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Dr Kirsty Penkman Publications

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2011

• A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula.
  K E H Penkman, R C Preece, D R Bridgland, D H Keen, T Meijer, S A Parfitt, T S White & M J Collins, Nature, 2011, 476, 446-449
• Direct terrestrial-marine correlation demonstrates surprisingly late onset of the last interglacial in central Europe.  
  M J Sier, W Roebroeks, C C Bakels, M J Dekkers, E Brühl, D De Loecker, S Gaudzinski-Windheuser, N Hesse, A Jagich, L Kindler, W J Kuijper, T Laurat, H J Mücher, K E H Penkman, D Richter,  & D J J van Hinsbergen, Quaternary Research, 2011, 75, 213-218. 
• Inland shell midden site-formation: Investigation into a late- Pleistocene to early Holocene midden From Tràng An, Northern Vietnam.
  R Rabett, J Appleby, A Blyth, L Farr, A Gallou, T Griffiths, J Hawkes, D Marcus, L Marlow, M Morley, N Cao Tâń, N Van Son, K Penkman, T Reynolds, C Stimpson, K Szabo. Quaternary International, 2011, 239, 153-169
• AAR dating of shell middens: a mound of possibilities.
  B Demarchi, M Williams, N Russell, N Milner, G Bailey, & K E H Penkman, Quaternary International, 2011, 239, 114-124.
• Exceptional preservation of a prehistoric human brain from Heslington, Yorkshire, U.K.
  S O’Connor, E Ali, A Al-Sabah, D Anwar, E Bergstrom, K A Brown, J Buckberry, S Buckley, M Collins, J Denton, K M Dorling, A Dowle, P Duffey, H G M Edwards, E C Faaria, P Gardner, A Gledhill, K Heaton, C Heron, R Janaway, B J Keely, D King, A Masinton, K Penkman, A Petzold, M D Pickering, M Rumsby, H Schutkowski, K A Shackleton, J Thomas, J Thomas-Oates, M-R Usai, A S Wilson, & T O-Connor, Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011, 38 (7), 1641-1654. 
• Evolution of the Thames estuary during MIS 9: insights from the Shoeburyness area, Essex.
  H M Roe, R M Briant, K E H Penkman, R C Preece, F F Wenban-Smith, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 2011, 122, 397-418
• From riches to rags: Organic deterioration at Star Carr.
  N Milner, C Conneller, B Elliott, H Koon, I Panter, K Penkman, B Taylor, M Taylor, M, Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011, 38, 2818-2832
• Amino Acid Racemisation Analysis: Dartford A2/A282/M25
  K E H Penkman,   In: A Simmonds, F Wenban-Smith, M Bates, K Powell, D Sykes, R Devaney, D Stansbie & D Score, Excavations in North-West Kent, 2005-2007.  One hundred thousand years of human activity in and around the Darent Valley.   Oxford Archaeology Monograph No. 11, pp. 336-346
  

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• Timing and depositional environments of a Middle Pleistocene glaciation of northeast England: New evidence from Warren House Gill, County Durham.
  B J Davies, D H Roberts, D R Bridgland, C Ó Cofaigh, J Riding, S M Pawley, B Demarchi, & K E H Penkman, Quaternary Science Reviews, doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.003
• Integrated chronological control on an archaeologically significant Pleistocene river terrace sequence: the Thames-Medway, eastern England.
  R M Briant, A A Kilfeather, S Parfitt, K E H Penkman, R C Preece, H M Roe, J-L Schwenninger, F-F Wenban-Smith & J E Whittaker, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, doi:10.1016/j.pgeola.2011.07.008
  

2010

• Amino acid geochronology: its impact on our understanding of the Quaternary stratigraphy of the British Isles.
  K E H Penkman.  Journal of Quaternary Science, 2010, 25 (4), 501-514
• The impact of random natural variability on aspartic acid racemization ratios in enamel from different types of human teeth.
  R C Griffin, K E H Penkman, H Moody, A H Brook, M J Collins, Forensic Science International, 2010, 200, 148-152
• The position and context of Middle Palaeolithic industries from the Ebbsfleet Valley, Kent, UK
  R Scott, N Ashton, K E H Penkman, R C Preece and M White, Journal of Quaternary Science, 2010, 25 (6), 931-944
• Amino acid geochronology of the type Cromerian of West Runton, Norfolk, UK.
  K E H Penkman, R C Preece, D H Keen, & M J Collins, Quaternary International, 2010, 228, 25-37
• Amino acid racemisation analysis.
  K Penkman & M Collins, In: D R Bridgland, J B Innes, A J Long, W A Mitchell (eds.) 2010. Late Quaternary Landscape Evolution of the Swale-Ure Washlands, North Yorkshire. Oxbow Books, Oxford.  Appendix III.
• Neumark-Nord 1: Preliminary results of the amino acid analysis.
  K Penkman, In: Meller, H. (eds) 2010. Elefantenreich.  Eine Fossilwelt in Europa.  Landesamt für Denkmalpflege une Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt – Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle, Saale. p.75-78.
• A comparative study of bone protein taphonomy.
  M I Zylber, M J Collins, C L Greenblatt, M Spigelman, K E Penkman & H E Koon, In: Cipollaro, M. (ed.) 2010. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Ancient DNA and Associated Biomolecules, Pompeii, Italy, 19-22 October 2008. Scientific Communication Srl, Naples, (ISBN-13: 978-88-7431-467-6).
  

2009

• Biostratigraphic and aminostratigraphic constraints on the age of the Middle Pleistocene glacial succession in North Norfolk, UK.
  R C Preece, S A Parfitt, G R Coope, K E H Penkman, P Ponel, J E Whittaker, Journal of Quaternary Science, 2009, 24 (6), 557-580
• Is amino acid racemization a useful tool for screening for ancient DNA?
  M Collins, K E H Penkman, N Rohland, B Shapiro, R C Dobberstein, S Ritz-Timme, M Hofreiter,  Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 2009, 276, 2971-2977
• Age estimation of archaeological remains using amino acid racemization in dental enamel: A comparison of morphological, biochemical and known ages-at-death.
  R C Griffin, A T Chamberlain, G Hotz, K E H Penkman, M J Collins, American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 2009, 140 (2), 244-252.
• Differentiation of MIS 9 and MIS 11 in the continental record: vegetational, faunal, aminostratigraphic and sea level evidence from coastal sites in Essex, UK.
  H M Roe, G R Coope, R J Devoy, C J Harrison, K E H Penkman, R C Preece, D C Schreve.    Quaternary Science Reviews, 2009, 28, 2342-2373   
• Probable human hair found in a fossil hyaena coprolite from Gladysvale cave, South Africa.
  L Backwell, R Pickering, D Brothwell, L Berger, M Witcomb, D Martill, K Penkman, AWilson, Journal of Archaeological Science, 2009, 36, 1269-1276
• Preservation of ancient DNA in thermally damaged archaeological bone.
  C Ottoni, H E C Koon, M J Collins, K E H Penkman, O Rickards and O E Craig, Naturwissenschaften, 2009, 96, 267-278.
• Assessing the potential for using biogenic calcites as dosemeters for luminescence dating.
  G A T Duller, K E H Penkman, A G Wintle, Radiation Measurements, 2009, 44, 429-433
• Archaeological collagen: Why worry about collagen diagenesis?
  R C Dobberstein, M J Collins, O E Craig, G Taylor, K E H Penkman, S Ritz-Timme, Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2009, 1, 31-42
• The age and stratigraphic context of the Easington Raised Beach, County Durham, UK.
  B J Davies, D R Bridgland, D H Roberts, C Ó Cofaigh, S M Pawley, I Candy, B Demarchi, K E H Penkman, & W E N Austin, Proceedings of the Geologists' Association, 2009, 120 (4)
• Diatomite: preliminary studies on deposition and dating.
  K A Selby & K E H Penkman, Quaternary Newsletter, 2009, 119, 44-46
  

2008

• Closed-system behaviour of the intra-crystalline fraction of amino acids in mollusc shells.
  K E H Penkman, D S Kaufman, D Maddy and M J Collins, Quaternary Geochronology, 2008, 3, 2-25.
• Comment on “Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry”.
  M Buckley, A Walker, J Strahler, S Y W Ho, Y Yang, C Smith, P Ashton, J Thomas-Oates, E Cappellini, H Koon, K Penkman, B Watkins, D Ashford, C Solazzo, P Andrews, B Shapiro, P Ostrom, H Gandhi, W Miller, B Raney, M I Zylber, M T P Gilbert, R V Prigodich, M Ryan, K F Rijsdijk, A Janoo and M J Collins, Science, 2008, 33c, 319, DOI:10.1126/science.1147046.
• The application of amino acid racemization in the acid-soluble fraction of enamel to the estimation of the age of human teeth.
  R C Griffin, H Moody, K E H Penkman and M J Collins, Forensic Science International, 2008, 175, 11-16.
• Comparing the survival of osteocalcin and mtDNA in archaeological bone from four European sites.
  M Buckley, C Anderung, K Penkman, B J Raney, A Götherstrom, J Thomas-Oates and M J Collins, Journal of Archaeological Science, 2008, 35, 1756-1764.
• Molecular organic matter in speleothems and its potential as an environmental proxy.
  A J Blyth, A Baker, M J Collins, K E H Penkman, M A Gilmour, J S Moss, D Genty and R Drysdale, Quaternary Science Reviews, 2008, 27, 905-921.
• New evidence for complex climate change in MIS 11 from Hoxne, Suffolk, UK.
  N Ashton, S G Lewis, S A Parfitt, K E H Penkman and G R Coope, Quaternary Science Reviews, 2008, 27, 652-668.
• A new approach to amino acid racemization in enamel: testing of a less destructive sampling methodology.
  R C Griffin, H Moody, K E H Penkman, M Fagan, N Curtis and M J Collins, Journal of Forensic Science, 2008, 53, 910-916.
• British aggregates: An improved chronology using amino acid racemization and degradation of intra-crystalline amino acids (IcPD).
  K Penkman, R C Preece, D H Keen and M J Collins, English Heritage Research Department Report Series 2008, 6/2008.
• Amino acid geochronology.
  K E H Penkman, Quaternary Newsletter, 2008, 116, 2-6.
• Ancient proteins: what remains to be detected .
  

2007

• Amino acids from the intra-crystalline fraction of mollusc shells: Applications to geochronology.
  K E H Penkman, R C Preece, D H Keen, D Maddy, D C Schreveand M Collins, Quaternary Science Reviews, 2007, 26, 2958-2969.
• Age-estimate evidence for Middle-Late Pleistocene aggradation of River Nene 1st Terrace deposits at Whittlesey, eastern England.
  H E Langford, M D Bateman, K E H Penkman, S Boreham, R M Briant, G R Coope and D H Keen, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 2007. 118, 283-300.
• Terrestrial environments during MIS 11: Evidence from the Palaeolithic site at West Stow, Suffolk, UK.
  R C Preece, S A Parfitt, D R Bridgland, S G Lewis, P J Rowe, T C Atkinson, I Candy, N C Debenham, K E H Penkman, E J Rhodes, J-L Schwenninger, H I Griffiths, J E Whittaker and C Gleed-Owen, Quaternary Science Reviews, 2007. 26, 1236-1300.
• Ancient Biomolecules from Deep Ice Cores Reveal a Forested Southern Greenland.
  E Willerslev, E Cappellini, W Boomsma, R Nielsen, M B Hebsgaard, T B Brand, M Hofreiter, M Bunce, H N Poinar, D Dahl-Jensen, S Johnsen, J P Steffensen, O Bennike, J-L Schwenninger, R Nathan, S Armitage, C-J de Hoog, Va Alfimoc, M Christl, J Beer, R Muscheler, J Barker, M Sharp, K E H Penkman, J Haile, P Taberlet, M T P Gilbert, A Casoli, E Campani and M J Collins, Science, 2007, 317, 111-114
• Structural and chemical changes of thermally treated bone apatite.
  S E Etok, E Valsemi-Jones, T J Wess, J C Hiller, C A Maxwell, K D Rogers, D A C Manning, M L White, E Lopez-Capel, M J Collins, M Buckley, K E H Penkman and S L Woodgate, Journal of Materials Science, 2007. 42, 9807-9816.
• Amino Acid Racemization Analysis: Late Quaternary landscape history of the Swale - Ure Washlands.
  K Penkman and M Collins, English Heritage Centre for Archaeology Report, 2007, 74/2007.
• Amino Acid Racemization Analysis: Medway project.
  K Penkman, S McGrory and M Collins, English Heritage Centre for Archaeology Report, 2007, 73/2007
• Amino Acid Racemization Analysis: Trent project.
  K Penkman and S McGrory, English Heritage Centre for Archaeology Report, 2007, 75/2007.

2006

• A Levallois knapping site at West Thurrock, Lower Thames, UK: its Quaternary context, environment and age.
  D C Schreve, P Harding, M J White, D R Bridgland, P Allen, F Clayton, D H Keen and K E H Penkman, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 2006, 72 21-52.
• Analytical methods to detect ancient proteins.
  M J Collins, E Cappellini, M Buckley, K E H Penkman, R C Griffin and H E C Koon, in "Bio-and Material Cultures at Qumran", ed. J Gunneweg, C Greenblatt and A Adriaens, Frauenhofer IRB, Verlag, Stuttgart, 2006, 33-40.
• Book Review for Walker, M. 2005 Quaternary dating methods.
  K Penkman, Geological Magazine, 2006, 143, 412.

2005

• An assessment of the microbial contribution to aquatic dissolved organic nitrogen using amino acid enantiomeric ratios.
  V Jones, M Collins, K Penkman, R Jaffé and G Wolff, Organic Geochemistry, 2005, 36, 1099-1107.
• Biochemical and physical correlates of DNA contamination in archaeological bones and teeth.
  M T P Gilbert, L Rudbeck, E Willerslev, A J Hansen, C Smith, K E H Penkman, K Prangenberg, C Nielsen-Marsh, M M E Jans, P Arthur, N Lynnerup, G Turner-Walker, M Biddle, B Kjølbye-Biddle and M J Collins, Journal of Archaeological Science, 2005, 32, 785-793.
• Excavations at the Lower Palaeolithic site at Elveden, Suffolk, UK.
  N Ashton, S Lewis, S Parfitt, I Candy, D Keen, R Kemp, K Penkman, G Thomas and J Whittaker, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 2005, 71, 1-61.
• New faunal analyses and amino acid dating of the Lower Palaeolithic site at East Farm, Barnham, Suffolk.
  R C Preece and K E H Penkman, Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association, 2005, 116, 363-377.
• Amino acid geochronology: a closed system approach to test and refine the UK model.
  K E H Penkman, Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Newcastle, 2005.
• The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe.
  S A Parfitt, R W Barendregt, M Breda, I Candy, M J Collins, G R Coope, P Durbidge, M H Field, J R Lee, A M Lister, R Mutch, K E H Penkman, R C Preece, J Rose, C B Stringer, R Symmons, J E Whittaker, J J Wymer and A J Stuart, Nature, 2005, 438, 1008-1012.

2004

• Amino Acid Racemization Analysis: Lynford Quarry, Mundford, Norfolk.
  M Collins and K Penkman, English Heritage Centre for Archaeology Report, 2004, 33/2004.
• Palaeolithic Archaeology of the Sussex/Hampshire Coastal Corridor: Amino Acid Racemization Analysis.
  M Collins and K Penkman, English Heritage Centre for Archaeology Report, 2004, 63/2004