Nathan W. Bower

Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Colorado College, Colorado Springs, CO 80903

(Last updated, August 9, 2013)

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D. B. Hendin, N. W. Bower, and S. Parham,* A Critical Examination of Two Undated Jewish War Prutot, Israel Numismatic Research, (submitted for review, 2013).

N. W. Bower, D. B. Hendin, C. C. Lundstrom, M. S. Epstein, A. T. Keller,* A. R. Wagner* and Z. R. White,* “Biblical” bronze coins: new insights into their timing and attribution using copper and lead isotopes, Archeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2012, doi: 10:1007/s12520-012-0113-4, 12 pp.

M. K. Reuer, N. W. Bower, J. H. Koball, E. Honostroza, M. E. De la Torre Marcas, J. A. H. Surichaqui, and S. Echevarria, “Lead, Arsenic, and Cadmium Contamination and Its Impact on Children’s Health in La Oroya, Peru,” ISRN Public Health, 2012, doi:10.5402/2012/231458, 12 pp. (Open Access Journal)

D. Hendin and N. Bower “Irregular Coins of Judaea, First Century B.C.E. – First Century C.E.: New Insights from Comparisons of Stylistic, Physical, and Chemical Analyses,” American Journal of Numismatics, Second Series, 23, 25-54 (2012).

N. Bower and A. Yu “Exploiting Mass Measurements in Different Environments: Density, Magnetic Susceptibility, and Thermogravimetry,” Journal of Chemical Education, 88(3): 536-539 (2011).

D. Hendin, C. Lundstrom, Z. White* and N. Bower, “Preliminary Sequencing of Herod I’s Undated Coins Based on Alloy Changes over Time,” Israel Numismatic Research, 6: 93-104 (2011).

Nathan W. Bower and Conor J. K. Blanchet,* “Analytical Pyrolysis – Chromatography: Something Old, Something New,” Journal of Chemical Education, 87(6): (2010).

Michael S. Epstein, David B. Hendin, Lee L. Yu, and Nathan W. Bower, “Chemical Attribution of Corroded Coins Using X-ray Fluorescence and Lead Isotope Ratios: A Case Study from First Century Judaea,” Applied Spectroscopy, 67(4): 52-58 (2010).

M. G. Brasuel, A. D. McCarter,* and N. W. Bower, “Forensic Art Analysis Using Novel Reflectance Spectroscopy and Pyrolysis – Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry Instrumentation,” Chemical Educator, 14(4): 150-154 (2009).

J. J. Emerick,* A. I. Snyder,* N. W. Bower, and M. A. Snyder, “Mountain Pine Beetle Attack Associated with Low Levels of 4-Allylanisole in Ponderosa Pine,” Environmental Entomology, 37(4): 871-5 (2008)

N. W. Bower, S. A. McCants,* J. M. Custodio,* M. E. Ketterer, S. R. Getty and J. M. Hoffman, “Human Lead Exposure in a Late 19th Century Mental Asylum Population,” Science of the Total Environment, 372, 463-473 (2007).

N. W. Bower, Y. Yasutomo,* M. F. Oxenham, Nguyen L. C., and Nguyen K. T., “Preliminary Reconstruction of Diet at a Neolithic Site in Vietnam Using Stable Isotope and Ba/Sr Analyses,” Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association, 26, 79-85 (2006).

H. Drossman, J. Meyer,* N. Bower, “Radioimmunoassay of Morphine in Urine from Ingestion of Poppy Seeds: A Research-Based Laboratory," The Chemical Educator, 11(3), 190-195 (2006).

M. A. Snyder and N. W. Bower, “Resistance to Bark Beetle Attack in Caribbean Pine: Potential Role of 4-Allylanisole,” Biotropica, 37(4), 702-705 (2005).

N. W. Bower, S. R. Getty, C. P. Smith,* Z. R. Simpson,* and J. M. Hoffman, “Diagenesis versus Migration: Late-Life Skeletal Clues Using Lead Isotopes from a 19th Century Asylum Cemetery,” International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 15, 1-11 (2005).

W. R. Wieder* and N. W. Bower, “A Fire History of the Aiken Canyon Grassland/Woodland Ecotone in the Southern Foothills of the Colorado Front Range,” The Southwestern Naturalist, 49(2) 239-243 (2004).

S. Kelso, N. Bower, P. Halteman,* K. Tenney,* and S. Weaver, “Dune communities of SE Colorado: patterns of rarity, disjunction and succession,” Proceedings of the Fourth Southwestern Rare and Endangered Plant Conference, Las Cruces, NM, March 22-25, 2004 (25 pp).

S. Kelso, N. W. Bower, K. E. Heckmann,* P. M. Beardsley,* and D. G. Greve,* “Geobotany of the Niobrara Chalk Barrens in Colorado: A Study of Edaphic Endemism and Rarity,” Western North American Naturalist, 63(3), 299-313 (2003).

C. A. Heimbuck* and N. W. Bower, “Optimizing the Analysis of Cocaine on Money Using GC-MS: A Cross-Disciplinary Undergraduate Laboratory” Journal of Chemical Education, 79(10), 1254-1256 (2002).

N. W. Bower, “A Comparative Study of Predictors of Student Performance in General Chemistry Under the Block Plan at Colorado College,” Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 3(1), 4-13 (2002).

A. J. Moore* and N. W. Bower, “Chemometric Analysis of Compositional Variation in Bison and Cow Patties: A Biogeochemistry – Environmental Chemistry Experiment,” The Chemical Educator, 6(2), 86-90 (2001).

P. P. Jung*, N. W. Bower, M. A. Snyder, D. W. Lehmpuhl, “A Novel Application of Air-sampling Canisters: Selective Herbivory Associated with Monoterpene Emission from Ponderosa Pine,” American Laboratory: News Edition, 33(4), 50-52 (2001).

J. Kantner, N. Bower, J. Ladwig*, J. Perlitz*, S. Hata*, and D. Greve*, “Interaction Among Great House Communities: An Elemental Analysis of Cibolan Ceramics”, In Great House Communities Across the Chacoan Landscape, Anthropological Papers of the University of Arizona, No. 64, J. Kantner and N. Mahoney, eds., The Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson, 130-146 (2000).

N. W. Bower, Book Review of B. B. Kebbekus and S. Mitra, “Environmental Chemical Analysis”, Thomson Science, London, 1998, Journal of Chemical Education, 76, 1489-1490 (1999).

N. W. Bower, D. C. Stulik, and E. Doehne*, A Critical Evaluation of the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope for the Analysis of Paint Fragments in Art Conservation, Fresenius Journal of Analytical Chemistry, 348, 402-410, (1994).

E. Doehne, and N. W. Bower, Experimental Conditions for Semi-quantitative SEM/EDX of Painting Cross-sections using the Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope, Microbeam Analysis, 2, S39-40 (1993).

N. W. Bower, J. O. Speare*, and W. J. Thomas*, Applications of X-ray Fluorescence-Pattern Recognition in Forensic Archaeometry and Archaeomaterials Analyses, Rigaku Journal, 10, 10-21, (1993).

N. W. Bower, C. M. Lewis*, J. M. Galbraith*, and G. Luedemann, Elemental Concentrations of Chinese Rock Standards GSR1-6: a Comparison with the Certificate Values, Geostandards Newsletter, 17, 117-121, (1993).

N. W. Bower, Book Review of D. Skoog and J. Leary, “Principles of Instrumental Analysis, 4th ed.,” Saunders, HBJ, New York, 1992, Journal of Chemical Education, 69, A224, (1992).

N. W. Bower, C. M. Lewis*, P. E. Neifert*, and E. S. Gladney, Elemental Concentrations in Twenty NIST Standards of Geochemical Interest, Geostandards Newsletter, 16, 27-40, (1992).

N. W. Bower, W. J. Thomas*, J. W. Kantner*, M. L. Stoller, and D. H. Snow, An X-ray Fluorescence-Pattern Recognition Analysis of Pottery from an Early Historic Hispanic Settlement, Historical Archaeology, 26, 24-36, (1992).

N. W. Bower, P. E. Neifert*, C. M. Lewis*, and G. Luedeman, Minimizing the Sources of Error in the Analysis of Geological Samples by X-ray Fluorescence, Rigaku Journal, 7, 3-11 (1990).

E. S. Gladney, P. E. Neifert*, and N. W. Bower, Determination of Si in NIST Biological SRMs by Instrumental Epithermal Neutron Activation and X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Analytical Chemistry, 61, 1834-1836 (1989).

N. Bower, D. Radamacher*, T. Shimotake*, T. Anselmi*, and S. Peckham, A Pattern Recognition and SEM-XRF Analysis of Glaze-Paint Pueblo Pottery from the American Southwest, in Proceedings of the 26th International Archaeometry Symposium, May 16 to May 20th, 1988, R. M. Farquhar, R. G. V. Hancock and L. A. Pavlish, ed.s, Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, pp. 204-209.

N. Bower, K. Hertel*, J. Oh*, and R. Storey, Nutritional Evaluation of Morama Bean (Tylosema esculentum, Fabaceae): Analysis of the Seed, Economic Botany, 42, 533-540 (1988).

K. W. Sims*, E. S. Gladney, C. Lundstrom*, and N. W. Bower, Elemental Concentrations in Japanese Silicate Rock Standards: A Comparison with the Literature, Geostandards Newsletter, 12, 379-389 (1988).

D. Kim*, E. S. Gladney, and N. W. Bower, Determination of water in 19 USGS Geochemical Reference Standards using Coulometry and Neutron-capture Prompt Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy, Geostandards Newsletter, 11, 37-40 (1987).

C. Bruce, Jr.* and N. W. Bower, Spectrophotmetric Determination of Ferrous Iron in 18 USGS Geochemical Reference Standards, Geostandards Newsletter, 11, 41-42 (1987).

N. W. Bower, S. Faciszewski*, S. Renwick*, and S. Peckham, A Preliminary Analysis of Rio Grande Glazes of the Classic Period using Scanning Electron Microscopy with X ray Fluorescence, Journal of Field Archaeology, 13, 307-315 (1986).

N. W. Bower, E. S. Gladney, and R. W. Ferenbaugh, A Critical Comparison of the X ray Fluorescence and Combustion Infrared Methods for the Determination of Sulfur in Biological Matrices, Analyst, 111, 105-106 (1986).

G. Valentine* and N. W. Bower, Critical Comparison of Sample Preparation Methods for Major and Trace Element Determinations Using X Ray Fluorescence, X-Ray Spectrometry, 15, 73-78 (1986).

B. M. Crowe, K. H. Wohletz, D. T. Vaniman, E. S. Gladney, and N. W. Bower, Status of Volcanic Hazard Studies for the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations, LA 9325 MS, v2, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 86545 (January, 1986)

E.S. Gladney and N. W. Bower, Determination of Elemental Composition of NBS 278 and NBS 688 via Neutron Activation and X Ray Fluorescence, Geostandards Newsletter, 9, 261-262 (1985).

N. W. Bower, E. S. Gladney, R. C. Hagan, P. E. Trujillo, and R. G. Warren, Elemental Concentrations in Japanese Silicate Rock Standards JA 1, JR 1, and JB 2, Geostandards Newsletter, 9, 199-203, (1985).

E. S. Gladney, R. Raymond, and N. W. Bower, An Analyzer for the Determination of Sulfur in Coals and Peats, American Laboratory, 17, 34-37 (1985).

N. W. Bower, Optimization of Precision and Accuracy in XRF Analysis of Silicate Rocks, Applied Spectroscopy, 39, 697-703 (1985).

N. W. Bower and D. H. Snow, A Comparative Study of Early Historic "Tewa" Pottery, New Mexico Geologic Society Field Guidebook, 291-295, 1984.

N. W. Bower, Simple Spectrophotometric Determination of Iron in Twelve French Geochemical Reference Standards, Geostandards Newslettter, 8, 61-62 (1984).

R. Taggart*, R. Storey, N. W. Bower, Nutritional Evaluation of Tepary Bean: Elemental Analysis of Seed, Journal of Plant Nutrition, 6, 983-988 (1983).

M. Lancaster*, R. Storey, N. W. Bower, Nutritional Evaluation of Buffalo Gourd: Elemental Analysis of Seed, Economic Botany, 37, 306-309 (1983).

R. Storey, N. Bower, C. V. Lovejoy*, and R. Taggart*, Analysis of Selected Nutritional and Anti-nutritional Factors in Jojoba Seeds from the United States and Mexico, in Proceedings of the 5th Int'l Conference on Jojoba and Its Uses, Anna Elias-Cesnik, ed., Univ. Ariz., College of Agriculture, Office of Arid Land Studies, Tucson, Az., 21-30 (1982)

N. W. Bower, Kinetic Fluorescence Experiment for the Determination of Thiamine, Journal of Chemical Education, 58, 975-977 (1982).

N. W. Bower, Instrumentation in Undergraduate Laboratories, Amer. Lab. 14, 136-139 (1982).
W.J. Utz*, P.L. O'Connell*, R. Storey, N.W. Bower, Nutritional Evaluation of the Jojoba Plant: Elemental Analysis of the Seed Meal, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 30, 392-394 (1982).

N. W. Bower and J. D. Ingle, Jr., Experimental and Theoretical Comparison of the Precision of Flame Atomic Absorption, Fluorescence, and Emission Measurements, Applied Spectroscopy, 35, 317-324 (1981).

N.W. Bower and J.D. Ingle, Jr., Noise Power Spectra of Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometric Measurements, Spectrochimica Acta, 34B, 275-282 (1979).

N.W. Bower and J.D. Ingle, Jr., Optimization of Instrumental Variables in Flame Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Analytica Chimica Acta, 105, 199-212 (1979).

N. W. Bower and J. D. Ingle, Jr., Precision of Flame Atomic Absorption Measurements of Al, Cr, Co, Eu, Pb, Mn, Ni, K, Se, Si, Ti, and V, Analytical Chemistry, 51, 72-76 (1979).

N. W. Bower* and J. D. Ingle, Jr., Precision of Flame Atomic Absorption Measurements of As, Cd, Ca, Cu, Fe, Mg, Mo, Na, and Zn, Analytical Chemistry, 49, 574-579, (1977).

N. W. Bower,* J. J. Trunk*, and J. M. Witt, Sampling Size Selection for the Analysis of Pesticides in Tubers, Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry, 25, 429-431 (1977).

R. H. Bromund, N. W. Bower,* and R. H. Smith, Inclusions in Ancient Ceramics, An Approach to the Problem of Sampling for Chemical Analysis, Archaeometry, 18, 218-221 (1976).

N. W. Bower* and J. D. Ingle, Jr., Precision of Flame Atomic Absorption Measurements of Copper, Analytical Chemistry, 48, 686-692 (1976).

N. W. Bower,* R. H. Bromund, and R. H. Smith, Atomic Absorption for the Archaeologist: An Application to Pottery from Pella of the Decapolis, Journal of Field Archaeology, 2, 389-398 (1975).

N. W. Bower* and J. D. Ingle, Jr., Inexpensive Device for the Determination of Photomultiplier Gains, Analytical Chemistry, 47, 2069-2072 (1975).