Professor Caitlin Buck

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.
• (2004) Tools for Constructing Chronologies: crossing disciplinary boundaries. London: Springer-Verlag.
• (2000) U.K. Chapter of Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology: Proceedings of the Fourth Meeting, Cardiff University, 27 and 28 February 1999. Oxford: Archaeopress, British Archaeological Reports, International Series 844.
• Buck CE, Cavanagh WG & Litton CD (1996) The Bayesian Approach to Interpreting Archaeological Data. Chichester: Wiley.
• Litton CD & Buck CE (1995) The Bayesian approach to the interpretation of archaeological data.

Journal articles

• Moody B, Dye T, May K, Wright H & Buck C (2021) Digital chronological data reuse in archaeology: Three case studies with varying purposes and perspectives. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports, 40, 103188.
• Hassan M, Jones E & Buck C (2019) A Simple Bayesian Approach to Tree-ring Dating. Archaeometry. View this article in WRRO
• Hassan MM, Jones E & Buck CE (2019) A simple Bayesian approach to tree-ring dating. Archaeometry, 61(4), 991-1010.
• 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.
• Grimm EC, Blaauw M, Buck CE & Williams JW (2014) Age models, chronologies, and databases workshop, Belfast, UK, 13-16 January 2014. PAGES Magazine, 22, 104-104.
• 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.
• Lv Q, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Charles M, Jones G & Colledge S (2013) Network-based spatial-temporal modelling of the first arrival of prehistoric agriculture: a case study of the UK and Ireland. Bayesian Analysis.
• 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.
• Parnell AC, Buck CE & Doan T (2011) Chronology construction for Holocene climate reconstruction. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30, 2948-2960.
• 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.
• Blackwell PG & Buck CE (2008) Rejoinder to discussion of “Estimating radiocarbon calibration curves”. Bayesian Analysis, 3, 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, Goméz Portugal Aguilar D, Litton CD & O’Hagan AA (2006) Bayesian non-parametric estimation of the calibration curve for radiocarbon dating. Bayesian Analysis, 1, 265-288.
• Reimer PJ, Baillie MGL, Bard E, Beck JW, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Burr GS, Edwards RL, Guilderson MFTP, Hogg AG , Hughen KA et al (2006) Comment on “Radiocarbon Calibration Curve Spanning 0 to 50,000 Years B.P. Based on Paired 230Th/234U/238U and 14C Dates on Pristine Corals” by R.G. Fairbanks, R. A. Mortlock, T.-C. Chiu, L. Cao, A. Kaplan, T. P. Guilderson, T. W. Fairbanks, A. L. Bloom, P. M. Grootes, and M.-J. Nadeau and “Extending The Radiocarbon Calibration Beyond 26,000 Years Before Present Using Fossil Corals” by T.-C. Chiu, R. G. Fairbanks, R. A. Mortlock, and A. L. Bloom. Quaternary Science Reviews, 25, 855-862.
• Buck CE (2006) Contribution to the discussion of “Bayesian palaeoclimate reconstruction” by Haslett et al.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 169, 430-431.
• Reimer PJ, Bard E, Buck CE, Guildersond TP, Hogg A, Hughen K, Kromer B, Reimer R, Southon J, Turney CSM , van der Plicht J et al (2006) IntCal and the future of radiocarbon calibration. PAGES Magazine, 14, 9-10.
• 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.
• Anderson C, Buck C & Fieller N (2002) The Sheffield Statistics MSc goes DL. MSOR Connections, 2, 69-75.
• Buck CE (2001) Archaeological chronology building: an archaeostatistician’s tale. Student, 4, 43-59.
• Buck CE & Sahu SK (2000) Bayesian models for relative archaeological chronology building. Applied Statistics, 49, 423-440.
• Buck CE, Christen JA & James GN (1999) BCal: an on-line Bayesian radiocarbon calibration tool. Internet Archaeology, 7.
• Zeidler JA, Buck CE & Litton CD (1998) The integration of archaeological phase information and radiocarbon results from the Jama River Valley, Ecuador: a Bayesian approach. Latin American Antiquity, 9, 135-159.
• Christen JA & Buck CE (1998) Sample selection in radiocarbon dating. Applied Statistics, 47(4), 543-557.
• Buck CE & Christen JA (1998) A novel approach to selecting samples for radiocarbon dating. Journal of Archaeological Science, 25(4), 303-310.
• Buck CE, Litton CD & Scott EM (1994) Making the most of radiocarbon dating: some statistical considerations. Antiquity, 68(259), 252-263.
• Laxton RR, Cavanagh WG, Litton CD, Buck CE & Blair R (1994) The Bayesian approach to archaeological data analysis: an application of change-point analysis to prehistoric domes. Archeologia e Calcolatori, 5, 53-69.
• Buck CE, Litton CD & Shennan SJ (1994) A case study in combining radiocarbon and archaeological information: the early Bronze Age settlement of St. Veit-Klinglberg, Land Salzburg, Austria. Germania, 72, 427-447.
• Buck CE, Christen JA, Kenworthy JB & Litton CD (1994) Estimating the duration of archaeological activity using $^14$C determinations. Oxford Journal of Archaeology, 13(2), 229-240.
• Buck CE, Litton CD & Stephens DA (1993) Detecting a change in the shape of a prehistoric corbelled tomb. The Statistician, 42, 483-490.
• Litton CD & Buck CE (1993) Contribution to the discussion of “The Gibbs sampler and other Markov Chain-Monte Carlo methods” by Clifford, P; Jennison, C; Wakefield, J; et al.. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series B, 55, 53-102.
• Buck CE, Litton CD & Smith AFM (1992) Calibration of radiocarbon results pertaining to related archaeological events. Journal of Archaeological Science, 19, 497-512.
• Buck CE, Kenworthy JB, Litton CD & Smith AFM (1991) Combining archaeological and radiocarbon information: a Bayesian approach to calibration. Antiquity, 65, 808-821.
• Cavanagh WG, Buck CE & Litton CD (1988) The interpretation of noisy data from archaeological field survey: phosphate analysis. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 10(3/4), 92-95.
• Buck CE, Jones M & Nicholls G () On the joint calibration of radiocarbon dates from several different archaeological sites.
• Keef CK, Blackwell PG, Buck CE & Millard AR () Estimating the age of weaning in past human societies: a Bayesian approach to the interpretation of nitrogen isotope data.
• Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Millard AR, Halliwell C & Rouse V () A Bayesian approach to the reconstruction of human diet from stable isotope data.
• Blackwell PG, Buck CE & Millard AR () Priors for Archaeological Phase Models.
• Froese DG, McColl LJ, Buck CE, Blackwell PG, J.J. Clague JK & Stothers RB () Did the late Holocene White River Ash produce the ‘darkening skies? of Theophanes in 797 AD?.
• Buck CE & group MOTS () Quantifying uncertainty in palaeoclimate reconstruction: a framework for progress. Quaternary Science Reviews.
• Wheatley JJ, Blackwell PG, Buck CE, Lee LA, Röthlisberger R & Wolff EW () Statistical layer-counting in ice-cores. Bayesian Analysis.
• Yu S-Y, Buck CE & Zhu C () A simple two-step Bayesian framework for lichenometric dating: with software. Bayesian Analysis.
• Moody B, Dye TS, May K, Wright H & Buck CE () Digital Chronological Data Reuse in Archaeology: three case studies with varying purposes and perspectives. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports.

Chapters

• Buck CE & Juárez MA (2020) Modelización bayesiana de radiocarbono para principiantes In Barceló JA & Morell B (Ed.), Cronométricos en Historia y Arqueología (pp. 293-–310). Madrid: Dextra Editorial.
• 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
• Buck CE (2004) Bayesian chronological data interpretation: where now? In Buck CE & Millard AR (Ed.), Tools for Constructing Chronologies: crossing disciplinary boundaries (pp. 1-24). London: Springer-Verlag.
• Buck CE & Millard AR (2004) Preface: towards integrated thinking in chronology building In Buck CE & Millard AR (Ed.), Tools for Constructing Chronologies: crossing disciplinary boundaries London: Springer-Verlag.
• Buck CE (2001) Applications of the Bayesian statistical paradigm In Brothwell DR & Pollard AM (Ed.), Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (pp. 695-702). Chichester: Wiley.
• Baxter MJ & Buck CE (2000) Data handling and statistical analysis In Ciliberto E & Spoto G (Ed.), Modern Analytical Methods in Art and Archaeology (pp. 681-746). New York: Wiley.
• Buck CE & Christen JA (2000) A Bayesian calibration of radiocarbon determinations from the Pearl Harbor Fishpounds, Hawai’i In Athens JS (Ed.), Ancient Hawaiian Fishponds of Pearl Harbor; archaeological studies on U. S. Navy Lands, Hawai’i Department of Defense Legacy Resource Management Program, Project Number 1729
• Buck CE (1999) Archaeology, statistics in In Kotz S (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Statistical Sciences, Update Volume 3 (pp. 6-11). New York: Wiley.
• Buck CE (1999) Bayesian statistics for archaeology In Gaul W & Locarek-Junge H (Ed.), Classification in the Information Age (pp. 547-554). Springer
• Litton CD & Buck CE (1996) An archaeological example: radiocarbon dating In W. Gilks SR & Spiegelhalter D (Ed.), Markov Chain Monte Carlo in Practice (pp. 465-480). London: Chapman and Hall.
• Buck CE & Litton CD (1996) Mixtures, Bayes and Archaeology In Bernardo JM, Berger JO, Dawid AP & Smith AFM (Ed.), Valencia 5 (pp. 499-506). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Buck CE & Litton CD (1995) The radiocarbon chronology: further consideration of the Danebury dataset In Cunliffe B (Ed.), Danebury: an iron age hillfort in Hampshire, Volume 6, A hillfort community in Hampshire (pp. 130-136). Council for British Archaeology, Report Number 102
• Craddock PT & Buck CE (1993) The composition of the mirrors In Nicholls RV (Ed.), Corpus Speculorum Etruscorum: Great Britain 2 (pp. Appendix-Appendix). Cambridge University Press
• () 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
• Karlsberg AJ, Buck CE & Blackwell PG () A Bayesian reanalysis of the S2age database

Conference proceedings papers

• Buck CE, Christen JA & James GN (1999) Towards BCal: an on-line Bayesian radiocarbon calibration facility. Actes du 3ème colloque C14 et Archéologie, Lyon, 6-10 Avril 1998 (pp 113-117). Mémoires de la Société Française Tome 26 et Supplément de la Revue d’Archéométrie
• Buck CE (1995) Radiocarbon dating: problem definition and sample selection. Science and Site (pp 1-11)
• Buck CE & Litton CD (1993) Applications of the Bayesian paradigm to archaeological data analysis. Actes du XIIe Congrés International des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques, Part I (pp 367-374)
• Buck CE (1993) The provenancing of archaeological ceramics: a Bayesian approach. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 1992 (pp 293-301). Aarhus
• Buck CE, Cavanagh WG & Litton CD (1992) Tools for the interpretation of soil phosphate data from archaeological field surveys. Geoprospection in the Archaeological Landscape (pp 75-87). Oxford
• Buck CE & Litton CD (1991) A computational Bayes approach to some common archaeological problems. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 1990 (pp 93-100)
• Buck CE, Cavanagh WG & Litton CD (1990) Image segmentation methods for archaeological field survey data. New Tools from Mathematical Archaeology (pp 55-68). Warsaw, Poland
• Buck CE & Litton CD (1989) Image segmentation techniques for archaeological geochemical data. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 1989 (pp 121-131)
• Buck CE, Cavanagh WG & Litton CD (1988) The spatial analysis of site phosphate data. Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology, 1988 (pp 151-160)