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Direct dating of plaster and mortar using AMS Radiocarbon: a pilot project from Khirbet Qana, Israel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Jason A. Rech ,
Alysia A. Fischer ,
Douglas R. Edwards  and
A. J. Timothy Jull
Jason A. Rech*
Affiliation:
Geology Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA
Alysia A. Fischer
Affiliation:
Anthropology and Sociology Program, Centre College, Danville, KY 40422, USA
Douglas R. Edwards
Affiliation:
University of Puget Sound, Tacoma WA 98416, USA
A. J. Timothy Jull
Affiliation:
NSF Arizona AMS Facility and Department of Geosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721
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* [email protected]
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Abstract

The authors demonstrate the potential for dating structures in Near Eastern archaeology by applying AMS radiocarbon to organic inclusions found in mortar and plaster. The method was successfully applied to date and sequence excavated walls and floors, and to spot-date structures exposed in surveys.

Keywords

AMS 14C datingplastermortarKhirbet QanaIsrael
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Antiquity , Volume 77 , Issue 295 , March 2003 , pp. 155 - 164
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 2003

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