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Using radiocarbon: an update

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Sheridan Bowman
Sheridan Bowman*
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Department of Scientific Research, British Museum, London WC1B 3DG, England
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A note in the 1990 ANTIQUITY volume dealt with four issues crucial to the successful use of radiocarbon in archaeology (Bowman & Balaam 1990): selection and characterization of material and context; determination of the radiocarbon result and error term; interpretation and publication; and strategic resourcing. Since then much has been published, particularly on quality control of radiocarbon measurements (‘determination’), and on the calibration of radiocarbon results (‘interpretation’). Here is an update.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 261 , December 1994 , pp. 838 - 843
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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