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AMS 14C Dating Of Balearic Lime Burials

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Mark Van Strydonck ,
Mathieu Boudin ,
Louise Decq ,
Tess Van Den Brande ,
Herlinde Borms ,
Damià Ramis  and
Guy De Mulder
Mark Van Strydonck*
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubclpark 1, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Mathieu Boudin
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubclpark 1, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Louise Decq
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubclpark 1, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Tess Van Den Brande
Affiliation:
Royal Institute for Cultural Heritage, Jubclpark 1, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.
Herlinde Borms
Affiliation:
Antwerp Society for Roman Archaeology (AVRA), Groenenborgerlaan 35, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
Damià Ramis
Affiliation:
Natural History Society of the Balearics, Margarida Xirgú 16, 07011 Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain.
Guy De Mulder
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Ghent University, Blandijnberg 2, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
*
Corresponding author. Email: [email protected].
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The Balearic quicklime burials of the Iron Age have been radiocarbon dated. Because the bones found are unsuitable for dating, lime was dated using the titration method, with results indicating that in some samples there is still fossil limestone carbonate present, while other samples suffered from recarbonation. Nevertheless, 14C dates on lime and organic matter agree when both arc present. The titration method allows calculating a consensus value.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , 2011 , pp. 563 - 574
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