Fiona Petchey

Dr Fiona Petchey was trained in archaeology and geology at the University of Auckland, and obtained her PhD in radiocarbon dating at Waikato University. She has undertaken research investigating Lapita age sites in Fiji, Samoa and New Britain. Currently, her research is focused on the dating of bone and shell from sites in New Zealand and the Pacific, specifically marine reservoir corrections and the influence of diet on human bone C¹⁴. She is responsible for sample pretreatment, the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) laboratories, and liaison with submitters.


	Dr Fiona Petchey was trained in archaeology and geology at the University of Auckland, and obtained her PhD in radiocarbon dating at Waikato University. She has undertaken research investigating Lapita age sites in Fiji, Samoa and New Britain. Currently, her research is focused on the dating of bone and shell from sites in New Zealand and the Pacific, specifically marine reservoir corrections and the influence of diet on human bone C¹⁴. She is responsible for sample pretreatment, the accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) laboratories, and liaison with submitters.
	Email: f.petchey@waikato.ac.nz.
Selected publications: Clark G, F. Petchey, O. Winter, M. Carson, P. O'Day, 2010. New radiocarbon dates from the Bapot-1 site in Saipan and Neolithic dispersal by stratified diffusion. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 1(1):21-35. Petchey F, and G. Clark, 2010. A ∆R for the Palau Islands: An evaluation of extant and new ∆R values and their application to archaeological deposits at Ulong. Journal of Island Archaeology. In press. Law W.B., D.N. Cropper, F. Petchey, 2010. Djadjiling rockshelter: 35,000 years of Aboriginal occupation in the Pibara, Western Australia. Australian Archaeology, 70:68-71. Petchey, F, MS Allen, D Addison, A Anderson, 2009. Stability in the South Pacific surface marine 14C reservoir over the last 750 years. Evidence from American Samoa, the southern Cook Islands and the Marquesas. Journal of Archaeological Science, 36:2234-2243. Petchey F., A. Anderson, A. Hogg, A. Zondervan, 2008. The marine reservoir effect in the Southern Ocean: an evaluation of extant and new ∆R values and their application to archaeological chronologies. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 38(4): 243-262. Petchey F., A. Anderson, A. Zondervan, S. Ulm, A. Hogg. New Marine ∆R values for the South Pacific Subtropical Gyre Region. Radiocarbon 50(3):373-397. Petchey, F. and D. Addison, 2008. Radiocarbon dating marine shell in Samoa - A review. Recent Advances in the Archaeology of the Fiji/West-Polynesia Region. Otago Anthropology Monograph Series. Eds D.J. Addison, T.S. Asaua, C. Sand. Dunedin: Otago University. Volume available here. Petchey, F, Phelan M, White, J.P, 2004. New ΔR Values for the Southwest Pacific Ocean. Radiocarbon, 46(2):1005-1014. Petchey, F. & Green R, 2005. Use of three isotopes to calibrate human bone radiocarbon determinations from Kainapirina (SAC), Watom Island, Papua New Guinea.Radiocarbon,47(2):181-192. Petchey F., Green R., Jones M. and Phelan M. 2005.A Local Marine Reservoir Correction Value (∆R) for Watom Island, Papua New Guinea. New Zealand Journal of Archaeology, (26):29-40. Higham, T.F.G., Bronk Ramsey, C., Petchey, F.J., Tompkins, C. and Taylor, M. 2004. New AMS radiocarbon determinations from Kokohuia, New Zealand. 14C and Archaeology, Proceedings of the Fourth Symposium, Oxford 2002 (eds. T. Higham, C. Bronk Ramsey, C. Owen). Oxford University School of Archaeology Monograph 62, Oxbow Books, Pp:135-51. Anderson, Conte, E. Clark, G. Sinoto, Y. and Petchey F. 2000. Renewed Excavations at Motu Paeao, Maupiti Island, French Polynesia: Preliminary Results.New Zealand Journal of Archaeology, 21 (1999):47-66. Petchey, F., 2001. Radiocarbon Determinations from the Mulifanua Lapita site, Upolu, Western Samoa. Radiocarbon, 43(1):63-68. Petchey, F. 2000. Radiocarbon Dating Fish Bone from the Houhora Archaeological Site, New Zealand. Archaeology in Oceania, 35:104-15.
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