========================================================================= Date: Thu, 13 Jun 1996 17:38:26 -0500 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "Melissa C. Winans" Subject: Univ. Texas adopts MWSU Miocene-Pliocene vertebrates Comments: To: Museum-L LISTSERV , Musweb-L LISTSERV , "Nat. Hist. Coll. LISTSERV" , Paleonet , Quaternary LISTSERV , Taxacom LISTSERV , "Vert. Paleo. LISTSERV" Comments: cc: Mary Ann Rankin , Ernest Lundelius , Timothy Rowe , Wann Langston Vertebrate paleontologists with an interest in the Tertiary faunas of Texas and northern Mexico, please note: In late May of this year the collection of Miocene through Pliocene fossil vertebrates that was amassed by Walter Dalquest during his years at Midwestern State University was transferred to the Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory at the University of Texas in Austin. It will be housed here as the Walter Dalquest Midwestern University Collection, and will be available for study on the same terms as our other collections. The Pleistocene collections remain at Midwestern State University, in the care of Dr. Fred Stangl (Biology Dept). We would very much like to hear from anyone who has MWSU Miocene or Pliocene specimens out on loan, with a list of what you have (including catalogue numbers), approximately when you received it, and how long you expect to keep it (as with all V.P. loans, we realize that "how long" may be difficult to quantify, and subject to change). This will help us to account for specimens that should have been in what we received, but have not been found. To save Walt the bother of boxing them up again and sending them to us, any loans of MWSU specimens should be returned directly to the address below, rather than to MWSU: Vertebrate Paleontology Lab University of Texas J.J. Pickle Research Campus 10100 Burnet Road Austin TX 78758 ATTN: Collection Manager For additional information, including arranging loans or visits to the collection, contact collection manager Melissa Winans at the above address, by e-mail (mcwinans@mail.utexas.edu), or by phone (512-471-6087). **************************************************************** Melissa C. Winans, Collection Manager (mcwinans@mail.utexas.edu) Vertebrate Paleontology Laboratory Phone: 512-471-6087 J.J. Pickle Research Campus Fax: 512-471-5973 University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 ========================================================================= Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 11:46:47 -0700 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: David Sewell Subject: Job Announcement: Archaeometry Lab manager [I am forwarding this for Dr. Tykot. Please respond to him at the address below, NOT to me. --David Sewell] Requisition #64951 Research Assistant III Manage Archaeometry Laboratories located in the Hoffman Laboratory, Harvard University Half-time (17.5 hours/week) Salary grade 55 Salary range $28,500-44,100 Starting date: July 1, 1996 Interviews begin as soon as possible Required Education, Experience, Skills: Bachelor's degree in laboratory science or equivalent required; advanced degree in related area preferred; experience in light isotope mass spectrometry and vacuum systems, instrumental chemical analysis; excellent communications and interpersonal skills; computer literacy (IBM) is required. Duties and Responsibilities: Assist faculty member (NJ van der Merwe) in research program by performing light stable isotope analysis of fossil and subfossil bone and other organics, maintaining vacuum lines, and performing instrumental chemical analysis. Supervises undergraduate and graduate students working on research projects in laboratory. Assists with teaching of courses in archaeometry and related topics. Writes proposals for outside funding agencies. Equips and maintains laboratories. Keeps accurate records of several research, teaching and start-up funds. Must be able to work autonomously and make decisions in given areas of responsibility. Performs related job duties as required. Note: Flexible hours are an option. Please send cover letter and resume to: Dr. Robert H. Tykot Anthropology Department Harvard University Peabody Museum 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 617 496-8991 617 495-8925 (fax) Tykot@fas.harvard.edu Address until July 10. Regular mail must ARRIVE by that date. ********************************************************** * Dr. Robert H. Tykot Tykot@fas.harvard.edu * * Archaeometry Laboratories 617 496-8991 * * Department of Anthropology 617 495-8925 (fax) * * 11 Divinity Avenue * * Harvard University * * Cambridge, MA 02138 USA * ********************************************************** New Address (I will be in residence by July 22): ********************************************************** * Dr. Robert H. Tykot Tykot@luna.cas.usf.edu * * Assistant Professor 813 974-2150 * * Department of Anthropology 813 974-2668 (fax) * * University of South Florida * * 4202 East Fowler Avenue * * Tampa, Florida 33620-8100 * ********************************************************** ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 09:18:55 -0500 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: james burton Subject: Re: Job Announcement: Archaeometry Lab manager In-Reply-To: p.s. 17.5 hours...I guess that translates as "no benefits"? No wonder you decided to move south! ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 10:28:13 -0500 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "Ronald L. Dula" Subject: Re: Job Announcement: Archaeometry Lab manager 17.5 hours may mean no benefits, but $28,500 is more than the University of Texas pays a new full-time tenure track assistant professor. Ronald L. Dula r.l.dula@mail.utexas.edu Department of Anthropology College of Liberal Arts University of Texas at Austin The truth of a given proposition has nothing whatsoever to do with its believability, and vice versa. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 09:25:45 -0700 Reply-To: Beta Analytic Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Beta Analytic Subject: Re: Job Announcement: Archaeometry Lab manager Where can I look up the announcement on the Archaeometry Lab Manager? I would also like to subscribe to the list from home, do I simply "SUBSCRIBE" from home? Thanks. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:48:20 -0500 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: james burton Subject: Re: Job Announcement: Archaeometry Lab manager In-Reply-To: In response to my earlier flippant comment to Tykot, insinuating that the half-time laboratory position is another case of academic 'downsizing', he quickly corrected me with a revised announcement, posted below. There is also apparently the possibility of doubling this with a similar light isotope opportunity with Department of Earth & Planetary Science(?) (please respond to Tykot, not to me or David Sewell. _______________________________________________________________ Requisition #64951 Research Assistant III Manage Archaeometry Laboratories located in the Hoffman Laboratory, Harvard University Half-time (17.5 hours/week), includes FULL BENEFITS PACKAGE (health, dental, life, 401k) Salary grade 55: FTE (35 hrs/wk) salary range $28,500-44,100 ($14,250-22,050 for 17.5 hrs/wk) Starting date: July 1, 1996 Interviews begin as soon as possible Required Education, Experience, Skills: Bachelor's degree in laboratory science or equivalent required; advanced degree in related area preferred; experience in light isotope mass spectrometry and vacuum systems, instrumental chemical analysis; excellent communications and interpersonal skills; computer literacy (IBM) is required. Duties and Responsibilities: Assist faculty member (NJ van der Merwe) in research program by performing light stable isotope analysis of fossil and subfossil bone and other organics, maintaining vacuum lines, and performing instrumental chemical analysis. Supervises undergraduate and graduate students working on research projects in laboratory. Assists with teaching of courses in archaeometry and related topics. Writes proposals for outside funding agencies. Equips and maintains laboratories. Keeps accurate records of several research, teaching and start-up funds. Must be able to work autonomously and make decisions in given areas of responsibility. Performs related job duties as required. Note: Flexible hours are an option. Please send cover letter and resume to: Dr. Robert H. Tykot Anthropology Department Harvard University Peabody Museum 11 Divinity Avenue Cambridge, MA 02138 617 496-8991 617 495-8925 (fax) Tykot@fas.harvard.edu Address until July 10. Regular mail must ARRIVE by that date. ========================================================================= Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 15:21:04 -0600 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: MANLEY WILLIAM FREDERICK Subject: del 13C of seal fat? Comments: cc: manleyw@ekman.Colorado.EDU Greetings. Does anyone want to field the following question? What is the average value of del13C for marine mammal fat, specifically seal fat? I'm attempting to 13-C correct a few dates produced in the '70s on such materials collected from archeological sites in the eastern Canadian Arctic. Your help with a standard, accepted value and a reference would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Bill Manley ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ William F. Manley, Ph.D. Research Associate, Quaternary Geology Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0450 Tel: (303) 492-5075 Fax: (303) 492-6388 E-mail: William.Manley@Colorado.EDU WWW site: http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~manleyw/Home.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ========================================================================= Date: Sat, 22 Jun 1996 18:11:10 +1200 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: "Beavan, Nancy" Subject: del 13C of seal fat? - Reply Here's one reference at my fingertips ( fortunetly I have a lot of del 13C references strewn about ....) This data is for Northwest Territories, though... Ramsay, MA and Hobson, KA, 1991. Polar bears make little use of terrestrial food webs: evidence from stable-carbon isotope analysis. Oecologia, 86 : 598-600. Table 1. (pg 599) Values for Ringed seal ( Phoca hispida) collected April to June 1986, Rankin Inlet and Coral Harbor, Northwest Territories, Canada (btw, also has values for polar bear tissues..) Fat : mean -26.1 +/- 0.2 (n 17) ; range -27.5 to -24.5 Muscle: mean -18.1+/- 0.2 (n 27); range -20.6 to -16.6 Bone collagen: mean -16.2 +/- 0.3 (n10); range -17.2 to -14.5 Hope that was of some assistance; Another ref -- Chisholm, Nelson, Schwarcz 1983) Marine and terrestrial protein in prehistoric diets on the British Columbia coast. Current Anthropology, 24: 396-398. and a last, tangential ref for arctic foodweb stable isotopes-- Schell and Ziemann (1989) Natural carbon isotopic tracers in arctic aquatic food webs. In;: Rundel, Ehleringer, Nagy (eds) Stable Isotopes in Ecological Research. Springer :Berlin Heidelberg New York: pp 230-251 Nancy Beavan Rafter Radiocarbon Laboratory Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Lower Hutt, New Zealand tel: 64 04 570 4634 fx: 64 04 570 4657 email: n.beavan@gns.cri.nz ========================================================================= Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:47:47 -0700 Reply-To: Radiocarbon Mailing List Sender: Radiocarbon Mailing List From: Michaele Kashgarian Subject: ivory pretreatment? We have been asked to do an AMS date on some ivory sampled from a piece of artwork. I'd appreciate any suggestions on sampling and pre-treatment methods. (Most of what I've been able to find in the literature says things like "the ivory was pre-treated using standard methods"!) Thanks! Michaele Kashgarian ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Michaele Kashgarian kashgarian@llnl.gov Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry phone(510)422-3703 LLNL L-397 fax(510)423-7884 PO BOX 808 7000 East Avenue Livermore, CA 94551-0808 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^