Nicholson, R.A. (1992). Bone survival: the effects of sedimentary abrasion and trampling on fresh and cooked bone. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2.1, pp. 79-90.

 Nicholson, R.A. (1992). An assessment of the value of density measurements to archaeological fish bone studies. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 2.2, pp.139-154.

 Nicholson, R.A. (1993) investigation into the effects on fish bone of passage through the human gut: some experiments and comparisons with archaeological material. Circaea 10(1). 1993 for 1992.

 Nicholson, R.A. (1993). A morphological investigation of burnt animal bone: an evaluation of its utility in archaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science, 20, 411-428.

 Nicholson, R.A. (1995). "Out of the frying pan into the fire: what value are burnt fish bones to archaeology?". Archaeofauna 4, pp. 47-64.

 Nicholson, R.A. (1996). Bone degradation, burial medium and species representation: debunking the myths, an experiment-based approach. Journal of Archaeological Science 23, 513-533.

 Nicholson, R.A. (1995). "Fish Bones" and "Parasitological Investigations" . Chapter 4 in P. Andrews, Excavations at Redcastle Furze, Thetford, 1988-1989. East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 72.

 Nicholson R.A. (1996). Fish bone diagenesis in different soils. Archaeofauna 5, 79-91.

 Nicholson, R.A. (1997). Otter (Lutra lutra L.) spraint: an investigation into possible sources of small fish bones at coastal archaeological sites. In Huntley, J.P. and Stallibrass, S.M. (eds.) Interpretation and Taphonomy in Environmental Archaeology. Symposia of the Association for Environmental Archaeology, No. 14. Oxbow books: Oxford.

 Nicholson, R.A. (forthcoming, 1997). Fishing in the Northern Isles: a case study based on fish bone assemblages from two multi-period sites on Sanday, Orkney. In Environmental Archaeology, Human Palaeoecology 16.