Matthew James Collins

Matthew James Collins

Professor


  1. Published

    Preservation of the metaproteome: variability of protein preservation in ancient dental calculus

    Mackie, Meaghan, Hendy, J., Ramsøe, Abigail Daisy, Sperduti, A., Holst, M., Collins, Matthew James & Speller, C. F., 11 Aug 2017, In: STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research. 3, 1, p. 74-86 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    DNA preserved in jetsam whale ambergris

    Macleod, R., Sinding, M. H. S., Olsen, Morten Tange, Collins, Matthew James & Rowland, S. J., 2020, In: Biology Letters. 16, 2, 6 p., 20190819 .

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons

    Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M., Hunter-Mann, K., Montgomery, J., Müldner, G., McLaughlin, R. L., Teasdale, M. D., Van Rheenen, W., Veldink, J. H., van den Berg, L. H., Hardiman, O., Carroll, M., Roskams, S., Oxley, J., Morgan, C., Thomas, M. G., Barnes, I., McDonnell, C., Collins, M. J. & 1 others, Bradley, D. G., 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 8 p., 10326.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Bone degradation at five Arctic archaeological sites: Quantifying the importance of burial environment and bone characteristics

    Matthiesen, H., Eriksen, A. M. H., Hollesen, J. & Collins, Matthew James, 2021, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 125, 9 p., 105296.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Ancient amino acids from fossil feathers in amber

    McCoy, V. E., Gabbott, S. E., Penkman, K., Collins, Matthew James, Presslee, S., Holt, J., Grossman, H., Wang, B., Kraemer, M. M. S., Delclòs, X. & Peñalver, E., 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 8 p., 6420.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    Identifying Archaeological Bone via Non-Destructive ZooMS and the Materiality of Symbolic Expression: Examples from Iroquoian Bone Points

    McGrath, K., Rowsell, K., St-Pierre, C. G., Tedder, A., Foody, G., Roberts, C., Speller, C. & Collins, Matthew James, 30 Jul 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 10 p., 11027.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. A novel method for integrated age and sex determination from archaeological cattle mandibles

    McGrory, S., Svensson, E. M., Götherström, A., Mulville, J., Powell, A. J., Collins, Matthew James & O'Connor, T. P., 2012, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 39, 10, p. 3324-3330 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Faunal record identifies Bering isthmus conditions as constraint to end-Pleistocene migration to the New World

    Meiri, M., Lister, A. M., Collins, Matthew James, Tuross, N., Goebel, T., Blockley, S., Zazula, G. D., van Doorn, N., Guthrie, R. D., Boeskorov, G. G., Baryshnikov, G. F., Sher, A. & Barnes, I., 2014, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281, 1776, 9 p., 20132167.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. The mechanism and effects of collagen amide group hydrolysis during liming

    Menderes, O., Covington, A. D., Waite, E. R. & Collins, Matthew James, 1999, In: Journal of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists. 83, 2, p. 107-110 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Exaggerated expectations in ancient starch research and the need for new taphonomic and authenticity criteria

    Mercader, J., Akeju, T., Brown, M., Bundala, M., Collins, Matthew James, Copeland, L., Crowther, A., Dunfield, P., Henry, A., Inwood, J., Itambu, M., Kim, J., Larter, S., Longo, L., Oldenburg, T., Patalano, R., Sammynaiken, R., Soto, M., Tyler, R. & Xhauflair, H., 2018, In: Facets. 3, p. 777-798 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    A conscious rethink: Why is brain tissue commonly preserved in the archaeological record? Commentary on: Petrone P, Pucci P, Niola M, et al. Heat-induced brain vitrification from the Vesuvius eruption in C.E. 79. N Engl J Med 2020;382:383-4. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc1909867

    Morton-Hayward, A. L., Thompson, T., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Buckley, S., Petzold, A., Ramsøe, Abigail Daisy, O'Connor, S. & Collins, Matthew James, 2020, In: STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research. 6, 1, p. 87-95 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Preservation of the bone protein osteocalcin in dinosaurs

    Muyzer, G., Sandberg, P., Knapen, M. H. J., Vermeer, C., Collins, Matthew James & Westbroek, P., 1992, In: Geology. 20, 10, p. 871-874 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Parchment Glutamine Index (PQI): A novel method to estimate glutamine deamidation levels in parchment collagen obtained from low-quality MALDI-TOF data

    Anila Bhuvanendran Nair, Bharath, Palomo, I. R., Markussen, Bo, Wiuf, Carsten, Fiddyment, S. & Collins, Matthew James, 2023, In: Peer Community Journal. 3, 18 p., e10.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  14. Bone diagenesis in the European Holocene II: taphonomic and environmental considerations

    Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Smith, C. I., Jans, M. M. E., Nord, A., Kars, H. & Collins, Matthew James, 2007, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 34, 9, p. 1523-1531 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. The chemical degradation of bone

    Nielsen-Marsh, C., Gernaey, A., Turner-Walker, G., Hedges, R., Pike, A. & Collins, Matthew James, 2000, Human Osteology: in Archaeology and Forensic Science. Cox, M. & Mays, S. (eds.). Cambridge University Press, p. 439-454

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  16. A preliminary investigation of the application of differential scanning calorimetry to the study of collagen degradation in archaeological bone

    Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Hedges, R. E. M., Mann, T. & Collins, Matthew James, 2000, In: Thermochimica Acta. 365, 1-2, p. 129-139 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Sequence preservation of osteocalcin protein and mitochondrial DNA in bison bones older than 55 ka

    Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Ostrom, P. H., Gandhi, H., Shapiro, B., Cooper, A., Hauschka, P. V. & Collins, Matthew James, 2002, In: Geology. 30, 12, p. 1099-1102 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Osteocalcin protein sequences of Neanderthals and modern primates

    Nielsen-Marsh, C. M., Richards, M. P., Hauschka, P. V., Thomas-Oates, J. E., Trinkaus, E., Pettitt, P. B., Karavanić, I., Poinar, H. & Collins, Matthew James, 2005, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 102, 12, p. 4409-4413 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Comment on "Ecological niche of Neanderthals from Spy Cave revealed by nitrogen isotopes of individual amino acids in collagen" [J. Hum. Evol. 93 (2016) 82-90]

    O'Connell, T. C. & Collins, Matthew James, 2018, In: Journal of Human Evolution. 117, p. 53-55 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalEditorialResearchpeer-review

  20. Advances in identifying archaeological traces of horn and other keratinous hard tissues

    O'Connor, S., Solazzo, C. & Collins, Matthew James, 2015, In: Studies in Conservation. 60, 6, p. 393-417 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Exceptional preservation of a prehistoric human brain from Heslington, Yorkshire, UK

    O'Connor, S., Ali, E., Al-Sabah, S., Anwar, D., Bergström, E., Brown, K. A., Buckberry, J., Buckley, S., Collins, M., Denton, J., Dorling, K. M., Dowle, A., Duffey, P., Edwards, H. G. M., Faria, E. C., Gardner, P., Gledhill, A., Heaton, K., Heron, C., Janaway, R. & 14 others, Keely, B. J., King, D., Masinton, A., Penkman, K., Petzold, A., Pickering, M. D., Rumsby, M., Schutkowski, H., Shackleton, K. A., Thomas, J., Thomas-Oates, J., Usai, M. R., Wilson, A. S. & O'Connor, T., 2011, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 38, 7, p. 1641-1654 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Preservation of ancient DNA in thermally damaged archaeological bone

    Ottoni, C., Koon, H. E. C., Collins, Matthew James, Penkman, K. E. H., Rickards, O. & Craig, O. E., 2009, In: Naturwissenschaften. 96, 2, p. 267-278 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe

    Parfitt, S. A., Barendregt, R. W., Breda, M., Candy, I., Collins, Matthew James, Coope, G. R., Durbidge, P., Field, M. H., Lee, J. R., Lister, A. M., Mutch, R., Penkman, K. E. H., Preece, R. C., Rose, J., Stringer, C. B., Symmons, R., Whittaker, J. E., Wymer, J. J. & Stuart, A. J., 2005, In: Nature. 438, 7070, p. 1008-1012 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain

    Pearson, M. P., Chamberlain, A., Craig, O., Marshall, P., Mulville, J., Smith, H., Chenery, C., Collins, Matthew James, Cook, G., Craig, G., Evans, J., Hiller, J., Montgomery, J., Schwenninger, J., Taylor, G. & Wess, T., 2005, In: Antiquity. 79, 305, p. 529-546 18 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Testing the aminostratigraphy of fluvial archives: the evidence from intra-crystalline proteins within freshwater shells

    Penkman, K. E. H., Preece, R. C., Keen, D. H., Maddy, D., Schreve, D. C. & Collins, Matthew James, 2007, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 26, 22-24, p. 2958-2969 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Closed-system behaviour of the intra-crystalline fraction of amino acids in mollusc shells

    Penkman, K. E. H., Kaufman, D. S., Maddy, D. & Collins, Matthew James, 2008, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 3, 1-2, p. 2-25 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  27. Amino acid geochronology of the type Cromerian of West Runton, Norfolk, UK

    Penkman, K. E. H., Preece, R. C., Keen, D. H. & Collins, Matthew James, 2010, In: Quaternary International. 228, 1-2, p. 25-37 13 p.

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  28. An aminostratigraphy for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula

    Penkman, K. E. H., Preece, R. C., Bridgland, D. R., Keen, D. H., Meijer, T., Parfitt, S. A., White, T. S. & Collins, Matthew James, 2013, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 61, p. 111-134 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. A chronological framework for the British Quaternary based on Bithynia opercula

    Penkman, K. E. H., Preece, R. C., Bridgland, D. R., Keen, D. H., Meijer, T., Parfitt, S. A., White, T. S. & Collins, Matthew James, 2011, In: Nature. 476, 7361, p. 446-449 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    Dire wolves were the last of an ancient New World canid lineage

    Perri, A. R., Mitchell, K. J., Mouton, A., Alvarez-Carretero, S., Hulme-Beaman, A., Haile, J., Jamieson, A., Meachen, J., Lin, A. T., Schubert, B. W., Ameen, C., Antipina, E. E., Bover, P., Brace, S., Carmagnini, A., Carøe, C., Samaniego Castruita, J. A., Chatters, J. C., Dobney, K., dos Reis, M. & 29 others, Evin, A., Gaubert, P., Gopalakrishnan, Shyam, Gower, Graham, Heiniger, H., Helgen, K. M., Kapp, J., Kosintsev, P. A., Linderholm, A., Ozga, A. T., Presslee, S., Salis, A. T., Saremi, N. F., Shew, C., Skerry, K., Taranenko, D. E., Thompson, M., Sablin, M. V., Kuzmin, Y. V., Collins, Matthew James, Sinding, M. S., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Stone, A. C., Shapiro, B., Van Valkenburgh, B., Wayne, R. K., Larson, G., Cooper, A. & Frantz, L. A. F., 2021, In: Nature. 591, p. 87-91

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Bone collagen from subtropical Australia is preserved for more than 50,000 years

    Peters, C., Wang, Y., Vakil, V., Cramb, J., Dortch, J., Hocknull, S., Lawrence, R., Manne, T., Monks, C., Rössner, G. E., Ryan, H., Siversson, M., Ziegler, T., Louys, J., Price, G. J., Boivin, N. & Collins, Matthew James, 2023, In: Communications Earth and Environment. 4, 8 p., 438.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Questioning new answers regarding Holocene chicken domestication in China

    Peters, J., Lebrasseur, O., Best, J., Miller, H., Fothergill, T., Dobney, K., Thomas, R. M., Maltby, M., Sykes, N., Hanotte, O., O'Connor, T., Collins, Matthew James & Larson, G., 2015, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 112, 19, p. E2415

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  33. Results from an amino acid racemization inter-laboratory proficiency study: design and performance evaluation

    Powell, J., Collins, Matthew James, Cussens, J., MacLeod, N. & Penkman, K. E. H., 2013, In: Quaternary Geochronology. 16, p. 183-197 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Palaeoproteomics resolves sloth relationships

    Presslee, S., Slater, G. J., Pujos, F., Forasiepi, A. M., Fischer, R., Molloy, K., Mackie, M., Olsen, J. V., Kramarz, A., Taglioretti, M., Scaglia, F., Lezcano, M., Lanata, J. L., Southon, J., Feranec, R., Bloch, J., Hajduk, A., Martin, F. M., Salas Gismondi, R., Reguero, M. & 6 others, de Muizon, C., Greenwood, A., Chait, B. T., Penkman, K., Collins, Matthew James & MacPhee, R. D. E., 2019, In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 3, p. 1121-1130

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    The identification of archaeological eggshell using peptide markers

    Presslee, S., Wilson, J., Woolley, J., Best, J., Russell, D., Radini, A., Fischer, R., Kessler, B., Boano, R., Collins, Matthew James & Demarchi, B., 2017, In: STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research. 3, 1, p. 89-99 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Medieval women's early involvement in manuscript production suggested by lapis lazuli identification in dental calculus

    Radini, A., Tromp, M., Beach, A., Tong, E., Speller, C., McCormick, M., Dudgeon, J. V., Collins, Matthew James, Rühli, F., Kröger, R. & Warinner, C., 2019, In: Science Advances. 26, 2, 9 p., eaau7126.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Assessing the degradation of ancient milk proteins through site-specific deamidation patterns

    Ramsøe, A., Crispin, M., Mackie, Meaghan, McGrath, K., Fischer, R., Demarchi, B., Collins, Matthew James, Hendy, J. & Speller, C., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 14 p., 7795.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    DeamiDATE 1.0: Site-specific deamidation as a tool to assess authenticity of members of ancient proteomes

    Ramsøe, A., van Heekeren, V., Ponce, P., Fischer, R., Barnes, I., Speller, C. & Collins, Matthew James, Mar 2020, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 115, 10 p., 105080.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Proteomic analysis of meat and bone meal and animal feed

    Reece, P., Chassaigne, H., Collins, Matthew James, Buckley, M., Bremer, M. & Grundy, H., 2012, Detection, identification and quantification of processed animal proteins in feedingstuffs. Jørgensen, J. S. & Baeten, V. (eds.). Presses Universitaires de Namur, p. 113-124

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  40. Fish 'n chips: ZooMS peptide mass fingerprinting in a 96 well plate format to identify fish bone fragments

    Richter, K. K., Wilson, J., Jones, A. K. G., Buckley, M., van Doorn, N. & Collins, Matthew James, 2011, In: Journal of Archaeological Science. 38, 7, p. 1502-1510 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. A review of the dodo and its ecosystem: Insights from a vertebrate concentration lagerstätte in mauritius

    Rijsdijk, K. F., Hume, J. P., de Louw, P. G. B., Meijer, H. J. M., Janoo, A., de Boer, E. J., Steel, L., de Vos, J., van der Sluis, L. G., Hooghiemstra, H., Florens, F. B. V., Baider, C., Vernimmen, T. J. J., Baas, P., van Heteren, A. H., Rupear, V., Beebeejaun, G., Grihault, A., van der Plicht, J. H., Besselink, M. & 18 others, Lubeek, J. K., Jansen, M., Kluiving, S. J., Hollund, H., Shapiro, B., Collins, Matthew James, Buckley, M., Jayasena, R. M., Porch, N., Floore, R., Bunnik, F., Biedlingmaier, A., Leavitt, J., Monfette, G., Kimelblatt, A., Randall, A., Floore, P. & Claessens, L. P. A. M., 1 Jan 2015, In: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 35, p. 3-20 18 p.

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  42. Mid-Holocene vertebrate bone Concentration-Lagerstätte on oceanic island Mauritius provides a window into the ecosystem of the dodo (Raphus cucullatus)

    Rijsdijk, K. F., Hume, J. P., Bunnik, F., Florens, F. B. V., Baider, C., Shapiro, B., van der Plicht, J., Janoo, A., Griffiths, O., van den Hoek Ostende, L. W., Cremer, H., Vernimmen, T., De Louw, P. G. B., Bholah, A., Saumtally, S., Porch, N., Haile, J., Buckley, M., Collins, Matthew James & Gittenberger, E., 2009, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 28, 1-2, p. 14-24 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. The polymer model of collagen degradation

    Riley, M. S. & Collins, Matthew James, 1994, In: Polymer Degradation and Stability. 46, 1, p. 93-97 5 p.

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  44. Bogs, Bodies and Burnt Mounds: Visits to the Soar Wetlands in the Neolithic and Bronze Age

    Ripper, S., Beamish, M., Bayliss, A., Ramsey, C. B., Brown, A., Collins, Matthew James, Cooper, N. J., Cook, G., Cook, J., Gouldwell, A., Greig, J., Hatton, J., Marshall, P. D., Meadows, J., Monckton, A., Van Der Plicht, H., Smith, D. & Tetlow, E., 2012, In: Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society. 78, p. 173-206

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Age estimation based on aspartic acid racemization in elastin from the yellow ligaments

    Ritz-Timme, S., Laumeier, I. & Collins, Matthew James, 2003, In: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 117, 2, p. 96-101 6 p.

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  46. Age estimation: the state of the art in relation to the specific demands of forensic practise

    Ritz-Timme, S., Cattaneo, C., Collins, Matthew James, Waite, E. R., Schütz, H. W., Kaatsch, H. & Borrman, H. I. M., 2000, In: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 113, 3, p. 129-136 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  47. Quality assurance in age estimation based on aspartic acid racemisation

    Ritz-Timme, S., Rochholz, G., Schütz, H. W., Collins, Matthew James, Waite, E. R., Cattaneo, C. & Kaatsch, H., 2000, In: International Journal of Legal Medicine. 114, 1-2, p. 83-86 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  48. Aspartic acid racemization: evidence for marked longevity of elastin in human skin

    Ritz-Timme, S., Laumeier, I. & Collins, Matthew James, 2003, In: British Journal of Dermatology. 149, 5, p. 951-959 9 p.

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  49. Commentary on Ohtani S, Matsushima Y, Kobayashi Y, Kishi K. Evaluation of aspartic acid racemization ratios in the human femur for age estimation 949-953 [1] (multiple letters)

    Ritz-Timme, S., Schutz, H. W., Collins, Matthew James, Ohtani, S. & Yamamoto, T., 1999, In: Journal of Forensic Sciences. 44, 4, p. 874-876 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLetterResearchpeer-review

  50. Racemization of aspartic acid in human proteins

    Ritz-Timme, S. & Collins, Matthew James, 2002, In: Ageing Research Reviews. 1, 1, p. 43-59 17 p.

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