Effects of 14C Sample Selection in Archaeology: An Example from Hawai'i
Issue Date
2000-01-01Keywords
Bellows DuneHonolulu County Hawaii
Oahu
Hawaii
East Pacific Ocean Islands
Oceania
Polynesia
provenance
samples
archaeologyisotope ratiosHoloceneUnited StatesCenozoiccharcoalQuaternaryC 14carbondatesisotopesradioactive isotopesC 13 C 12stable isotopesabsolute age
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Dye, T. (2000). Effects of 14C sample selection in archaeology: An example from Hawai'i. Radiocarbon, 42(2), 203-217.Journal
RadiocarbonAdditional Links
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A comparison of radiocarbon histograms of samples controlled and uncontrolled for sample provenance and composition factors indicates that differences are sufficiently large to influence the discrimination of alternative hypotheses on the age of the important, early Bellows Dune site in Hawai'i.Type
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