Staff Profile:Dr Samantha Cook

Name:

Dr Samantha Cook

Job Title:

Post Doctoral Research Fellow

Responsibilities:

Areas of Interest:

• The application of geochemistry to a range of problems including contaminated sediments and archaeology

Research groups / Centres:

Social Archaeology Research Group

Key Facts:

Sam completed her PhD Trace element associations in dredged canal sediments: implications for disposal to land in 2001 at The University of Reading and then moved to the NERC-ICP-MS Facility at Kingston University where she worked with Dr Kym Jarvis on a pilot study looking at trace element fingerprinting for contaminant source apportionment in road surface deposits.

In 2003 she began working with Dr Andrew Parker on an EPSRC grant looking at molecular-scale changes in dredged canal sediment.

As part of the Town Life project, Sam is currently working as a scientific officer for the excavation at Silchester her personal research focuses on soil samples from the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hants), using XRF and acid digestion techniques to look for trends in metal concentrations across the site. This work was featured on the BBC programme Meet the Ancestors: The Lost City.

Publications:

Y

Jump to: 2010 | 2008 | 2006 | 2005 | 2003

Number of items: 10.

2010

• Cook, S., Banerjea, R. Y., Marshall, L. J., Fulford, M., Clarke, A. and van Zwieten, C. (2010) Concentrations of copper, zinc and lead as indicators of hearth usage at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK). Journal of Archaeological Science, 37 (4). pp. 871-879. ISSN 0305-4403

2008

• Wilkinson, I. P., Williams, M., Young, J. R., Cook, S. R., Fulford, M. G. and Lott, G. K. (2008) The application of microfossils in assessing the provenance of chalk used in the manufacture of Roman mosaics at Silchester. Journal of Archaeological Science, 35 (8). pp. 2415-2422. ISSN 0305-4403
• Marshall, L. J. R., Almond, M. J., Cook, S. R., Pantos, M., Tobin, M. J. and Thomas, L. A. (2008) Mineralised organic remains from cesspits at the Roman town of Silchester: Processes and preservation. Spectrochimica Acta Part a-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 71 (3). pp. 854-861. ISSN 1386-1425
• Marshall, L.-J., Cook, S. R., Almond, M. J. and Fulford, M. G. (2008) Roman diet and trade: evidence from organic residues on pottery sherds recovered at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester Hants.). Britannia, 39. pp. 245-254. ISSN 1753-5352

2006

• Cook, S. R. and Parker, A. (2006) Sequential extraction and single-step cold-acid extraction: A feasibility study for use with freshwater-canal sediments. Water Air and Soil Pollution, 170 (1-4). pp. 95-105. ISSN 0049-6979

2005

• Marshall, L. J. R., Williams, J. R., Almond, M. J., Atkinson, S. D. M., Cook, S. R., Matthews, W. and Mortimore, J. L. (2005) Analysis of ochres from Clearwell Caves: the role of particle size in determining colour. Spectrochimica Acta Part a-Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 61 (1-2). pp. 233-241. ISSN 1386-1425
• Haywood, A.M. and Cook, S.R. (2005) Evidence for stasis in the regional wind pattern of the western Mediterranean since the Mid Pleistocene. Quaternary Newsletter, 106. pp. 9-23.
• Cook, S. R., Clarke, A. S. and Fulford, M. G. (2005) Soil geochemistry and detection of early Roman precious metal and copper alloy working at the Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum (Silchester, Hampshire, UK). Journal of Archaeological Science, 32 (5). pp. 805-812. ISSN 0305-4403

2003

• Cook, S.R. and Parker, A. (2003) Geochemical changes to dredged canal sediments following land spreading: a review. Land Contamination and Reclamation, 11 (4). pp. 405-410. ISSN 0967-0513
• Cook, S. R., Fulford, M., Clarke, A. and Pearson, C. (2003) Soil geochemical analyses as an indication of metal working at the excavation of a house in the Roman City at Silchester (UK). Journal de Physique IV, 107 (Part 1). pp. 319-321. ISSN 1155-4339

This list was generated on Thu Feb 9 03:49:51 2012 GMT.

 

Earlier Publications

Cook S.R, Jarvis K & Hird A (2003) Trace element fingerprinting as a means of contaminant source apportionment in road surface deposits. J.Phys. IV France, 107, 315-318

Stephens S.R (now Cook) Alloway B.J. Parker A. & Carter J.E. (2001) Towards the characterisation of heavy metals in dredged canal sediments and an appreciation of leaching potential; two examples from the U.K. Environmental Pollution, 113, 395-401.

Stephens S.R Alloway B.J. Parker A, Carter J.E & Hodson M.E (2001) Changes in the leachability of metals from dredged canal sediments during drying and oxidation. Environmental Pollution, 114, 407-413.

Qualifications:

BSc; PhD, Reading; FGS