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Sample Credentials Necessary for Meaningful High-Precision 14C Dating∗

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

E M Jope
E M Jope*
Affiliation:
The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland
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Samples presented for high-precision 14C dating must satisfy stringent requirements if the 14C determinations are to yield meaningful sharp calendric dates, such as are now possible with the bidecadal high-precision calibration curve. The total carbon content should come from a confined time range 10–20 years (10–20 tree rings in wood or charcoal) appropriate for the bidecadal calibration curve. For accurate calendric dating the relation of these rings to the outer growth rings must be known. Application of the high-precision calibration curve to some archaeologic examples is discussed. It is now up to archaeologists and geoscientists to use this refined chronometric instrument to fullest advantage.

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Research Article
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 28 , Issue 3 , 1986 , pp. 1060 - 1064
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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