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dc.contributor.authorDenaire, Anthony
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-11T21:23:11Z
dc.date.available2021-02-11T21:23:11Z
dc.date.issued2009-01-01
dc.identifier.citationDenaire, A. (2009). Radiocarbon dating of the western European Neolithic: Comparison of the dates on bones and dates on charcoals. Radiocarbon, 51(2), 657-674.
dc.identifier.issn0033-8222
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S0033822200056009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/654309
dc.description.abstractThe subject of this article is the radiocarbon dating on bones in the western European Neolithic. By gathering 14C dates for 2 examples, one chosen in the middle Neolithic of the Rhine region and the other in the end of the early Neolithic in the same region and in the Paris Basin, a significant gap appears between the sum probabilities of dates on charcoals and the ones obtained with bones. A comparison between these results with the few available dendrochronological dates shows that dates on bones seem too young, while the sequence based on charcoals fits. The existence of too-young 14C dates of bones is not new: this phenomenon was already indicated in previous studies. Most explanations agree that there was a source of contamination, during the sample's burial or its treatment in laboratory. These examples illustrate that consequences can be heavy on a chronology built, partly or entirely, on 14C dates of bones..
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherDepartment of Geosciences, The University of Arizona
dc.relation.urlhttp://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/
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dc.titleRadiocarbon Dating of the Western European Neolithic: Comparison of the Dates on Bones and Dates on Charcoals
dc.typeArticle
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dc.identifier.journalRadiocarbon
dc.description.collectioninformationThe Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information.
dc.eprint.versionFinal published version
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dc.source.volume51
dc.source.issue2
dc.source.beginpage657
dc.source.endpage674
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