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The Reliability of Archaeologic Interpretation of 14C Dates

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Horst Willkomm
Horst Willkomm*
Affiliation:
Institut für Reine und Angewandte Kernphysik der Universität Kiel, Olshausenstr 40-60, D-2300 Kiel 1, W-Germany
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Abstract

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14C dates of a medieval settlement with archaeologically well-dated strata are compared with the true ages of the respective layers. The 14C values indicate that each layer may contain older material reaching up to the beginning of settlement. Therefore, the 14C measurement of only a few wood or charcoal samples may lead to age estimations several hundred years too old.

Type
VII. Archaeology
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 25 , Issue 2: 11th International Radiocarbon Conference , 1983 , pp. 645 - 646
Copyright
Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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