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Data Analysis and Calibration of Radiocarbon Dating Results from the Cemetery of the Marquises of Jin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Xiangyang Lu ,
Zhiyu Guo ,
Hongji Ma ,
Sixun Yuan  and
Xiaohong Wu
Xiangyang Lu*
Affiliation:
Institute of Heavy Ion Physics and MOE Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
Zhiyu Guo
Affiliation:
Institute of Heavy Ion Physics and MOE Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
Hongji Ma
Affiliation:
Institute of Heavy Ion Physics and MOE Key Laboratory of Heavy Ion Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
Sixun Yuan
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
Xiaohong Wu
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China
*
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected].
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The chronology study of the cemetery of Marquises of Jin is valuable to improving the chronological table of Marquis of Jin family. It is also helpful for improving the chronological table of the Zhou Dynasty. The samples were measured at Peking University (PKUAMS). We also made an interlaboratory check with Isotrace to ensure the accuracy. By careful analysis of archaeological information, we built different models and calibrated by OxCal. The calibration results, both sampling contexts and estimations, are in very good agreement with the historical record. Because the dates of some events correspond to the special part of the curve, the calibration gets very high precision. The calibration result of tomb M93 suggests that its host is Marquis Shangshu instead of Marquis Wen.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , 2001 , pp. 55 - 62
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