Conference Presentations

Woll, A.R., Agyeman-Budu, D., Choudhury, S., Cooper, D.M.L., Coulthard, I., Gordon, R.A., Hallin, E., Swanston, T., and Varney, T.
2014 Spoked channel arrays for 3D micro confocal X-ray fluorescence. Poster presented at the International Conference on X-Ray Microscopy, Melbourne, Australia

Choudhury, S., Woll, A.R., Agyeman-Budu, D., Swanston, T., Varney, T., Cooper, D.M.L., Gordon, R.A., Hallin, E., George, G.N., Pickering, I.J., and Coulthard, I.
2014 Microchannel array derived high resolution confocal X-ray fluorescence imaging for Art and Archaeology. Poster presented at the SYNCHROTRON RADIATION AND NEUTRONS IN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY conference, Paris, France

T. Swanston, T. Varney, I. Coulthard, R. Murphy, and D. Cooper
2014 Confocal X-ray Fluorescence and the Biogenic Uptake of Strontium in Colonial Antigua. Paper presented at the SYNCHROTRON RADIATION AND NEUTRONS IN ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY conference, Paris, France

Swanston T, Varney T, Coulthard I, Murphy R, and Cooper D
2014 Lead in Colonial Antigua Revealed by Cortical Bone Trace Element Spatial Patterns. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Calgary, AB, Canada

Varney TL, Sparkes H, Murphy R, Courtaud P, Romon T, and D Watters
2014 Heterogeneity in the dietary regimes of West Indian enslaved labourers as reconstructed from stable isotopes. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Calgary, AB, Canada

Varney T.L, Sparkes H, Murphy R, Courtaud P, Romon T, and D Watters
2013 Dietary variation among enslaved labourers from three colonial burial sites on three West Indian islands. Paper present at the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology Conference, Toronto, ON

Swanston T, Varney T, Coulthard I, Murphy R, and Cooper D
2013 New synchrotron-based technique for the spatial mapping of trace elements in archaeological bone. Paper present at the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology Conference, Toronto, ON

Varney T, Swanston T, Coulthard I, Murphy R, and Cooper D. Lead Levels In Royal Naval Personnel
2013 Interred In The Royal Naval Hospital Cemetery At English Harbour, Antigua, W.I. Paper presented at the International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Puerto Rico.

Swanston T, Varney T, Coulthard I, Murphy R, and Cooper D.
2013 Mercury in the bones: Evidence of Medicine? Paper presented at the International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Puerto Rico.

Swanton, T., Varney, T., Coulthard, I., George, G., Pickering, I., Murphy, R., Cooper, D.
2013 Synchrotron light identifies the biogenic uptake of metacinnabar in a bone sample from an Antigua, West Indies, Royal Naval Hospital Cemetery (1793-1822). Poster presented at the annual meetings of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Knoxville,TN.

Varney, T., Swanton, T., Coulthard, I., Murphy, R, Cooper, D.
2013 Medical Mercury and a probable case of it use in colonial Antigua, W.I.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Knoxville, TN.

Swanton, T., Varney, T., Coulthard, I., Murphy, R., Cooper, D.
2012 Targeting specific strontium labeled osteons to determine human migration patterns. Poster presented at the Australian Archaeological Association meetings, Wollongong, Australia

Swanton, T., Varney, T., Coulthard, I., Henning, C., Murphy, R., Cooper, D.
2012 Bone microstructural features combined with synchrotron radiation x-ray flouorescence spatial maps of lead and strontium in historical bone samples from Antigua suggests biogenic uptake.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Portland, OR.
 
Varney, T.L.
2011  Archaeological mitigation of a plantation family burying ground.  Paper presented at the International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Martinique.
 
Varney, T.L., D.M.L. Cooper, I. Coulthard, G.N. George, I.J. Pickering, and A.R. Murphy
2010  A preliminary investigation of lead contamination in a Napoleonic era naval cemetery in Antigua, W.I.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists, Saskatoon, SK. 
 
Varney, T.L. 
 2009  The Royal Naval Hospital Cemetery at English Harbour, Antigua:  not just the "Grave of the Englishman".  Paper presented at the International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Antigua.
 
Varney, T.L.
2009  Dining in the Bush:  evidence from stable isotope analysis of ceramic residues.  Paper presented at the Canadian Archaeological Conference, Thunder Bay, ON.
 
Varney, T.L., L.M. Anderson, and H.A. Sparkes
2008  Stable isotope analysis of the Schyler Flatts burial ground.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists, Hamilton, ON.
 
Varney, T.L. and S. Burke
2007  Evaluating Health in the British Caribbean:  Antigua, 1863-1872.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists, Banff, AB.
 
Varney, T.L. and S.J. Garvie-Lok
2006  Mineral yield as an indicator of bone quality for carbonate analyses.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists, Peterborough, ON.
 
de Mille, C.N., T.L. Varney, and M. Turney.
2006  Saladoid lapidary technology:  new methods for investigating stone bead drilling techniques.  Paper presented at the Society for American Archaeology meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
   
Varney, T.L.
2005  Using Stable Isotopic Analysis to Make Determinations of Group Membership in a Colonial Cemetery in Antigua, West Indies. Paper presented at the Bioarchaeology and Forensic Anthropology Association Annual Meeting Terre Haute, IN. 
 
Varney, T.L.
2005  Does Diet Reflect Group Membership? A Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Remains from the Royal Naval Hospital Cemetery at English Harbour, Antigua, W.I. Paper presented at the XXI International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Trinidad, July 2005.
 
Varney, T.L., P. Courtaud, and T. Romon
2005  Establishing Natality in a Colonial Caribbean Slave Cemetery (Sainte-Marguerite, Guadeloupe, FWI) Using Stable Isotopes (dC13 and d180). Paper presented at the Chacmool Archaeological Conference, Calgary, AB.  
 
Varney, T.L., P. Courtaud, and T. Romon  

2005  Régime alimentaire et histoires diététiques chez une population d'esclaves d'époque coloniale - Le cimetière de l'Anse Sainte-Marguerite (Guadeloupe). Paper presented at the GMPCA (Groupe de Méthodes Pluridisciplinaires Contribuant à l'Archéologie) Archéométrie 2005 Conference, Salay, France.   

 
Varney, T.L.
2004  Reconstructing Diet and Dietary Histories in a Colonial African-Caribbean Population from Guadeloupe, West Indies. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, Tampa, FL.
 
Varney, T.L.
2003  Tracing Life Histories Using Stable Isotopes of Bone and Teeth in a Colonial Population of the Caribbean. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists, Edmonton, AB.
 
Garvie-Lok, S., and T.L. Varney (refereed)
2002  The Impact of Acetic Acid Pretreatment on Apatite Carbonate. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropology, Buffalo, NY.
 
Varney, T.L.
2002  Private Voices and Public Records:  Using Historical Documents and Osteology to Reconstruct Colonial Life in the Caribbean. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists, Ottawa, ON.
 
Varney, T.L., and B. Baker
2002  Developmental Defects in Two Individuals from a Historic Munsee Cemetery in New York. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Paleopathology Association, Buffalo, NY.
 
de Mille, C., and T.L. Varney
2001  A Preliminary Investigation of Saladoid Stone Bead Manufacturing. Paper presented at the XIX International Congress for Caribbean Archaeology, Aruba. 
    
Varney, T.L.
2001  Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Analyses at a Colonial Naval Cemetery at English Harbour, Antigua, WI. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropologists, Winnipeg, Manitoba.