Elizabeth Ellen Peacock

Professor Seksjon for arkeologi og kulturhistorie NTNU Vitenskapsmuseet
+47 73592163
Erling Skakkes gate 47B, Gunnerushuset*A156

Background and activities

Professor, BA, MAC, PhD, FIIC

Teaching areas

- Care of museum collections
- Preservation and management of archaeological sites
- Nature, technology and deterioration of archaeological materials
- Archaeological conservation
- Research conservation
- Textile science
 
Research areas
- Taphonomy and diagenesis of organic archaeological materials
- Preservation and management of archaeological sites
- Conservation of organic archaeological materials
- Conservation education
 
Recent publications
Scientific Publications
Peacock, E E and Skoglund, F W (submitted). Characterising and managing the underwater cultural heritage beyond the reach of divers. The DePMAS project. Underwater Archaeology and the Submerged Prehistory of Europe, J Benjamin, C Bonsall, A Fischer and C Pickard (Eds.). Oxford: Oxbow Books.
Peacock, E E (submitted). Potential insights artefact studies can contribute to circumpolar research questions as illustrated by finds recovered from archaeological investigations of two Russian Pomor hunting stations on Svalbard. A Circumpolar Reappraisal. Oxford: British Archaeological Reports (BAR).
Peacock, E; Bergstrand, T; Nyström Godfrey, I; Björdal, C; Bohm, C; Christensson, E; Gregory, D;    MacLeod, I; Nilsson, T; Richards, V; Turner-Walker, G (submitted). Reburial: a method for preserving collections of marine archaeological artefacts? The Marstrand Project. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA3).
Skoglund, F W and Peacock, E E (submitted). Deepwater Preservation and Management of Archaeological Sites: presentation of the DePMAS project. Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Underwater Archaeology (IKUWA3).
 Peacock, E E and Turner-Walker, G (2009). Reburial and Analysis of Archaeological Remains (RAAR): investigation of the effects of burial on non-wood organic materials. Preliminary results. Proceedings of the 10th ICOM Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, K. Strætkvern and D.J. Huisman (Eds.) Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 37 (197-213).
Nyström Godfrey, I; Bergstrand, T; Gjelstrup Björdal, C; Nilsson, T; Bohm, C; Christensson, E; Gregory, D; Peacock, E E; Richards, V and MacLeod, I (2009). Reburial and Analysis of Archaeological Remains – the RAAR project. Project status and cultural heritage management implications based on the first preliminary results. Proceedings of the 10th ICOM Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, K Strætkvern and D J Huisman (Eds.) Nederlandse Archeologische Rapporten 37 (169-196).
Peacock, E.E. (2009). Book reviews. Journal of the Institute of Conservation. 32(2):249-251.
Peacock, E E (2008). Making some sense of collection surveys. Journal of Cultural Property Conservation / Wenhua zichan baocun xuekan 4:57-62 [in Chinese].
Peacock, E E; Bergstrand, T; Nyström Godfrey, I; Björdal, C; Bohm, C; Christensson, E; Gregory, D; MacLeod, I; Nilsson, T; Richards, V and Turner-Walker, G (2008). The Marstrand Reburial Project - overview, phase I and future work. PARIS3 Preserving Archaeological Remains in Situ. Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 10. Amsterdam (253-263).
Turner-Walker, G; Peacock, E E; Gilbert, M T P and Koon, H E C (2008). An experimental study of morphological and chemical degradation of bone in wetlands: potential for DNA extraction and amplification. PARIS3 Preserving Archaeological Remains in Situ. Geoarchaeological and Bioarchaeological Studies 10. Amsterdam (75-84).
Turner-Walker, G and Peacock, E E (2008.) Preliminary results of bone diagenesis in Scandinavian bogs. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 266:151-159.
Peacock. E E (2007). Contribution of x-radiography to the conservation and study of textile-leather composite archaeological footwear recovered from the Norwegian Arctic. X-radiography for Textile Studies and Conservation: Techniques, Applications and Interpretation, S O’Connor and M M Brooks (Eds.). London: Elsevier Science (294-301).
 Peacock, E E (2007). Archaeological textiles intimately associated with human remains – where is the dilemma? NESAT IX Archäologische Textilfunde - Archaeological Textiles. Ennenda: Archeo Tex (12-16).
Peacock, E E (2007). Reburial and Analyses of Archaeolgical Remains (RAAR): investigation of the effects of burial on organic materials other than wood (textile, leather, antler, horn and bone). Reburial and Analyses of Archaeological Remains – Studies on the Effect of Reburial on Archaeological Materials Performed in Marstrand, Sweden 2002-2005. The RAAR Project, T Bergstrand and I Nyström Godfrey (Eds.). Uddevalla: Bohuslåns Museum and Studio Våstsvensk Konservering (Appendix 5).
 Vuissoz, A; Worobey, M; Odegaard, N; Bunce, M; Machado, C A; Lynnerup, N; Peacock, E E and Gilbert, M T P (2007). The survival of PCR-amplifiable DNA in cow leather. Journal of Archaeological Science 34(5):823-829.
Peacock, E.E. (2006) Book reviews. Studies in Conservation 51(2):158-160.
Peacock, E E (2005). Il deterioramento biologico delle fibre tessili in contesti archaeologici – implicazioni per le scelte di conservazione (24-45) / The Biodeterioration of textile fibres in wet archaeological contexts with implications for conservation choices (46-61). Incontri di Restauro 4. Trento: Provincia Autonoma di Trento.
Peacock, E E (2005). Introduction (17-19) / Introduzione (20-22). Incontri di Restauro 4. Trento: Provincia Autonoma di Trento.
Peacock, E E (2005). Investigation of conservation methods for a textile recovered from the American Civil War submarine H.L. Hunley (1864). Proceedings of the 9th ICOM Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, P Hoffmann; K Strætkvern; J A Spriggs and D Gregory (Eds.). Bremerhavn: WOAM (497-512).
Peacock, E E (2005). Conservation of severely deteriorated wet archaeological leather recovered from the Norwegian Arctic. Preliminary results. Proceedings of the 9th ICOM Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, P Hoffmann; K Strætkvern; J A Spriggs and D Gregory (Eds.). Bremerhavn: WOAM (565-578).
Bergstrand, T; Björdal, C G; Nilsson, T; Bohm, C; Christensson, E; Gregory, D; Nyström, I; Peacock, E; Turner-Walker, G; Richards, V and MacLeod, I (2005). Reburial as a method of preserving archaeological remains. A presentation of the Marstrand Project. Proceedings of the 9th ICOM Group on Wet Organic Archaeological Materials Conference, P Hoffmann; K Strætkvern; J A Spriggs and D Gregory (Eds.). Bremerhavn: WOAM (9-39).
Peacock, E E (2004). Moseforsøg – the next generation. Priceless Inventions of Humanity – Textiles, J Maik (Ed.). Acta Archaeologica Lodziensia Nr. 50/1. Łódz: Polish Academy of Sciences (185-193).
Peacock, E E and Turner-Walker, G (2004). Building for a new millennium: monitoring for the first 10 years? Preserving Archaeological Remains In-situ? T Nixon (Ed.) London: Museum of London Archaeology Service (65-71).
Peacock, E E (2002). Monitoring the In Situ Archaeological Deposits at Schultzgt. 3-7, Trondheim, Norway (1996-2001). Rapport Arkeologisk Serie 2002:1. Trondheim: Vitenskapsmuseum.
 
Popular Works

Peacock E E (2009). Ta vare på dine gamle gjenstander: leketøy og spill / Take care of your heirlooms. Toys and games. SPOR 24(1):46-49 [in Norwegian].

Peacock E E (2008). Ta vare på dine gamle gjenstander: tepper og matter / Take care of your heirlooms. Carpets and rugs. SPOR 23(1):42-44 [in Norwegian].

Peacock, E E (2007). Ta vare på dine gamle gjenstander: gamle fotografier / Take care of your heirlooms. Photographs on metal and glass. SPOR 22(2):46-48 [in Norwegian].

Peacock, E E (2006). Ta vare på dine gamle gjenstander: gamle bøker / Take care of your heirlooms. Books. SPOR 21(1):48-51 [in Norwegian].

Peacock, E E (2005). Menneskets første kunststoff: egyptisk fajanse / Man’s first synthetic material: Egyptian faience. SPOR 20(2):20-23 [in Norwegian].

Peacock, E E (2004). Havbunn – fremtidens lagringsplass for marinarkeologiske gjenstander? / The seabed – the future store for marine archaeological finds? SPOR 19(2):34-37 [in Norwegian].

 

 

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