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Solazzo, Caroline
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Museum Conservation Institute staff
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Selected Publications
Article
Scibè, Cristina, Eng-Wilmot, Kira, Lam, Thomas, Tosini, Isetta, González López, Maria José, and Solazzo, Caroline. 2024. "Palaeoproteomics and microanalysis reveal techniques of production of animal-based metal threads in medieval textiles ." Scientific Reports , 14, (1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-54480-4 .
2024
Solazzo, Caroline and Fitzhugh, William W. 2024. "Proteomics identify bowhead whale muscle tissue and baleen in cinder residues at a 16th c. Basque whaling site ." Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports , 58. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2024.104691 .
2024
Prisby, Rocio, Luchini, Alessandra, Liotta, Lance A., and Solazzo, Caroline. 2024. "Wheat-Based Glues in Conservation and Cultural Heritage: (Dis)solving the Proteome of Flour and Starch Pastes and Their Adhering Properties ." Journal of Proteome Research , https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jproteome.3c00804 .
2024
Solazzo, Caroline and Niepold, Tracy. 2023. "A simplified sample preparation for hair and skin proteins towards the application of archaeological fur and leather ." Journal of Proteomics , 274. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jprot.2023.104821 .
2023
Solazzo, Caroline and Phipps, Elena. 2022. "Chasing the elusive viscacha in Precolumbian textiles at the intersection of art and science ." Journal of Archaeological Science , 140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2022.105575 .
2022
Solazzo, Caroline, Soulat, Jean, and Cleland, Timothy P. 2021. "Creation of a peptide database of corneous beta-proteins of marine turtles for the identification of tortoiseshell: archaeological combs as case study ." Royal Society Open Science , 8, (2) Article 201857. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201857 .
2021
Cheung, Angela, Solazzo, Caroline, and Tsui, Wai-shan. 2020. "Unveil the Gold – Revealing Metal Threads and Decorative Materials of Early Twentieth Century Traditional Chinese Children's Hats ." Studies in Conservation , https://doi.org/10.1080/00393630.2020.1845922 .
2020
Solazzo, Caroline. 2019. "Characterizing historical textiles and clothing with proteomics ." Conservar Património , 31 97–114. https://doi.org/10.14568/cp2018031 .
2019
Fitzhugh, William, DePriest, Paula T., Solazzo, Caroline, and Bayarsaikhan, Jamsranjav. 2019. "Darkhad Textile Recovery and Conservation Project." Arctic Studies Newsletter , 26 61–62.
2019
Popowich, Aleksandra K., Cleland, Timothy P., and Solazzo, Caroline. 2018. "Characterization of membrane metal threads by proteomics and analysis of a 14th c. thread from an Italian textile ." Journal of Cultural Heritage , 33 10–07. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2018.03.007 .
2018
Pillard, Cecile, Soulat, Jean, and Solazzo, Caroline. 2018. "Exotisme et privilège dans une tombe féminine du début du XIXe siècle du cimetière des Trois-Maisons à Nancy (Meurthe-et-Moselle) ." Cahiers LandArc , (27).
2018
Solazzo, Caroline. 2017. "Follow-up on the characterization of peptidic markers in hair and fur for the identification of common North American species ." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry , 31, (17) 1375–1384. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.7923 .
2017
Solazzo, Caroline, Fitzhugh, William W., Kaplan, Susan, Potter, Charles, and Dyer, Jolon M. 2017. "Molecular markers in keratins from Mysticeti whales for species identification of baleen in museum and archaeological collections ." PLOS ONE , 12, (8) 1–24. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183053 .
2017
Grundy, H. H., Reece, Paui, Buckley, Mike, Solazzo, Caroline M., Dowle, Adam A., Ashford, David, Charlton, Adrian J., Wadsley, Marc K., and Collins, Matthew J. 2016. "A mass spectrometry method for the determination of the species of origin of gelatine in foods and pharmaceutical products ." Food Chemistry , 190 276–284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2015.05.054 .
2016
Soulat, Jean and Solazzo, Caroline. 2016. "Des Caraïbes à la Métropole : Artisanat et Commerse des Peignes en Écaille de Tortue Marine a L'Epoque Coloniale ." Journal of Caribbean Archaeology , 16 1–37.
2016
Solazzo, Caroline, Courel, Blandine, Connan, Jacques, van Dongen, Bart E., Barden, Holly, Penkman, Kirsty, Taylor, Sheila, Demarchi, Beatrice, Adam, Pierre, Schaeffer, Philippe, Nissenbaum, Arie, Bar-Yosef, Ofer, and Buckley, Michael. 2016. "Identification of the earliest collagen- and plant-based coatings from Neolithic artefacts (Nahal Hemar cave, Israel) ." Scientific Reports , 6 31053. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep31053 .
2016
O'Connor, Sonia, Solazzo, Caroline, and Collins, Matthew. 2015. "Advances in identifying archaeological traces of horn and other keratinous hard tissues ." Studies in Conservation , 60, (6) 393–417. https://doi.org/10.1179/2047058414Y.0000000134 .
2015
Solazzo, Caroline, Clerens, Stefan, Plowman, Jeffrey E., Wilson, Julie, Peacock, Elizabeth E., and Dyer, Jolon M. 2015. "Application of redox proteomics to the study of oxidative degradation products in archaeological wool ." Journal of Cultural Heritage , 16, (3) 896–903. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2015.02.006 .
2015
Solazzo, Caroline, Wilson, Julie, Dyer, Jolon M., Clerens, Stefan, Plowman, Jeffrey E., von Holstein, Isabella, Walton Rogers, Penelope, Peacock, Elizabeth E., and Collins, Matthew J. 2014. "Modeling Deamidation in Sheep α-Keratin Peptides and Application to Archeological Wool Textiles ." Analytical Chemistry , 86, (1) 567–575. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac4026362 .
2014
Solazzo, Caroline, Rogers, Penelope Walton, Weber, Leslie, Beaubien, Harriet F., Wilson, Julie, and Collins, Matthew. 2014. "Species identification by peptide mass fingerprinting (PMF) in fibre products preserved by association with copper-alloy artefacts ." Journal of Archaeological Science , 49 524–535. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2014.06.009 .
2014
Solazzo, Caroline, Wadsley, Marc, Dyer, Jolon M., Clerens, Stefan, Collins, Matthew J., and Plowman, Jeffrey. 2013. "Characterisation of novel a-keratin peptide markers for species identification in keratinous tissues using mass spectrometry ." Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry , 27, (23) 2685–2698. https://doi.org/10.1002/rcm.6730 .
2013
Solazzo, Caroline, Dyer, Jolon M., Clerens, Stefan, Plowman, Jeff, Peacock, Elizabeth E., and Collins, Matthew J. 2013. "Proteomic evaluation of the biodegradation of wool fabrics in experimental burials ." International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation , 80 48–59.
2013
Solazzo, Caroline, Dyer, J. M., Clerens, S., Collins, Martin J., and Wyeth, P. 2012. "Proteomic Profiling of the Photo-oxidation of Silk Fibroin: Implications for Historic Tin-Weighted Silk ." Photochemistry and photobiology , 88, (5) 1217–1226.
2012
Solazzo, Caroline, Heald, Susan, Ballard, Mary W., Ashford, David A., DePriest, Paula T., Koestler, Robert J., and Collins, Matthew. 2011. "Proteomics and Coast Salish blankets: a tale of shaggy dogs? " Antiquity , 85 1418–1432. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00062141 .
2011
Ehrlich, Hermann, Deutzmann, Rainer, Brunner, Eike, Cappellini, Enrico, Koon, Hannah, Solazzo, Caroline, Yang, Yue, Ashford, David, Thomas-Oates, Jane, Lubeck, Markus, Baessmann, Carsten, Langrock, Tobias, Hoffmann, Ralf, Worheide, Gert, Reitner, Joachim, Simon, Paul, Tsurkan, Mikhail, Ereskovsky, Aleksander V., Kurek, Denis, Bazhenov, Vasily V., Hunoldt, Sebastian, Mertig, Michael, Vyalikh, Denis, V., Molodtsov, Serguei L., Kummer, Kurt et al. 2010. "Mineralization of the metre-long biosilica structures of glass sponges is templated on hydroxylated collagen." Nature Chemistry , 2 1084–1088. https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.899 .
2010
Heaton, Karl, Solazzo, Caroline, Collins, Matthew J., Thomas-Oates, Jane, and Bergström, Edmund T. 2009. "Towards the application of desorption electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry (DESI-MS) to the analysis of ancient proteins from artefacts ." Journal of Archaeological Science , 36, (10) 2145–2154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2009.05.016 .
2009
Buckley, M., Walker, A., Ho, S. Y. W., Yang, Y., Smith, C., Ashton, P., Oates, J. T., Cappellini, E., Koon, H., Penkman, K., Elsworth, B., Ashford, D., Solazzo, Caroline, Andrews, P., Strahler, J., Shapiro, B., Ostrom, P., Gandhi, H., Miller, W., Raney, B., Zylber, M. I., Gilbert, M. T. P., Prigodich, R. V., Ryan, M., Rijsdijk, K. F. et al. 2008. "Comment on "Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry" ." Science , 319, (5859) 33. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1147046 .
2008
Solazzo, Caroline, Fitzhugh, William W., Rolando, Christian, and Tokarski, Caroline. 2008. "Identification of Protein Remains in Archaeological Potsherds by Proteomics ." Analytical Chemistry , 80, (12) 4590–4597. https://doi.org/10.1021/ac800515v .
2008
Solazzo, Caroline, Rolando, Christian, and Tokarski, Caroline. 2008. "Proteomique dans l'art et l'archaeologie ." l'actualite chimique , (318) 1–6.
2008
Solazzo, Caroline. 2007. "Chemical Analysis of Arctic Food Vessel Residues ." Arctic Studies Center Newsletter , (14) 21–22.
2007
Barnard, H., Ambrose, S. H., Beehr, D. E., Forster, M. D., Lanehart, R. E., Malainey, M. E., Parr, R. E., Rider, M., Solazzo, Caroline, and Yohe, R. M., II. 2007. "Mixed results of seven methods for organic residue analysis applied to one vessel with the residue of a known foodstuff ." Journal of Archaeological Science , 34, (1) 28–37. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.03.010 .
2007
Chapter
Serafini, Ilaria, Ciccola, Alessandro, Curini, Roberta, Favero, Gabriele, Kavich, , Gwénaëlle M., Cleland, Timothy P., and Solazzo, Caroline. 2024. "Revealing the Unknown: How Multi-technical Approach Can Be Crucial in Identification of Dyes and Protein in Archeological Remains." In Multidisciplinary Approaches for the Investigation of Textiles and Fibres in the Archaeological Field . Coletti, Francesca, Margariti, Christina, Forte, Vanessa, and Spantidaki, Stella, editors. 71–122. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. In Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-73812-8_6 .
2024
Phipps, Elena and Solazzo, Caroline. 2021. "Viscacha: luxury, fate and identification in Precolumbian Textiles ." In Hidden Stories/Human Lives: Proceedings of the Textile Society of America 17th Biennial Symposium, October 15-17, 2020 . Textile Society of America. https://doi.org/10.32873/unl.dc.tsasp.0124 .
2021
Solazzo, Caroline, Scibè, Cristina, and Eng-Wilmot, Kira. 2019. "Proteomics characterization of "organic" metal threads - First results and future directions ." In Research and Technical Studies Specialty Group Postprints, from the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Institute for Conservation in New England, May 13 – 18, 2019, Vol 7 . McGath, Molly, editor. 78–82. Washington, DC: The Research and Technical Studies Group (RATS) and the American Institute for Conservation (AIC).
2019
Solazzo, Caroline. 2016. "Appendix C: Report on the proteomic analysis of hairs from the basketry container, the braded band and the pelt from the Whitehorse Hill cist." In Preserved in the Peat: an Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context . Jones, Andy M., editor. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
2016
Sheridan, Alison, Cameron, Esther, Cartwright, Caroline, Davis, Mary, Dunster, Joanna, Harris, Susanna, Hurcombe, Linda, Inglis, Jamie, Mould, Quita, Solazzo, Caroline, and Williams, Helen. 2016. "Chapter 14: The composite braided hair armband or bracelet." In Preserved in the Peat: an Extraordinary Bronze Age Burial on Whitehorse Hill, Dartmoor, and its Wider Context . Jones, Andy M., editor. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
2016
Solazzo, Caroline, Peacock, E. E., Clerens, S., Dyer, J., and Plowman, J. 2013. "Potential of proteomics for the analysis of animal fibres in archaeological textiles." In NESAT XI. North European Symposium for Archaeological Textiles XI, 10-13.May 2011 in Esslingen . Banck-Burgess, Johanna and Nubold, Carla, editors. 125–130. Verlag Marie Leidorf GmnH.
2013
Ballard, Mary W., France, Christine A. M., Moini, Mehdi, and Solazzo, Caroline. 2012. "Dating Silk and Other Innovations in Mass Spectrometry ." In The Textile Specialty Group PostPrints: Papers Delivered at the Textile Subgroup Session (AIC 40th Annual Meeting) Volume 22 . Holden, Amanda, Stevens, Sarah, Carlson, Julia, Petersen, Glenn, Schuetz, Emily, and Summerour, Rebecca, editors. 55–62. American Institute for Conservation.
2012
Dyer, J. M. and Solazzo, Caroline. 2012. "Evaluating the degradation of silk fabrics and silk-based biomaterials (Chapter 7)." In Silk: Properties, Production and Uses . Aramwit, Pornanong, editor. Nova Science Publishers. In Materials Science and Technologies .
2012
Solazzo, Caroline and Erhardt, David. 2007. "Analysis of Lipid Residues in Archaeological Artifacts: Marine Mammal Oil and Cooking Practices in the Arctic (Chapter 13) ." In Theory and Practice of Archaeological Residue Analysis .
2007
Barnard, H., Ambrose, S. H., Beehr, D. E., Forster, M. D., Lanehart, R. E., Malainey, M. E., Parr, R. E., Rider, M., Solazzo, Caroline, and Yohe, R. M., II. 2007. "Mixed results of seven method for organic residue analysis applied to one vessel with the residue of a known foodstuff (Chapter 16) ." In Theory and Practice of Archaeological Residue Analysis .
2007
Conference Paper
Scibe, Cristina, Solazzo, Caroline, Tosini, Isetta, Lam, Thomas, Vicenzi, Edward, and Gonzalez Lopez, Maria Jose. 2020. "Gilt Leather Threads in 11th-15th Century Textiles ." from Leather 2019, Proceedings of the 11th Interim Meeting of the ICOM-CC Leather and Related Materials Working Group . 162–169. (Paris, France) 2019-06-06. ICOM-CC.
2020
