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University of Michigan Radiocarbon Dates XIV
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 18 July 2016
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The following is a list of dates obtained since the compilation of List XIII (R., 1970, v. 12, p. 161–180). The method is essentially the same. Two CO2–CS2 Geiger counter systems were used. Equipment and counting techniques have been described elsewhere (Crane, 1961). Dates and estimates of error in this list follow the practice recommended by the International Radiocarbon Dating Conferences of 1962 and 1965, in that (a) dates are computed on the basis of the Libby half-life, 5570 yr; (b) A.D. 1950 is used as the zero of the age scale; and (c) the errors quoted are the standard deviations obtained from the number of counts only. In Michigan date lists up to and including VII, we quoted errors at least twice as great as the statistical errors of counting in order to take into account other errors in the over-all process.
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