Professor Caitlin Buck

School of Mathematics and Statistics

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C.E.Buck@shef.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3715

I23, Hicks Building

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Professor Caitlin Buck
School of Mathematics and Statistics
I23
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH

Profile: Prof Buck graduated with a BSc in Archaeological Science from the University of Bradford in 1987. She then joined a collaborative team of archaeologists and statisticians at the University of Nottingham, working as a research assistant on a number of projects and completing a part-time PhD in statistics in 1994. Her PhD thesis title was: Towards Bayesian Archaeology. From Nottingham she moved to Cardiff to take up a lecturing post the School of History and Archaeology (1994-2001). During that time, she continued her research interests in the application of statistics to archaeology, focusing most on applications of Bayesian statistics to radiocarbon calibration. In 2001, she moved to the Department of Probability and Statistics at the University of Sheffield where, in 2014, she was promoted to a Personal Chair. She continues to have research interests in the applications of Bayesian statistics to archaeology, but now also works on problems in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction.

Research interests

My research draws on experience in archaeology, palaeoenvironmental science and statistics, encouraging experts from a range of fields to share ideas and resources. Previous and current work includes:

analysis of field survey data from Britain and Greece.
the calibration and interpretation of groups of related radiocarbon determinations.
the provenancing of archaeological ceramics with the aid of chemical compositional data.
development of models for relative archaeological chronology building (seriation).
analysis of the structure of prehistoric corbelled domes.
the use of Bayesian radiocarbon calibration to aid in tephrochronology.
models for interpreting spatio-temporal data such as those relating to the recolonisation of a landscape in response to past climate change or the arrival of domesticated cereals at the start of the Neolithic in Europe.
the development of models and methods for estimating radiocarbon calibration curves.
development of tailored statistical models to aid in palaeoenvironmental reconstruction on the basis of data preserved in ice cores and lake/ocean sediments.

Publications

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Featured publications

Books

O'Hagan A, Buck CE, Daneshkhah A, Eiser JR, Garthwaite PH, Jenkinson DJ, Oakley JE & Rakow T (2006) Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Buck CE, Cavanagh WG & Litton C (1996) Bayesian Approach to Intrepreting Archaeological Data. Wiley.

Journal articles

Sweeney J, Salter‐Townshend M, Edwards T, Buck CE & Parnell AC (2018) Statistical challenges in estimating past climate changes. WIRES Computational Statistics, 10(5). View this article in WRRO
Bennett K & Buck CE (2016) Interpretation of lake sediment accumulation rates. The Holocene, 26(7), 1092-1102. View this article in WRRO
Jensen BJL, Pyne-O’Donnell S, Plunkett G, Froese DG, Hughes PDM, Sigl M, McConnell JR, Amesbury MJ, Blackwell PG, van den Bogaard C , Buck CE et al (2014) Transatlantic distribution of the Alaskan White River Ash. Geology, 42(10), 875-878.
Seddon AWR, Mackay AW, Baker AG, Birks HJB, Breman E, Buck CE, Ellis EC, Froyd CA, Gill JL, Gillson L , Johnson EA et al (2014) Looking forward through the past: Identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology. Journal of Ecology, 102(1), 256-267.
Reimer PJ, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck JW, Blackwell PG, Bronk Ramsey C, Buck CE, Cheng H, Edwards RL, Friedrich M , Grootes PM et al (2013) IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0-50,000 years cal BP. Radiocarbon, 55(4), 1869-1887.
Klauenberg K, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Mulvaney R, Röthlisberger R & Wolff EW (2011) Bayesian Glaciological Modelling to quantify uncertainties in ice core chronologies. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(21-22), 2961-2975.
Parnell AC, Haslett J, Allen JRM, Buck CE & Huntley B (2008) A flexible approach to assessing synchroneity of past events using Bayesian reconstructions of sedimentation history. QUATERNARY SCI REV, 27(19-20), 1872-1885. View this article in WRRO
Blackwell PG & Buck CE (2008) Estimating radiocarbon calibration curves. BAYESIAN ANAL, 3(2), 225-248. View this article in WRRO
Buck CE & Bard E (2007) A calendar chronology for Pleistocene mammoth and horse extinction in North America based on Bayesian radiocarbon calibration. QUATERNARY SCI REV, 26(17-18), 2031-2035.
Buck CE & Blackwell PG (2004) Formal statistical models for estimating radiocarbon calibration curves. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1093-1102.

All publications

Books

O'Hagan A, Buck CE, Daneshkhah A, Eiser JR, Garthwaite PH, Jenkinson DJ, Oakley JE & Rakow T (2006) Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Buck CE & Millard A (2004) Tools for Constructing Chronologies Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries. Springer Science & Business Media.
Buck CE, Cavanagh WG & Litton C (1996) Bayesian Approach to Intrepreting Archaeological Data. Wiley.

Journal articles

Hassan M, Jones E & Buck C (2019) A Simple Bayesian Approach to Tree-ring Dating. Archaeometry. View this article in WRRO
Sweeney J, Salter‐Townshend M, Edwards T, Buck CE & Parnell AC (2018) Statistical challenges in estimating past climate changes. WIRES Computational Statistics, 10(5). View this article in WRRO
Bennett K & Buck CE (2016) Interpretation of lake sediment accumulation rates. The Holocene, 26(7), 1092-1102. View this article in WRRO
Dye TS & Buck CE (2015) Archaeological sequence diagrams and Bayesian chronological models. Journal of Archaeological Science, 63, 84-93. View this article in WRRO
Buck CE & Meson B (2015) On being a good Bayesian. World Archaeology, 47(4), 567-584.
Jensen BJL, Pyne-O’Donnell S, Plunkett G, Froese DG, Hughes PDM, Sigl M, McConnell JR, Amesbury MJ, Blackwell PG, van den Bogaard C , Buck CE et al (2014) Transatlantic distribution of the Alaskan White River Ash. Geology, 42(10), 875-878.
Seddon AWR, Mackay AW, Baker AG, Birks HJB, Breman E, Buck CE, Ellis EC, Froyd CA, Gill JL, Gillson L , Johnson EA et al (2014) Looking forward through the past: Identification of 50 priority research questions in palaeoecology. Journal of Ecology, 102(1), 256-267.
Reimer PJ, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck JW, Blackwell PG, Bronk Ramsey C, Buck CE, Cheng H, Edwards RL, Friedrich M , Grootes PM et al (2013) IntCal13 and Marine13 radiocarbon age calibration curves 0-50,000 years cal BP. Radiocarbon, 55(4), 1869-1887.
Reimer PJ, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck JW, Blackwell PG, Ramsey CB, Brown DM, Buck CE, Edwards RL, Friedrich M , Grootes PM et al (2013) SELECTION AND TREATMENT OF DATA FOR RADIOCARBON CALIBRATION: AN UPDATE TO THE INTERNATIONAL CALIBRATION (INTCAL) CRITERIA. RADIOCARBON, 55(4), 1923-1945.
Hogg AG, Hua Q, Blackwell PG, Niu M, Buck CE, Guilderson TP, Heaton TJ, Palmer JG, Reimer PJ, Reimer RW , Turney CSM et al (2013) Shcal13 Southern Hemisphere calibration, 0-50,000 years cal BP. Radiocarbon, 55(4), 1889-1903.
Niu M, Heaton TJ, Blackwell PG & Buck CE (2013) The Bayesian approach to radiocarbon calibration curve estimation: The IntCal13, Marine13, and SHCal13 methodologies. Radiocarbon, 55(4), 1905-1922.
Parnell AC, Buck CE & Doan TK (2011) A review of statistical chronology models for high-resolution, proxy-based Holocene palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Quaternary Science Reviews.
Parnell AC, Buck CE & Doan TK (2011) A review of statistical chronology models for high-resolution, proxy-based Holocene palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(21-22), 2948-2960.
Klauenberg K, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Mulvaney R, Röthlisberger R & Wolff EW (2011) Bayesian Glaciological Modelling to quantify uncertainties in ice core chronologies. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(21-22), 2961-2975.
Klauenberg K, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Mulvaney R, Röthlisberger R & Wolff EW (2011) Bayesian Glaciological Modelling to quantify uncertainties in ice core chronologies. Quaternary Science Reviews.
Reimer PJ, Baillie MGL, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck JW, Blackwell PG, Ramsey CB, Buck CE, Burr GS, Edwards RL , Friedrich M et al (2009) INTCAL09 AND MARINE09 RADIOCARBON AGE CALIBRATION CURVES, 0-50,000 YEARS CAL BP. RADIOCARBON, 51(4), 1111-1150. View this article in WRRO
Heaton TJ, Blackwell PG & Buck CE (2009) A BAYESIAN APPROACH TO THE ESTIMATION OF RADIOCARBON CALIBRATION CURVES: THE INTCAL09 METHODOLOGY. RADIOCARBON, 51(4), 1151-1164. View this article in WRRO
Parnell AC, Haslett J, Allen JRM, Buck CE & Huntley B (2008) A flexible approach to assessing synchroneity of past events using Bayesian reconstructions of sedimentation history. QUATERNARY SCI REV, 27(19-20), 1872-1885. View this article in WRRO
Blackwell PG & Buck CE (2008) Estimating radiocarbon calibration curves. BAYESIAN ANAL, 3(2), 225-248. View this article in WRRO
Blackwell PG & Buck CE (2008) Estimating radiocarbon calibration curves Rejoinder. BAYESIAN ANAL, 3(2), 263-268.
Buck CE & Bard E (2007) A calendar chronology for Pleistocene mammoth and horse extinction in North America based on Bayesian radiocarbon calibration. QUATERNARY SCI REV, 26(17-18), 2031-2035.
Jones G, Buck C, Charles M, Higham T & Colledge S (2007) Out of asia. Planet Earth(WINTER), 22-23.
Ramsey CB, Buck CE, Manning SW, Reimer P & van der Plicht H (2006) Developments in radiocarbon calibration for archaeology. ANTIQUITY, 80(310), 783-798.
Reimer PJ, Baillie MGL, McCormac G, Reimer RW, Bard E, Beck JW, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Burr GS, Edwards RL , Friedrich M et al (2006) Comment on "Radiocarbon calibration curve spanning 0 to 50,000 years BP based on paired Th-230/U-234/U-238 and C-14 dates on pristine corals" by R.G. Fairbanks et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2005) 1781-1796) and "Extending the radiocarbon calibration beyond 26,000 years before present using fossil corals" by T.-C. Chin et al. (Quaternary Science Reviews 24 (2005) 1797-1808). QUATERNARY SCI REV, 25(7-8), 855-862.
Buck CE, ter Braak CJF, Millard AR, Rougier J, O'Hagan A, Birks HJB, Telford R, Katz RW, Murphy TB, Gormley IC , Sahu SK et al (2006) Bayesian palaeoclimate reconstruction - Discussion on the paper by Haslett et al.. J ROY STAT SOC A STA, 169, 430-438.
Blackwell PG, Buck CE & Reimer PJ (2006) Important features of the new radiocarbon calibration curves. QUATERNARY SCI REV, 25(5-6), 408-413.
Buck CE, Aguilar DGP, Litton CD & O'Hagan A (2006) Bayesian nonparametric estimation of the radiocarbon calibration curve. BAYESIAN ANAL, 1(2), 265-288.
Buck CE & Blackwell PG (2004) Formal statistical models for estimating radiocarbon calibration curves. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1093-1102.
van der Plicht J, Beck JW, Bard E, Baillie MGL, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Friedrich M, Guilderson TP, Hughen KA, Kromer B , McCormac FG et al (2004) NotCal04 - Comparison/calibration C-14 records 26-50 cal kyr BP. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1225-1238.
Hughen KA, Baillie MGL, Bard E, Beck JW, Bertrand CJH, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Burr GS, Cutler KB, Damon PE , Edwards RL et al (2004) Marine04 marine radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1059-1086.
McCormac FG, Hogg AG, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Higham TFG & Reimer PJ (2004) SHCal04 Southern Hemisphere calibration, 0-11.0 cal kyr BP. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1087-1092.
Reimer PJ, Baillie MGL, Bard E, Bayliss A, Beck JW, Bertrand CJH, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Burr GS, Cutler KB , Damon PE et al (2004) IntCal04 terrestrial radiocarbon age calibration, 0-26 cal kyr BP. RADIOCARBON, 46(3), 1029-1058.
Buck CE, Higham TFG & Lowe DJ (2003) Bayesian tools for tephrochronology. HOLOCENE, 13(5), 639-647.
Blackwell PG & Buck CE (2003) The Late Glacial human reoccupation of north-western Europe: new approaches to space-time modelling. ANTIQUITY, 77(296), 232-240.
Reimer PJ, Hughen KA, Guilderson TP, McCormac G, Baillie MGL, Bard E, Barratt P, Beck JW, Buck CE, Damon PE , Friedrich M et al (2002) Preliminary report of the first workshop of the IntCal04 radiocarbon calibration/comparison working group. RADIOCARBON, 44(3), 653-661.

Chapters

Turner F, Wilkinson R, Buck C, Jones J & Sime L (2019) Ice Cores and Emulation: Learning More About Past Ice Sheet Shapes, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics (pp. 175-182). Springer International Publishing
() Front Matter, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. i-xiii). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Statistics in Practice, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 322-323). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Index, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 313-321). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Areas for Research, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 223-226). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Published Examples of the Formal Elicitation of Expert Opinion, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 193-216). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Multiple Experts, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 179-192). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() The Elicitation Context, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 25-31). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Eliciting and Fitting a Parametric Distribution, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 121-151). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Eliciting Distributions - General, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 97-119). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Author Index, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 307-312). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Fundamentals of Probability and Judgement, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 1-24). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Evaluating Elicitation, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 161-177). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Guidance on Best Practice, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 217-222). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() The Psychology of Judgement Under Uncertainty, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 33-59). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Eliciting Distributions - Uncertainty and Imprecision, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 153-160). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() The Elicitation of Probabilities, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 61-96). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Glossary, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 227-265). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
() Bibliography, Uncertain Judgements: Eliciting Experts' Probabilities (pp. 267-306). John Wiley & Sons, Ltd

Research group: Statistics

Grants

Current grants, as Principal Investigator
Heritage Data Analytics: Sustainable strategies for large and complex stratigraphic and chronometric data	AHRC
Past grants, as Principal Investigator
Uncertainty in Palaeoclimate International Network	Leverhulme
Statistical Support for BAS Palaeoclimate Studies	BAS
Tools for constructing chronologies: crossing disciplinary boundaries	NERC
Past grants, as Coinvestigator
The future of the past: A robust framework for the upgrade and development of the international radiocarbon calibration/comparison curves (IntCal)	NERC
Out of Asia / A New Framework for Dating the Spread of Agriculture in Europe	NERC
The future of the past: A robust framework for the upgrade and development of the international radiocarbon calibration/comparison curves

Teaching activities

MAS279	Career Development Skills
MAS400	Project Presentation in Mathematics and Statistics
MAS6041	MSc Stats Dissertation

Professor Caitlin Buck

Featured publications

Books

Journal articles

All publications

Books

Journal articles

Chapters

Current grants, as Principal Investigator

Past grants, as Coinvestigator