Interpreting Radiocarbon Dates Using Evidence from Tree Rings
Issue Date
2004-01-01Keywords
absolute ageC 14
carbon
case studies
Cenozoic
corrections
dates
Holocene
isotopes
methodsprobabilityQuaternaryradioactive isotopesstatistical analysisstatistical distributiontree ringsupper Holocenewiggle match methodwood
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Bayliss, A., & Tyers, I. (2004). Interpreting radiocarbon dates using evidence from tree rings. Radiocarbon, 46(2), 957-964.Journal
RadiocarbonDescription
From the 18th International Radiocarbon Conference held in Wellington, New Zealand, September 1-5, 2003.Additional Links
http://radiocarbon.webhost.uits.arizona.edu/Abstract
Often it is not possible to date a sample of wood from the final growth ring of the tree from which it came. In these cases, an "old-wood offset" is apparent. A number of quantitative approaches for the assessment of this offset are available, dependent on the actual tree rings that have been dated. A range of examples are given, demonstrating how such radiocarbon measurements can be interpreted using additional information from archaeology and dendrochronology.Type
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