Radiocarbon Dating of the Western European Neolithic: Comparison of the Dates on Bones and Dates on Charcoals
dc.contributor.author | Denaire, Anthony | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-11T21:23:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-11T21:23:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Denaire, 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.issn | 0033-8222 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0033822200056009 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/654309 | |
dc.description.abstract | The 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.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona | |
dc.relation.url | http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/ | |
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dc.title | Radiocarbon Dating of the Western European Neolithic: Comparison of the Dates on Bones and Dates on Charcoals | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.type | text | |
dc.identifier.journal | Radiocarbon | |
dc.description.collectioninformation | The Radiocarbon archives are made available by Radiocarbon and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. | |
dc.eprint.version | Final published version | |
dc.description.admin-note | Migrated from OJS platform February 2021 | |
dc.source.volume | 51 | |
dc.source.issue | 2 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 657 | |
dc.source.endpage | 674 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-02-11T21:23:11Z |