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Radiocarbon Dating of Ceramic Materials: Progress and Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Suzanne P De Atley
Suzanne P De Atley*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology and Institute of Geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles
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Abstract

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Although initial studies in the 1960's established the feasibility of applying the radiocarbon technique directly to ceramics, subsequent analyses have revealed this category of materials to be more complex than previously believed. Consideration of the points at which various types of organic carbon are introduced into ceramic materials by natural or human agencies allows more effective screening of potential sherd samples. It also suggest ways to overcome some of the limiting factors involved in dating ceramics.

Type
Dating Various Materials
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 22 , Issue 3: Heidelberg , 1980 , pp. 987 - 993
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science

Footnotes

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Present address: Conservation Analytical Laboratory, HTB AB070, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, 20009

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