Transition Dating' – A Heuristic Mathematical Approach to the Collation of Radiocarbon Dates from Stratified Sequences
dc.contributor.author | Sharon, Ilan | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-02-11T21:33:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-02-11T21:33:25Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-01-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Sharon, I. (2001). ‘Transition dating’ – a heuristic mathematical approach to the collation of radiocarbon dates from stratified sequences. Radiocarbon, 43(2A), 345-354. | |
dc.identifier.issn | 0033-8222 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0033822200038200 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/654680 | |
dc.description | From the 17th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Jerusalem, Israel, June 18-23, 2000. | |
dc.description.abstract | A heuristic approach, nicknamed "transition dating," was used to date sequences of early Iron Age contexts using a series of 14C determinations. The basic principles of transition dating are simple and intuitive: 1) attempt to date transitions between periods, phases, etc. Rather than the phases themselves, and 2) the most plausible date for that transition is one that is later than the dates from contexts preceding it, and is still earlier than the dates succeeding it. Hypotheses regarding the actual date of each transition may be evaluated using an appropriate loss function. These loss functions can also be adjusted or weighted by the user to account differentially for the various factors causing the distortion or "fuzz" in the dates. | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Department of Geosciences, The University of Arizona | |
dc.relation.url | http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/ | |
dc.rights | Copyright © by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona. All rights reserved. | |
dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | |
dc.subject | horizons | |
dc.subject | Iron Age | |
dc.subject | artifacts | |
dc.subject | precision | |
dc.subject | mathematical methods | |
dc.subject | applications | |
dc.subject | archaeology | |
dc.subject | Holocene | |
dc.subject | sediments | |
dc.subject | Cenozoic | |
dc.subject | Quaternary | |
dc.subject | C 14 | |
dc.subject | carbon | |
dc.subject | dates | |
dc.subject | isotopes | |
dc.subject | radioactive isotopes | |
dc.subject | absolute age | |
dc.title | Transition Dating' – A Heuristic Mathematical Approach to the Collation of Radiocarbon Dates from Stratified Sequences | |
dc.type | Proceedings | |
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 | 43 | |
dc.source.issue | 2A | |
dc.source.beginpage | 345 | |
dc.source.endpage | 354 | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2021-02-11T21:33:25Z |