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First Reported Samples from the Radiocarbon Laboratory of the University of Tennessee Center for Archaeometry and Geochronology: Dates from the Mccrosky Island Archaeological Site (40SV43), Sevier County, Tennessee, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Daniel C Weinand ,
Richard R Polhemus ,
Sarah A Blankenship  and
Jan F Simek
Daniel C Weinand*
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, 250 South Stadium Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0720, USA
Richard R Polhemus
Affiliation:
Frank H. McClung Museum, 1327 Circle Park Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-3200, USA
Sarah A Blankenship
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, 250 South Stadium Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0720, USA
Jan F Simek
Affiliation:
University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, 250 South Stadium Hall, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0720, USA
*
Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract

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This study presents the results of archaeological samples submitted for dating at the recently constructed University of Tennessee Center for Archaeometry and Geochronology (UTCAG) radiocarbon dating laboratory (Knoxville, Tennessee, USA). The samples selected for this initial study were obtained from excavations at the McCrosky Island site (40SV43) in Sevier County, Tennessee, USA. Three of the samples dated were split between the UTCAG laboratory and another laboratory to assess the UTCAG laboratory protocols. In an effort to further validate the laboratory methods employed, several other samples were submitted without prior knowledge of contextual data. The dates obtained for these samples were then compared to their association with recovered artifacts and/or archaeological context.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 50 , Issue 1 , 2008 , pp. 151 - 158
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Copyright © 2008 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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