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Are the 14C Dates of the Dead Sea Scrolls Affected by Castor Oil Contamination?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2016
Abstract
The paper “The effects of possible contamination on the radiocarbon dates of the Dead Sea Scrolls I: castor oil” by Rasmussen et al. (2001) is discussed. Detailed analysis of the extant dates of the Dead Sea Scrolls suggests that the pretreatment of the samples was adequate. Errors and omissions in the paper are discussed and the implications of the experiment of Rasmussen et al. (2001) are questioned.
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