones, Journal of Archaeological Science, 37,855-865

Bronk Ramsey, C., Dee, M., Rowland, J., Higham, T., Harris, S., Brock, F., Quiles, A., Wild, E., Marcus, E. & Shortland, A., (2010), Radiocarbon-Based Chronology for Dynastic Egypt, Science, 328,1554-1557

Dee, M.W., Brock, F., Harris, S.A., Bronk Ramsey, C., Shortland, A.J., Higham, T.F.G. & Rowland, J.M., (2010), Investigating the likelihood of a reservoir offset in the radiocarbon record for ancient Egypt, Journal of Archaeological Science, 37,687-693

Tyler J, Kashiyama Y, Ohkouchi N, Ogawa N, Yokoyama Y, Chikaraishi Y, Staff RA, Ikehara M, Bronk Ramsey C, Bryant CL, Brock F, Gotanda K, Haraguchi T, Yonenobu H and Nakagawa T , (2010), Tracking aquatic change using chlorine-specific carbon and nitrogen isotopes: the last glacial-interglacial transition at Lake Suigetsu, Japan, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems , 11 (9),doi:10.1029/2010GC003186

2009

Ascough, P.L., Bird, M.I., Brock, F., Higham, T.F.G., Meredith, W., Snape, C.E. & Vane, C.H., (2009), Hydropyrolysis as a new tool for radiocarbon pre-treatment and the quantification of black carbon, Quaternary Geochronology, 4(2),140-147

Brock, F. & Higham, T.F.G., (2009), AMS Radiocarbon dating of Paleolithic-aged charcoal from Europe and the Mediterranean Rim using ABOx-SC, Radiocarbon, 51(2),839-846

Broglio, A., de Stefani, M., Gurioli, F, Pallecchi, P., Giachi, G., Higham, T. & Brock, F., (2009), L'art aurignacien dans la décoration de la Grotte de Fumane, L'anthropologie, 113,753-761

Bronk Ramsey, C., Higham, T.F.G., Brock, F., Baker, D. & Ditchfield, P., (2009), Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry Datelist 33, Archaeometry, 51(2),323-349

Higham, T.F.G, Barton, H., Turney, C.M.T., Barker, G., Bronk Ramsey,C., & Brock, F., (2009), Radiocarbon dating of charcoal from tropical sequences: Results from the Niah Great Cave, Sarawak and their broader implications, Journal of Quaternary Science, 24(2),189-197

Higham, T.F.G., Brock, F., Peresani, M., Broglio, A., Wood, R. & Douka, K., (2009), Problems with radiocarbon dating the Middle to Upper Palaeolithic transition in Italy, Quaternary Science Reviews, 28,1257-1267

Ranta, A.V., Hansson, J., Lindroos, A., Ringbom, Å, Heinemeir, J., Brock, F. & Hodgins, G., (2009), Om datering av Gotlands medeltida kryor, Hikuin 36, proceedings of "Kirkeæologi i Norden 9, Kalundborg, Danmark", ,85-100

Stynder, D.D., Brock, F., Sealy, J.C., Wurz, S., Morris, A.G. & Volman, T.P., (2009), A mid-Holocene AMS 14C date for the presumed upper Pleistocene human skeleton from Peers Cave, South Africa, Journal of Human Evolution, 56,431-434

Zazula, G.D., Harrington, C.R., Telka, A.M. & Brock, F., (2009), Radiocarbon dates reveal that Lupinus arcticus plants were grown from modern not Pleistocene seeds, New Phytologist, 182,788-792

Zazula, G.D., MacKay, G., Andtrews, T.D., Shapiro, B., Letts, B. & Brock, F., (2009), A late Pleistocene steppe bison (Bison priscus) partial carcass from Tsiigehtchic, Northwest Territories, Canada, Quaternary Science Reviews, 28, 2734­-2742

2008

Arnold, L.J., Roberts, R.G., MacPhee, R.D.E., Willersley, E., Tikhnov, A.N. & Brock, F., (2008), Optical dating of perennially frozen deposits asociated with preserved ancient plant and animal DNA in north-central Siberia, Quaternary Geochronology, 3,114-136

DeMuro, M., Roberts, R.G., Froese, D.G., Arnold, L.J., Brock, F. & Bronk Ramsey, C., (2008), Optically stimulated luminescence dating of single and multiple grains of quartz from perennially-frozen loess in western Yukon Territory, Canada: Comparison with radiocarbon chronologies for the late Pleistocene Dawson tephra, Quaternary Geochronology, 3(4),346-364

Wild, E.M., Neugebauer-Maresch, C., Einwögerer, T., Stadler, P., Steier, P., & Brock, F., (2008), 14C-Dating of the Upper Paleolithic Site at Krems-Hundssteig in Lower Austria, Radiocarbon, 50(1),1-10

2007

Brock, F., Bronk Ramsey, C. & Higham, T.F.G., (2007), Quality assurance of ultrafiltered bone dating, Radiocarbon, 49(2),187-192 : Proceedings of 19th International Radiocarbon conference

Brock, F., Higham, T. & Bronk Ramsey, C., (2007), Radiocarbon dating bone recovered from gravel sites, English Heritage, Research Department Report Series, 30/2007

Higham, T.F.G., Bronk Ramsey, C., Brock, F., Baker, D. & Ditchfield, P., (2007), Radiocarbon dates from the Oxford AMS system: Archaeometry Datelist 32, Archaeometry, 49,S1-S60

Parkes, R.J., Cragg, B., Banning, N., Brock, F., Webster, G., Fry, J.C., Hornibrook, E.R.C., Pancost, R.D., Kelly, S., Knab, N., Jorgensen, B.B., Rinna, J. & Weightman, A.J., (2007), Biogeochemistry and biodiversity of methane cycling in subsurface marine sediments (Skagerrak, Denmark), Environmental Microbiology, 9(5), 1146-1161

2006

Brock, F., Parkes, R.J. & Briggs, D.E.G., (2006), Experimental pyrite formation associated with decay of plant material, Palaios, 21,499-506

2005

Banning, N., Brock, F., Fry, J.C., Parkes, R.J., Hornibrook, E.R.C. & Weightman, A.J., (2005), Investigation of methanogen population structure and activity in brackish lake sediment., Environmental Microbiology, 7,947-960

Contributions to Edited Books

2012

Higham, T.F.G., Bronk Ramsey, C., Cheney, H., Brock,, F, & Douka, K. , (2012), Radiocarbon chronology of Gorham's Cave: in “Gibraltar Neanderthals in Context. A report of the 1995-98 excavations at Gorham’s & Vanguard Caves, Gibraltar (eds.) Barton, R.N.E., Finlayson, C., Stringer, C.B.”, pp 62-76, Oxford University School of Archaeology: Monograph 75.

2011

Hodgins, G., Lindroos, A., Ringbom, Å., Heinemeier, J. and Brock, F., (2011), 14C dating of Roman mortars: preliminary tests using titration with diluted hydrochloric acid: in “Ringbom Å, Hohlfelder RL (eds.), Building Roma Aeterna, Current Research on Roman Mortar and Concrete, Proceedings of the conference, March 27-29, 2008. ”, pp 206-10, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 128.

Lindroos, A., Heinemeier, J., Ringbom, Å., Brock, F., Sonck-Koota, P., Pehkonen, M., and Suksi, J., (2011), Problems in radiocarbon dating of Roman pozzolana mortars: in “Ringbom Å, Hohlfelder RL, (eds.) Building Roma Aeterna, Current Research on Roman Mortar and Concrete, Proceedings of the conference, March 27-29, 2008”, pp 211-27, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 128.

Ostapkowicz, J., Bronk Ramsey, C., Widenhoeft, A.C., Brock, F., Higham, T. & Wilson, S., (2011), ‘This Relic of Antiquity’. Fifth to fifteenth wood carvings from the southern Lesser Antilles: in “Hofmann, C.L. & van Duijvenbode, A (eds.) Communities in Contact: Essays in archaeology, ethnohistory and ethnography of the Amerindian circum-Caribbean”, pp 137-170, Leiden: Sidestone Press.

Pollard, A.M. and Brock, F. , (2011), Provenancing parchment, leather and paper using stable isotope studies: in “Neate S., Ovenden, R., Howell, D. and Pollard, A.M. (eds.) The Technological Study of Books and Manuscripts as Artefacts.”, pp 85-90, BAR S2209, Archaeopress: Oxford.

Ringbom, Å., Heinemeier, J., Lindroos, A., and Brock, F., (2011), Mortar dating and Roman pozzolana, results and interpretations: in “Ringbom Å, Hohlfelder RL, (eds.) Building Roma Aeterna, Current Research on Roman Mortar and Concrete, Proceedings of the conference, March 27-29, 2008”, pp 184-205, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum 128.